HOMEBASE III Opening: April 27th 2008, 1–9 pm

www.homebaseproject.com
A site-specific public art project exploring notions of Home
HomeBase III, April 27th-May 18th, Sugar Hill, Harlem

HOMEBASE III:
17 international artists transform a historical townhouse in Harlem with site-specific artwork addressing the notion of Home.


Opening: Sunday, April 27th 2008 / 1 pm – 9 pm
2 pm - Art Talk / 4 pm – Reception /6 pm - Lecture
by Michael Henry Adams: History of Harlem
* Open to the public, suggested donation $10 *

Dates: April 27th – May 18th
Wednesday - Sunday / 1 pm – 9 pm

Location: 764 St. Nicholas Ave. @ 148th
Harlem, New York
(A,C,B,D to 147th St. exit)

We hope to see you in Sugar Hill.

The HomeBase Team
www.HomeBaseProject.com
Participating Artist:

Ella Ben-Aharon/YelleB ensemble, Matthias Neumann, Adi Shniderman/Dance/Multimedia performance/Israel/Germany
Carolyn Salas & Adam Parker Smith/Fabric Sculpture/Installation/USA
Xaviera Simmons/Installation/USA
Ken Landauer/Sculpture/USA
Leor Grady/Installation/Israel
Annabel Daou/Text Drawing/Lebanon
Andrea Loefke/Installation/Germany
Sivan Gur-Arieh/Film/USA
Ramak Fazel/Photography/Iran
Anat Litwin/Paper Cut-Outs/Installation/Israel
Michael Paul Britto/Photography/Video/USA
Adi Ezroni/Theatre/Video/Israel
Alex Schweder/Architecture/Performance/USA
Sylvie Degiez & Wayne Lopes/Sound Installation/Switzerland/USA

Disinhibition: Black Art and Blue Humor

April 13 – June 22, 2008, Gallery 4

Curated by Blake Bradford

Artists include Elizabeth Axtman, Michael Paul Britto, David Leggett, Dave McKenzie, Jayson Musson, William Pope L. and Tamasha Williamson

Disinhibition: Black Art and Blue Humor, a group exhibition exploring the use of humor as a critical method to forthrightly address societal taboos, prejudice, and stereotypes, will be on view from April 13 to June 22, 2008. Curated by Director of Education Blake Bradford, the exhibition will include works by Elizabeth Axtman, Michael Paul Britto, David Leggett, Dave Mckenzie, Jayson Musson, William Pope L., and Tamasha Williamson, all of whom employ humor as a candid, cunning, and/or critical means to reflect on society. The blunt honesty of these works is embedded in modes of popular culture and entertainment; yet the works demand critical attention be given to these deeply-rooted issues that condition us from day to day.

Disinhibition is exactly what this show will provide: a method of unrestrained behavior and disregard for cultural constraints. From Axtman’s strategic glamorization of race and social injustice to internal questions of participation versus rebellion as depicted in the work of Jayson Musson, the tone of this exhibition ranges from confrontational to contemplative. Treading on ground that is typically avoided for being politically incorrect or taboo, the exhibition creates a space for a dialogue that fosters awareness as well as critique through a palatable comedic trope. Who are today’s truth tellers and what are the consequences of their honesty? These questions will be addressed by a group of artists with a knack for dishing out the hard issues with a digestible dose of laughter.