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EyeLevel BQE was born in 2008 as an artist-run project that seeks to offer a forum in the Art and Design fields. Offering an effective documentation of the work we produce and constantly reaching out to find ways of bringing the community closer to the things we see, believe in and do.

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- Jan 30, 12
  
  triplecanopy:
  
  Created with NYPL’s new Stereogranimator, which lets users create .gifs out of the library’s archive of over 40,000 19th century stereoscopic images.
  
  “Photographers around the world produced millions of stereoscopic views between 1850 and 1930…Around the world, independent and entrepreneurial photographers broke into the growing market for illustrations of all types of subjects: local history and events, grand landscapes, foreign monuments, charming genre scenes, portraits of notables and urban architecture. War and disasters such as floods, fires, train-wrecks, and earthquakes were enormously popular subjects.”—NYPL
- Jan 25, 12
  
  The Bricoleurs : featuring work of artists who explore the medium of collage and assemblage opens tonight at BRIC Rotunda
  
  BRIC Rotunda Gallery
  
  January 26-March 3, 2012
  
  12:00 PM-6:00 PM
  
  Weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
  
  Each year BRIC Rotunda Gallery presents an exhibition exclusively drawn from its ArtistRegistry, an online resource containing over 15,000 image files and 1,000 active users. The 2012 exhibition The Bricoleurs will present the work of artists who explore the medium of collage and assemblage, and examine expanding the canon of these processes. These artists embrace the practice of bricolage - constructing new forms and imagery - and pull together styles and materials that might otherwise appear disparate and unattractive save for the artist’s ability to combine them into one cogent, integral whole. Artists include: Andrea Burgay, Max Greis, MaryKate Maher, Joseph Gillette, Cooper Holoweski, Alana Fitzgerald, Christian Maychack, Danielle Durchslag, Man Bartlett, and Troy Michie.
  
  Founded in 1983, the BRIC Contemporary Artist Registry is Brooklyn’s oldest visual artist registry, and one of its largest; it includes the portfolios of visual artists who were born in, live in, work in, or have a studio in the borough of Brooklyn, curators, and art professionals. The Registry is open to all Brooklyn-affiliated artists and is free to join and use.
  
  The exhibition is curated by Christian Fuller, BRIC Contemporary Art Associate Director, and Risa Shoup, Residency Manager for the BRIC House Fireworks Residency.
  
  ________
  
  image by Christian Maychack
- Jan 13, 12
  
  Memorial Service and Celebration of Jeanette’s Life and Work
  Sunday, January 15, 2012 / 2 - 6 pm
  
  Via EXIT ART
  
  Location:
  
  Exit Art
  
  475 Tenth Avenue, New York City
  
  This service will honor Jeanette with tributes and remembrances given by her family, friends, and colleagues beginning at 2pm. A reception will follow. An installation honoring Jeanette created by Papo Colo, her partner/husband for more than 30 years, will also be on view.
  
  All are welcome.
  
  JEANETTE INGBERMAN
  1952 - 2011
  
  It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our Co-Founder, Executive Director, and friend, Jeanette Ingberman, who died on August 24, 2011 from complications of leukemia.
  
  We would like to extend our gratitude to those of you who have supported Jeanette’s vision for Exit Art over the years. She devoted her life to establishing an open, interdisciplinary forum for artists of all ages, backgrounds, and levels of experience—a forum which her family, friends, and colleagues will continue to cherish. Our thoughts are with Jeanette’s husband and partner, Papo Colo, and her brother, Israel Ingberman.
  
  Donations can be made to Exit Art in memory of Jeanette. Click here to donate.
  
  To read the official announcement in The New York Times, please click here.
  
  To read a selection of other announcements, please click here.
  
