WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2013 OPEN RECEPTION
5 PM - 9 PM
FEBRUARY 6, 2013 - MAY 1, 2013
LONGWOOD ART GALLERY
(HOSTOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE) 450 GRAND CONCOURSE 149 STREET
BRONX, NY
Vertebrae33, Arise, 2012, Digital Illustration
This group exhibition is organized by artist and guest
curator Antonio Vicenty, inspired by his interest in horror/fantasy films. It
presents recent phantasmagorical works in drawing, mixed media, painting,
photography, sculpture and video by visiting artists from Brazil, Canada,
United Kingdom, and the United States. Participating artists include Pierre
Ayotte, Patricia Ayres, Michael Paul Britto, Fernando Carpaneda, Kari Christensen,
Shawn Conn, Steve Durham, Elisabeth Faraone, Julio Garay, Alba García, Mike
Hrubovcak, Jayson Keeling, Steve Lewis, Claire Martial, Ivan Monforte, Owen
Mulligan, Lucrecia Novoa, Peter Pier, Matt Pinyan, Radical Sem Dó, JohnnyRamos,
Vertebrae33, and John Zhao. This exhibition marks Vicenty’s first time in a
curatorial role.
PRESS RELEASE: IN THE REALM OF DREAMS AND FEARS
PRESS RELEASE: IN THE REALM OF DREAMS AND FEARS
Project Room: February 6-May 1, 2013
Antonio Vicenty, Plastic Masked Kids, 2011, Digital
Photograph
Curated by Longwood Arts Project, this exhibition is
Vicenty’s first solo exhibition of his recent experimental film and
photography. Inspired by his early childhood in Puerto Rico where he visited
funeral homes and walked cemeteries with his family to bury their loved ones,
he uses the props, images, visual effects and photography from his infatuation
with horror films resulting in experimental photography and films that are
eerie, mysterious and scary, with elements of horror, fantasy, everyday fears
and the inevitable fact of death through artificial, surreal and dreamlike
means.
About the Curator
Antonio Vicenty is a Bronx filmmaker and photographer whose
major influences were Italian and US horror films from the 1970s and 1980s.
Films by such genre notables as Dario Argento, Mario Bava, Wes Craven, David
Cronenberg, Lucio Fulci, David Lynch, and George A. Romero inspired Vicenty’s
work that use images of graveyards, children in Halloween masks, and old dolls
to explore personal narratives, sexuality, and gender identity. He was the
recipient of BCA’s prestigious BRIO award in 2006. His documentary and
narrative films have been included in festivals and exhibitions throughout the
United States and London. Vicenty currently lives and works in the Bronx.
PRESS RELEASE: IN THE REALM OF DREAMS AND FEARS
PRESS RELEASE: IN THE REALM OF DREAMS AND FEARS
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