UPCOMING:
June: PROSPECT HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN
Calico Presents: On Location
Pop-Up Exhibition at A.MANO Brooklyn
Featuring recent works by Ben Cowan, Jon Legere, Mark Mann, and Kate Nielsen
June 14 - July 28, 2024
Opening Reception: Friday, June 14, 6-9pm
585 Dean St, Brooklyn, NY
www.calicoexhibitions.com • www.amanobrooklyn.com
Calico is pleased to announce On Location, the first pop-up exhibition since the closing of our Greenpoint gallery space last year. This show will blend Calico’s trademark approach to presentation with location-based adaptations in partnership with A.MANO Brooklyn - a creatively curated home decor shop in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.
On Location brings together recent 2D and 3D works by Ben Cowan, Jon Legere, Mark Mann, and Kate Nielsen. Throughout the show a common thread of “place” emerges. Each artist utilizes this notion to a varying degree, and we find these moments of consideration in the work as anchor points. The seemingly obvious element of “location” affecting one's work can be taken for granted, but it is unique and nuanced for each individual. This theme carries over in a more general sense as Calico begins this new phase of bringing art shows into other spaces - working on location.
Ben Cowan’s recent works in his “Paracosm” series are both objects and windows, spaces beyond but pushing back. Everyday patterns from Cowan's immediate surroundings simmer in his imagination, resulting in personified elements of architecture and the natural world as framed paintings. With these pieces we see exterior views of the world, but also the interior place from which the views are framed.
Jon Legere has created brand new sculptures for the exhibit. His “Devourer” ceramic figures are equipped with a lo-fi camera and a vintage LED screen that mimics and remixes your movements. But it’s a trap. If you spend too much time in self absorption posing for the third eye camera, the open mouth of the Devourer will swallow your soul.
Mark Mann’s “Manhattan Transplants” series of cactus sculptures is a humorous and somewhat self-deprecating take on the recent wave of New Yorkers - including the artist - who parted ways with NYC and relocated to upstate New York. This recent work stems from the artist’s long-time interest in the non-object and capturing the memory of a thing. The act of using two disparate materials, the plaster cast and a found object container, combines the notion of the cacti’s strange beauty and resilience with the vessels’ inherent quality of prosperity and abundance.
Kate Nielsen’s work has been described as being rooted in an abstract environmentalism. The physical structure and subject matter are organic, but cuts, rips, and scrapes result in the creation of new forms. Inspired by desert landscapes and the buildup of rock and sediment strata, Kate develops her own topographies. Each piece can feel like a specific yet obscure place at the same time.
Please join us for the opening reception on Friday, June 14th, 6-9pm. On Location will be on view through July 28th.
A.MANO Brooklyn is located on the first floor at 585 Dean Street in Prospect Heights. Open hours are Monday-Saturday 9am-7pm and Sundays 9am-5pm.
social links: @calico.ny @amanobrooklyn @benbencowan @legere @markmannstudio @kate_niel
July: WOODSTOCK, NY
Calico x Small Talk Presents: Spirit Animals
Featuring recent works by Scott Ackerman, Steph Becker, Rich Cali, and Janel Schultz
July 18 - Oct 12, 2024
Opening Reception: Friday, July 19, 6-9pm
Exhibition Preview: Thursday, July 18, 4-6pm
in conjunction with Upstate Art Weekend 2024
Small Talk, 1 Tinker St, Woodstock, NY, 2nd floor
www.calicoexhibitions.com • www.instagram.com/smalltalkwoodstock
Calico presents Spirit Animals, the inaugural exhibition upstairs at Small Talk in downtown Woodstock. Works in this show explore the inner and outer realms of the Animal Kingdom and how we as humans interpret and relate to our Earthly cohabitants. Exhibiting artists include Scott Ackerman (Kingston, NY), Steph Becker (KCMO), Rich Cali (Kingston, NY), and Janel Schultz (Brooklyn, NY).
Calico is an exhibition platform founded in 2012 by artist / organizer, Scott Chasse. Originally a brick-and-mortar gallery space in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Calico now focuses on location-based exhibits, installations, and experiences within and beyond the gallery sphere.
Small Talk is a rustic cocktail bar in the heart of downtown Woodstock. The main bar is a thoughtfully designed space featuring colors and textures inspired by the surrounding outdoors. Upstairs is an auxiliary space and lounge with seasonally rotated exhibitions presented by Calico.