  Jeanette Ingberman: “Fuck The Magic”
- Jan 02, 12
  
  Taryn Simon questions meaning and photographic truth while exploring the evolution of her work in filmmaker Matt Black’s new short. Playing upon an uneasy marriage of image and context, Simon blurs the lines between reportage, conceptual art and portraiture.
- Dec 29, 11
  
  INTERESTING ART TUMBLR EDITORS to follow:
  
  a) http://triplecanopy.tumblr.com/
  
  b) http://bombmagazine.tumblr.com/
  
  *c) http://-outlying-.tumblr.com/
  
  d) http://tumblropenarts.tumblr.com/
  
  ______
  *
  -outlying-:
  
  Hedi Slimane, Larry Bell, 2010
- Dec 27, 11
  
  arthistoryx:
  
  David Lynch’s Hair as Classic Paintings.
  
  hm, ok…
- Dec 27, 11
  
  Atelier Calder and the work produced by the Artists at the different editions of the program:
  
  www.atelier-calder.com
  Since 1989, the Atelier Calder is a center for residence and artistic creation. Located at Saché in the Loire Valley, France, the former studio of the American sculptor Alexander Calder continues the tradition of hospitality, with the aim of facilitating the production of specific creative projects, research work or experimentation that might in another situation prove too difficult or daunting.
  
  _______
  
  (1) Tomás Saraceno, Cloud cities, Atelier Calder Juin 2010. Crédit photo : Guillaume Blanc, Atelier Calder, Saché, 2010.
  (2) Tube, 2008, bandes magnétiques, bois, métal, techniques diverses, dimensions : 27m x 2,50m x 2m de diam. Crédit Photo : Zilvinas Kempinas, Atelier Calder, Saché, 2008.
  (3) Cama, 2006, métal, 2,70m x 2,50m - Vue d’ensemble de leur installation à l’Atelier Calder. Crédit photo : Guillaume Blanc, Atelier Calder, Saché, 2006.
  (4) Portrait de l’artiste tenant le « basto de pan » réalisé par le boulanger de Saché, 2005. Crédit photo : Guillaume Blanc, Atelier Calder, Saché, 2005.
  (5) At Home, 2000, bandes magnétiques tricotées, grillage, dimensions variables. Crédit photo : André Morin, Atelier Calder, Saché, 2000.
  (6) Para olvidar el miedo, 1999, barques, bois, métal, dimensions variables. Crédit photo : Guillaume Blanc, Atelier Calder, Saché, 1999.
  (8) Construction XX, bois, 70 cm x 150 x 60 cm. Crédit photo : Guillaume Blanc, Atelier Calder, Saché, 1992
  (9) Vue d’atelier, 1991. Crédit photo : Guillaume Blanc, Atelier Calder, Saché, 1991
- Dec 27, 11
  
  HONORING 30 YEARS OF EXIT ART : JEANETTE INGBERMAN & PAPO COLO
  
  For 30 years, Exit Art has supported and fostered a vibrant, interdisciplinary artistic community in New York, presenting hundreds of innovative exhibitions and the works of thousands of emerging and established artists. Now, with plans to close at the end of its 30th anniversary season, Exit Art is looking back on its own history; celebrating the pioneering work of its co-founders, Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman; and asking its longtime supporters for help in sending us out with a bang.
  
  This Gala and Auction is being held to raise funds for Exit Art’s “Legacy Project”: a 30-year retrospective exhibition, the publication of a major book on the history of Exit Art, and a properly-funded transfer of the organization’s complete archives to NYU Fales Library Downtown Collection. At Fales, scholars will be able to study Exit Art, its groundbreaking programs, and the thousands of artists who have shown here since 1982. It is vital that Exit Art continues to be recognized for its contributions to alternative art and culture in New York
  
  Join the benefit committee today: http://www.exitart.org/support/special_events/benefit_2012.html
- Dec 22, 11
  
  VINCE CONTARINO
  “Untitled (6)” print
  
  *      *       *
  EYELEVEL BQE *       *
  HOPES THAT YOU HAVE
  A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS,         *
  AND A WONDERFUL
  HOLIDAY SEASON !!!                *
  THANK YOU
  FOR FOLLOWING OUR ACTIVITIES,
  AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OF LETTING
  US COLLABORATE IN              *      *
  MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS TOGETHER.      *          **    *
  WE HOPE THAT YOU KEEP SUPPORTING OUR WORK,
  AS WELL AS THE ARTISTS FOR
  THIsNEW EDITION *
  FOR THE *       *
  NEW YEAR:      *     *
  EYELEVELFOCUS.COM
  
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  2011 has been a year of many changes for everyone. Moving away from our Headquarters at 364 Leonard has fortunately led us to many different opportunities. It has allowed us to collaborate with fellow artists like The They Co. through the project School Nite and The New Museum’s Festival of Ideas. With Gowanus Studio Space and a two-part exhibition: High/Low Deep/Shallow, an inspiring Library project that has turned us into Librarians with Colin McMullan and The K.ID.S. Corner Library, as well as the wonderful Day of the Dead celebration featuring the music of The Williamsburg Salsa Orchestra, put together in conjunction with GLVDK and MYT Diseño.
  
