Weaving In & Out, Tuesday, June 15th, exhibition open to public from 6:00 PM- 9:00 PM at Tapestry in East Harlem. Tonight will be the debut of the first pop up gallery show at the new green residential building on East 124th Street and 2nd Avenue. The exhibit, called Weaving In & Out, is organized by No Longer Empty, a nonprofit that seeks out empty retail spaces and transforms them into art events. The main attraction will be Brooklyn artist Olek who wraps people in crocheted body suits that are designed in technicolor camouflage (photo).Weaving In & Out, is a collaborative exhibition that explores the interactions between this particular space and its surrounding physical and cultural contexts. "Weaving" appears in the title as a metaphor for the interconnected artistic actions, and the intertwining of people, projects and ideas here." The exhibition and accompanying programming were organized in collaboration with The Artist Pension Trust, Art for Change, El Museo del Barrio, Trash Patch and The West Harlem Art Fund, Inc.
The Tapestry building is at 245 East 124th Street with the 4,5,6 at 125th Street the nearest trains to this location. General exhibition days and times: Wednesday - Saturday, noon - 7:00pm through August 28th. www.NoLongerEmpty.org
Did anyone go on this? Looks like a fabulous day.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a heap of bad crochet
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