Exhibitions 2012–2013
8 ARTISTS MAKING SCULPTURE:
THE 5th ANNUAL FROM THE REGISTRY EXHIBITION
September 13 – October 27, 2012 (Opening: September 12)
The fifth edition of the Registry show will focus on artists pursing a wide array of three-dimensional formats, and whose work acts to transform and activate the physical space around them. In turn, these works impact the viewer’s understanding of the space and the object itself, making the sense of scale and gravity compressed, expanded, or dissolved. MORE INFO>>
ON PURPOSE: ART & DESIGN IN BROOKLYN, 2012
November 17 – December 21, 2012 (Opening: November 16)
Brooklyn has emerged as a center for innovative design, where pioneering projects are both developed and produced, as well as a destination for today’s most innovative thinkers. On Purpose will feature inspiring work from Brooklyn-based designers, architects, and visual artists working across disciplines on projects that address the environmental challenges of contemporary urban living. MORE INFO>>
EN FOCO: NEW WORKS/CROSSING BOUNDARIES
January 10 – February 23, 2013 (Opening: January 9)
Collaborating with En Foco, BRIC will present a retrospective look at the photography not-for-profit organization’s prestigious New Works Award program, which has stimulated the creation of work that moves beyond the boundaries of traditional and even unconventional forms of the photographic medium. MORE INFO>>
INTER. ACT, RECIPROCITY IN MEDIA
Lori Ledis Emerging Curator Exhibition
January 10 – February 23, 2013 (Opening: January 9)
INTER. Act will explore changes in social interactions, the physical environment, and technology through the work of artists who allow the audience to explore and reflect upon the new media-driven world we inhabit. MORE INFO>>
CULTURAL FLUENCY
Lori Ledis Emerging Curator Exhibition
March 14 – April 27, 2013 (Opening: March 13)
This exhibition focuses on the “place” of present-day New York; the city as a built structure that houses public and personal activities. Works included in the show will go beyond depictions of the city and society, to the altering of places through artistic intervention, presence, and observations. MORE INFO>>
FORTY-SEVEN EASY POUNDCAKES LIKE GRANDMA USE TO MAKE
March 14 – April 27, 2013 (Opening: March 13)
Interdisciplinary artist Nyeema Morgan presents a series of 47 text-based computer drawings along with accompanying wallpaper and a newsprint publication. The digital drawings are amalgamations of forty-seven different "easy poundcake" recipes gathered from the results of Google internet searches, as well as the recipe of the artist's grandmother. MORE INFO>>
The 25th ANNUAL CONTEMPORARY ART EDUCATION
STUDENT EXHIBITION
May 15 – June 14, 2013
This year’s Contemporary Art Education Exhibition will celebrate a quarter century of shows displaying the work of public school students, grades pre-K through high school, who participate in BRIC’s contemporary art residency program. Similar to 2012, the student exhibition will be thematic, with works created in a variety of media centering around a common idea or premise. MORE INFO>>