  As we get closer to 2012, we get ready to launch a New Edition for the New Year: EYELEVEL FOCUS - Edition IX. We also have been working really hard with The Mexican Cultural Institute of New York, putting together a very interesting program that will be released next year, so please keep us in your list, and keep us in mind for future collaborations!
  
  Our best wishes for
  the Holiday Season,
  
  Gabriela Alva C.
  Eyelevel BQE Co-Founder
  
  This New Edition features a wide range of prints fruit from the diverse projects the Artists on this list where up to this year: silk- screens, box sets, hand-bound books, etchings, and a special and limited edition prints. This carefully picked selection includes a print by Vince Contarino, whose work is concerned with exploring the possibilities of abstraction through drawing, collage, and painting. Prints by Fanny Allié go well with her recurrent subject matter through papier-mâché sculptures of fragmented body parts acting as receptacles for storytelling.
  
  A very well received box set by the Portraits Editor of the Tumblr: Emiliano Granado and his project Time For Print, curated by PHH Fine Art’s Alexandra Nelson.
  
  Tom Smith’s new collages are created by constructing volcanoes at different times of day, through photographs taken at the beach during Miami Basel weekend.
  
  The compositions created by Gabriela Alva evoke the strangeness latent in reality through “Anti-trespassing configurations” exploring different landscapes, particularly drawn to those found in some places in Mexico where the soda bottles covering the rebar of fragmented homes, evidence for the hope of building a second floor.
  
  Nichole Van Beek prints originate from an edition of paintings made as part of a series called “The Subjects,” much of which was included in “The Teak Obsessions,” a book of poetry by Geoffrey Young.
  
  Andrew C. Robinson silkscreen features a collection of labels and text rendered in a loose gestural form in the spirit of the hands of artists such as Dubuffet inspired by the graffiti of the Paris protests in May 1968.
  
  IAN VANEK: Breadbowl Without a Paw
  “The title is a play on “Rebel Without A Cause” by James Dean and “Rebel Without A Pause” by Public Enemy. In this case an interest edible structures and three legged cats lead us to this perfect title.”
  
  Lisa Iglesia’s “Protectorate” C-Print comes from an extremely detailed graphite drawing consistent to the work she makes, previous examples include a papier-mâché rifle or a hand-made celebration banner establishing threads of renewal, re-historicization and futility weaving throughout.
  
  Colin McMullan’s “Footprint Factory” was created with a set of printing blocks in a shoeshine box. Where a person would hire him, Colin would work for free, then the person would step on each block to press it into the paper, leaving an impression and choosing from a series of images to create a narrative.
  
  All of these and more featured work is up at www.eyelevelfocus.com.
  
  As a Holiday gift from us, starting today - till January 6th, (when the 3 King’s Men bring more presents),
  we have created a Free Shipping code:
  
  EYELEVEL FOCUS PERIODICALLY MAKES A UNIQUE SELECTION OF ARTWORK WITH A SPECIAL INTEREST IN HAND-MADE BOOKS, BOX SETS, AND WORKS ON PAPER.
- Dec 15, 11
  
  ceramicsnow:
  
  Extruding Clay by Max Cheprack, student at the Holon Institute of Technology in Israel
  
  “My research examined the extrusion process in a new material - clay. For this purpose, I built two pneumatic extruders (for two different die sizes) that push clay through the die. The semi-industrial process enabled me to manipulate the material, with never-before-seen precision and complexity. My research led to the creation of various objects that illustrate the many possibilities of this technology. Finally, I chose to express the result of my research process in a new design for a stool. The final result is inspired by the material culture of the Middle East so as to express time and place. The research opens up new possibilities in ceramic design and shows great promise as a method of production and design.”
  
  Max Cheprack on Etsy and Behance.
- Dec 15, 11
  
  DJ Shadow “Scale It Back” ft. Little Dragon
- Dec 15, 11
  Calling All Supporters: Immigrant Movement International
  Invites YOU to Join in a Global Action on International Migrants Day Sunday, December 18th at the OWS Immigrant March in NYC
  
  FOLLOWING INFO VIA http://immigrant-movement.us/
  In recognition of International Migrants Day on December 18th, artists, cultural producers, members of local communities and supporters will come together in New York City for a rally and march for immigrant rights in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement. Immigrant Movement International will march and read aloud the IM International Migrant Manifesto, a declaration of 10 principles re-conceptualizing the 21^st century immigrant condition that was recently presented to the public for the first time at the United Nations Student Conference on Human Rights.
  
  Leading up to the march, IM International put forth an open call for global participants to stage an action on December 18 at 2pm local time in recognition of immigrant respect. In order to represent and highlight the 150+ compelling actions that various participants have planned throughout the world, IM International will feature each participant’s name and location on a sign to be held by one person in the march. Each marcher will be assigned a specific global project to represent throughout the day and will therefore play a significant role in this historic event.
  
  If you are able to join Tania Bruguera, and IM International on December 18, RSVP to united@immigrant-movement.us with “D18 MARCH” in the subject line so that you can be matched with an international project.
  
  For more information and complete descriptions of the global actions set to take place on December 18, visit: immigrant-movement.us/december18/
  
  Follow the December 18 actions and join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag#D18.
  
  DECEMBER 18 INFORMATION AND SCHEDULE:
  What: December 18^th– ’Immigrants Occupy’ Rally and March for International Migrants Day
  
  Who: Immigrant Movement International and OWS Immigrant Workers Justice Group
  
  For Whom: Artists, Activists, and Supporters of immigrant respect
  
  Where and When:
  Sunday, December 18:
  - 1:30pm “Immigrant Occupy” Rally begins in Foley Square
  - 2:00pm Participants, volunteers, and public join IM International at southeast corner of Worth and Lafayette
  - 2:15pm Reading of Migrant Manifesto
  - 2:30pm Signs are handed out to participants, then join rally
  - 3:00pm March to Zuccotti Park
  - 3:30pm March enters Zuccotti Park
  - 4:00pm General Assembly at Zuccotti Park
  - 6:00pm General Assembly concludes
  How: Anyone interested in marching should email united@immigrant-movement.us with “D18 MARCH” in the subject line.
  
  Please spread the word! Thank you for your participation in this important action.
- Dec 15, 11
  
  Lana del Rey has been featured all over this year, and we’re slowly catching up with her music. For that reason we would like to share this long time favorite: “Some Velvet Morning” by Lee Hazlewood and recorded by Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra in late 1967.
  
  As with many psychedelic songs, its overall meaning is somewhat obscure. The lyrics consist of the male part describing a mysterious, powerful woman named Phaedra, who educated the speaker in the ways of love. The male part alternates with the female part, who identifies herself as Phaedra and speaks over ethereal, twinkling music about beautiful nature imagery and about the secrets held by an unknown collective “us”.
  
  “Some Velvet Morning” was written by Lee Hazlewood and recorded by Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra in late 1967. It first appeared on Sinatra’s album Movin’ With Nancy, the soundtrack to her 1967 television special of the same name . The song peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 in February 1968.
- Dec 15, 11
  
  sfmoma:
  
  Robert Gober, Untitled, 1998
  
  via Collection Rotation: Bruno Fazzolari
- Dec 15, 11
  
  edicioneshungria:
  
  ARTISTS AT WORK | INSIDE THE STUDIO OF GUSTAVO PÉREZ
  Take a look at the beautiful and inspiring video by Ediciones Hungría: commissioned by Mexico City’s Bellas Artes (Beux Arts Palace) this video will be featured as part of the exhibition “Gustavo Pérez: Recent Work”
- Dec 12, 11
  
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- Dec 09, 11
  
  Today’s feature is Colin McMullan’s: Footprint Factory.
  Available at www.eyelevelfocus.com
  
  COLIN MCMULLAN
  Footprint Factory
  
  ” I brought a set of printing blocks to the site (often on the sidewalk) in my shoeshine box. I waited for people to hire me to make a print for them. I worked for free. We would work together on the print. The person would sit in a chair, while I worked on my knees, inking up the blocks and getting everything ready. The person would step on each block to press it into the paper, leaving an impression. The person could choose a series of images to create a narrative, and sometimes people would tell me stories or things about their lives. When it was finished, the person would take the print and go on their way.” »
- Dec 09, 11
  
  This is a reblogging reminder through a great Daguerreotype from art-history. We automatically made a visual connection for the promotional images for Meditations on the Multiple, an exhibition of work made over the last six months by The Gowanus Studio Space 2011 Printshop Residents.
  
  Meditations on the Multiple: An exhibition from the GSS Printshop Residency Program
  
  December 9th - January 13th. Opening Reception: December 9th, 7pm - 10pm
  Featuring work from Yunmee Kyong, Michelle Levy, and Jomar Statkun
  
  art-history:
  
  Henry Fitz, Jr.
  Self-Portrait 1839
  Daguerreotype
  National Museum of American History
  
  This daguerreotype of Henry Fitz Jr. with his eyes closed is one of the first known photographic self-portraits. Fitz, an early innovator in the new field of photography, opened a daguerreotype studio in Baltimore in 1840. Later, as an accomplished and well-respected optician in New York City, he became well known for creating high-quality lenses for early cameras and telescopes. Fitz’s dreamy look in this self-portrait was actually the result of the five-minute exposure time in bright light that early daguerreotype cameras required of sitters.
  
  —Smithsonian Photography Initiative
- Dec 09, 11
  
  Print/Out & Print Studio @museummodernart is the third in a series of large print surveys periodically organized by the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books in order to assess the evolution of the medium.
  
  “PRINT/OUT
  Over the last two decades, the art world has broadened its geographic reach and opened itself to new continents, allowing for a significant cross-pollination of post-conceptual strategies and vernacular modes. Printed materials, in both innovative and traditional forms, have played a key role in this exchange of ideas and sources. This exhibition examines the evolution of artistic practices related to the print medium, from the resurgence of ancient printmaking techniques—often used alongside digital technologies—to the worldwide proliferation of self-published artists’ books and ephemera. Bringing together over 200 works drawn substantially from MoMA’s extensive collection of prints and books, with the addition of several important loans, the exhibition features major artists and publishing projects, such as Ai Weiwei, Ellen Gallagher, Martin Kippenberger, Lucy McKenzie,Museum in Progress, Editions Jacob Samuel, Thomas Schütte, SUPERFLEX, and Rirkrit Tiravanija, among many others.
  
  PRINT STUDIO
  Organized in conjunction with the exhibitionPrint/Out (February 19–May 14, 2012), Print Studio is an interactive space that explores the evolution of artistic practices relating to the medium of print. The studio offers a series of drop-in workshops, lectures, and events that emphasize accessible and sustainable models for the production and dissemination of ideas. Drawing from resources such as the Reanimation Library (based in the Gowanus area of Brooklyn)—a collection of books no longer in circulation but acquired for their visual content—and a variety of technologies, participants are invited to experiment with and manipulate images and text. Led by artists and educators, activities highlight the ways in which new digital technologies incorporate traditional printing techniques, re-imagining the role of print in contemporary culture.”
- Dec 08, 11
  
  support BAM through these beautiful editions: 150 Benefit Prints
  
  In partnership with Artspace.com, the leading online contemporary art marketplace, BAMart is proud to introduce two new limited editions to celebrate BAM’s 150th anniversary.
  
  On Tuesday, November 1, we will release Save The Country Now by Deborah Kass, and on Thursday, November 3, we will release Where all Harmonies are Tuned by Marcel Dzama. Both of these artists are generous supporters of BAM and also Brooklyn residents. Both prints are sized at 12x17 inches and are in signed and numbered editions of 150. Proceeds will directly benefit BAM.
  
  Sign up for Artspace today to get more information about these works next week and receive $25 off your first purchase on Artspace
  
  ABOUT DEBORAH KASS
  
  Artist Deborah Kass finds inspiration in artists like Andy Warhol, Ellsworth Kelly, Frank Stella, Ed Ruscha, Bruce Nauman and Louise Bourgeois from whom she borrows words and deliberately appropriates styles. Her current body of work, Feel Good Paintings for Feel Bad Times, illustrates lyrics from Broadway show tunes, pop music, and classic American songs. These paintings convey positive messages in celebration of the middle class and American culture. Kass chose Broadway as a reference point because she finds it definitively American, optimistic, and personal. One of her most famous series, the Warhol Project from 1992–2000, employs Warhol’s style to celebrate Kass’s personal heroes, including singer Barbra Streisand and artists Cindy Sherman and Elizabeth Murray. Deborah currently shows her work at the Paul Kasmin Gallery, in New York, and is in the permanent collections of both The Whitney Museum and The Museum of Modern Art in New York
  
  ABOUT MARCEL DZAMA
  
  If there were such a thing as an indie draftsman, then Marcel Dzama would be it. Known for working in a wide range of media, Dzama creates collages, dioramas, and large-scale polyptychs that depict fanciful, anachronistic worlds full of humans, animals, and hybrid creatures. His work, which looks like something you might stumble upon in an antique shop, has not only been published in McSweeney’s, the bible of Dave Egger’s generation of writers, but it has also appeared on the album covers of The Else by They Might Be Giants and Gueroby Beck, as well as in the music videos for songs by Bob Dylan and the Department of Eagles.
  
  Dzama collaborates often with other artists, and his work is collected by many of the gods of Hollywood and modern independent cinema—Spike Jonze, Steve Martin, Jim Carey, Brad Pitt, and Viggo Mortensen, to name a few. Dzama is showing his work currently at the David Zwirner Gallery in New York, as well as in the permanent collections of The Guggenheim in New York, The Tate Modern in London, and The Corcoran Gallery of Art in D.C.
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- Dec 19, 11
  
  VINCE CONTARINO
  “Untitled (6)” print
  
  “My work is concerned with exploring the possibilities of abstraction through drawing, collage, and painting. An important part of my studio practice involves searching for thrown away or discarded marks and pairing them with more deliberately constructed forms. While there is room for chance and discovery, I strive to operate in a middle ground that is neither restrictive or self indulgent, continually editing down the paintings to their most important elements.”
  ____________________________________
  
  LIMITED EDITION (#18 prints)
  archival ink print on BFK Rives
  8” x 10” (unframed)
  11” x 14” (framed)
- Dec 08, 11
  
  LISA IGLESIAS
  “Protectorate”(print)
  
  “Rather than working in a linear path, the projects I make are based on constellations of association. Whether papier-mâché rifle, pencil drawing, or hand-made celebration banner, threads of renewal, re-historicization and futility weave throughout.
  
  ____________________________________
  
  EDITION OF 20
  (original drawing: graphite on paper)
  11x10” (unframed)
  12x12” (framed)
- Dec 07, 11
  
  EMILIANO GRANADO
  Time for Print box set curated by Alexandra Nelson
  
  Emiliano Granado’s latest project, Time For Print, is a catalog of portraits from Model Mayhem. It is a study of beauty and sexuality in the internet age. Time for Print refers to photographer/model work done simply for the advancement of individual portfolios.
- Dec 07, 11
  
  JULIEN GARDAIR
  ABCKL IS ABEFILTUU - drawing #10
  
  “In this world, hands could be teeth, could be eyes, could be hair, could be mouth… Forms grow free in drawings, live their transformations in animations and invent absurd subjects in paintings. All is moving back and forth, from the studio to the street and experience to imagination. A space in between where each viewer is welcome to make his own interpretation.”
  
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  black spray paint on paper
  18”x24” / ea
  2011
  
  *this is a series of 20 drawings, for this edition of Eyelevel Focus VIII we selected two drawings, however, you can view the full series if you set an appointment with us to eyelevelbqe@gmail.com
- Dec 07, 11
  
  LISA IGLESIAS
  “Pattern”
  
  “Rather than working in a linear path, the projects I make are based on constellations of association. Whether papier-mâché rifle, pencil drawing, or hand-made celebration banner, threads of renewal, re-historicization and futility weave throughout.” »
  
  ____________________________________
  
  EDITION OF 20
  (original drawing: graphite on paper)
  8x10” (unframed)
  11x14” (framed)
- Dec 07, 11
  
  NICHOLE VAN BEEK
  “shiftfloates”
  
  These paintings were made as part of series called The Subjects, much of which was included in The Teak Obsessions, a book of poetry by Geoffrey Young. The paintings are not direct illustrations of the poems, but rather provide a visual counterpoint. In these works I was striving to reach a balance between continuity (most being meditations on letter-forms) and variation in color combination, composition, pattern, and painting technique
  
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  archival ink print on BFK Rives
  8” x 10” (unframed)
  11” x 14” (framed)
- Dec 07, 11
  
  TOM SMITH “Volcano (day)”
  “My recent paintings combine two interpretations in one image, using multiple perspectives or filters through which we view things.” ____________________________________
  
  EDITION OF 20
  8x10” (unframed)
  11x14” (framed)
  Digital Collage created from cell phone pictures
  Printed with acid free ink on BFK Rives. 2011
- Dec 07, 11
  
  IAN VANEK
  Breadbowl Without a Paw
  
  The title is a play on “Rebel Without A Cause” by James Dean and “Rebel Without A Pause” by Public Enemy. In this case an interest edible structures and three legged cats lead us to this perfect title.”
- Dec 07, 11
  
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  GABRIELA ALVA C.
  “Anti-trespassing configurations”
  
  “When an object that does not belong is inserted into an every day scene, the ordinary elements warrant a closer look. I photograph compositions which evoke the strangeness latent in reality. I like to explore these instances, and come back to different landscapes. I am often drawn to those in Mexico, where the soda bottles that cover the rebar of fragmented homes, evidence for the hope of building a second floor. The dividing edges filled with crushed bottles, resonate with the alternatives used to reach safety, a beautiful but threatening sight.”
  
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  EDITION OF 20
  Collage, photograph print with acid free ink on BFK Rives.
  
  8x10” (unframed)
  11x14” (framed)
- Dec 07, 11
  
  JEREMIAH MANDEL
  “Celebration is a funeral for old ideas. The ones you come back to over and over until they are fleshed out, or not. This book turns those images to stone, solidifying them in whatever state they were found. A proper burial…”
- Dec 07, 11
  
  ANDREW C. ROBINSON
  Riot Labels
  
  “This print is part of a larger project titled “Bloodlines”. These hand printed silk screens were run in a small edition and some were used as labels for bottles and vessels used to adorn art objects in a sculptural installation and a series of photographs.
  
  “The labels and text were rendered in a loose gestural form in the spirit of the hands of artists such as Dubuffet and the content inspired by the graffiti of the Paris protests in May 1968.”
- Dec 07, 11
  
  NATALIA PORTER
  “Denture”
  Denture
  Digital drawing cut out
  archival ink
  Dim 4 1/2” X 3” (unframed)
  8” X 10 ” (framed)
  
  ”“My training is in the visual arts and industrial design. These disciplines purposefully inform my work. The sculptures, installations and drawings, along with the functional objects and places that I have created all come about through an exploration of ideas that include a balanced experimentation between technological processes and traditional craft. With this in mind, it is important to recognize that I work in response to my surroundings, by interacting with the people, places and objects I come across that I alter in order to assign them expanded meanings and/or additional readings. I create objects and experiences that hopefully lead to critical thought, suggest new ways to perceive reality, and help reduce the boundaries that exist between art and design.”
- Dec 07, 11
  
  COLIN MCMULLAN
  Footprint Factory
  
  ” I brought a set of printing blocks to the site (often on the sidewalk) in my shoeshine box. I waited for people to hire me to make a print for them. I worked for free. We would work together on the print. The person would sit in a chair, while I worked on my knees, inking up the blocks and getting everything ready. The person would step on each block to press it into the paper, leaving an impression. The person could choose a series of images to create a narrative, and sometimes people would tell me stories or things about their lives. When it was finished, the person would take the print and go on their way.” »
- Dec 07, 11
  
  FANNY ALLIÉ
  “numbness and tingling” - print
  
  “In my mixed media, sculpture and installation work, the recurrent subject matter has been the body, especially fragmented body parts, acting as receptacles for storytelling.
  
  I am using the memory of observed and experienced events especially those from my childhood and from the news, for creating installations.
  
  Besides, I explore the notion of trace that indicates the existence of others and my own. Trace also shows the passing of time. Many of my projects suggest the course of time as they examine memories, past actions or incidents, and events that happened at a specific and recorded time.
  
  In my practice, I have a strong interest in the handmade process. I have used several materials such as clay, papier-mâché (I make my own paste using flour, salt and water), fabric, wood, paper, plaster and chicken wire among others. In addition, I am also often drawn to natural materials, available in the every day life.”
  
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  LIMITED EDITION (#18 prints)
  archival ink print
  8”x12” (unframed)
  11”x14” (framed)
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