Dispatch from the West Coast @NADA

No words needed: COURTNEY!!! (@NADA)


and our very own HDB also at NADA!


TAGS: courtney / nada

Weekend at the Studio Museum

I finally made a trip to the Studio Museum this past Saturday to go see Rudy Shepherd's pieces in the group exhibition When the Stars Begin to Fall. We were super excited to have Rudy included because there are so many good artists also in the show!


^ view of the first floor



^ Ralph Lemon's new work and sketchbook


^ Rudy's Healing Devices (2012) and Superdome (2011)


^ James “Son” Thomas's clay heads

Also up are works by Glenn Kaino and Carrie Mae Weems on the lower level of the museum.




When the Stars Begin to Fall is up until June 29th!




TAGS: rudyshepherd / studiomuseum

Bid for the 10th Annual BAM Art Auction!

Have you bid yet? It's probably smarter to bid more towards the ending of the auction, but do not forget to bid!! This year Joan Linder and Coke Wisdom O'Neal donated works. Anyone can bid with an Artsy account. Click here to go to the official website.



TAGS: artsy / auction / bam / joanlinder / oneal

Kim Beck @Printed Matter opening tonight!

Kim Beck's book "A Flock of Signs" is launching TONIGHT at Printed Matter. In addition to the book, she also installed arrow signs in the bookstore, which look great. There's blank signs, some have words, some are informational, some nonsensical. The installation looks great, and Printed Matter always has fun openings so go check it out!











TAGS: kimbeck / printedmatter

New Submission Guidelines are UP

The title says it all! New submission guidelines for 2014 are UP here on our website. This year, we've switched to receiving submissions via email instead of requiring physical packets. We hope to see lots and lots of your work! Make sure to submit by June 30th to be considered.

TAGS: 2014 / guidelines / submissions

Get tickets for the Smack Mellon Kentucky Derby Party & Art Auction

Have you gotten your tickets for the Smack Mellon Kentucky Derby Party yet? If not, you should probably get them really soon because tickets are selling fast! The Smack Mellon Art Auction is the BEST way to watch the Kentucky Derby outside of Louisville. Support Smack Mellon and get an amazing piece of art at the perfect excuse to hear a crazy hat. This year Kim Beck, Sonya Blesofsky, Joan Linder, and Mary Temple donated work. When you buy your ticket, make sure to write "Heather&Monica" in the comment section of PayPal. It will bring you good karma.

Buy your tickets here


TAGS: artauction / kentuckyderby / smackmellon / tickets

SHOUT OUT to Breanne Trammell and the Sculpture Center blog

Breanne Trammell's window installation is featured on the Sculpture Center blog as part Featured Artist Series. There are more posts on Breanne's works like this one.


TAGS: breannetrammell / sculpturecenter / shoutout / trammell

Rob Carter is our new in-house framer

Our next exhibition - "A Great Piece of Turf" by Kim Beck - includes lots and lots of work on paper. Today Rob basically set up a mini framers work station and framed over two dozen drawings!


First you assemble the frame bars..


and then you attach the work to a backing,


place the backing in the frame and seal it off.


just like that!

TAGS: arthandling / carter / frame / framing / rob / robcarter

MG installing @ Dallas Art Fair

Mixed Greens is at Dallas installing for tomorrow's opening!




This year we are bringing Alex Exposito, Brad Greenwood, Howard Fonda, and Mary Temple. Those of you who are Dallas, please stop by and stay hello!

x MG



TAGS: artfair / dallasartfair / install / installation

Kim Beck @TSA opening tonight & getting ready for Dallas Art Fair

RR&P: Repetition, Rhythm, and Pattern is opening TONIGHT at TSA Brooklyn. Mixed Greens boasts not only one, not only two, but a whopping three connections to the show! The show's curator, Lindsey Landfried, was a former intern at Mixed Greens, and included Kim Beck's work in the group show. Naomi Reis, the assistant director of TSA Brooklyn, will have a window installation up at Mixed Greens during the summer months. The show looks great, so make sure to go check it out!

Also happening next week is the Dallas Art Fair! All the work has shipped, and we are ready to go. This year we are bringing works of Alessandra Expósito, Howard Fonda, Brad Greenwood, and Mary Temple. We'll come back with more photos of the booth so stay tuned!

See you at the TSA opening tonight x MG

TAGS: artfair / beck / dallas / dallasartfair / kim / kimbeck / tsa

Two SUPER exciting announcements

Mixed Greens is absolutely THRILLed to let you know some exciting news!


First, Donna Dennis has won the Award of Merit Medal for Sculpture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The winners were chosen from the artists who had been invited to participate in the Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts. Huge, huge, huge congrats to Donna for being so awesome! The Invitational Exhibition (blogged here) will be up until April 12, 2014. You can read their press release here.


The second news is that Rob Carter is an AMERICAN!!! He swore in today and he is officially a yankee. Look at him all dapper with a certificate in his hands, and a new Howard Fonda painting in the back.


He plans to continue looking dapper all day as he installs our upcoming Howard Fonda solo show. Make sure you come to our opening this Thursday and check the show out!




TAGS: courtney / donnadennis / mark / markmulroney / mulroney / rob / robcarter / volta

Paris-SCOPE: Susan Graham

SUSAN GRAHAM
"SPIRAL LANDSCAPE"
MARCH 20, 2014 - MAY 23, 2014
OPENING: THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 6-8pm

Mixed Greens and Projective City are pleased to present an ambitious, site-specific installation by Susan Graham in which an entire wall of the gallery, from floor to ceiling, will be consumed by a giant mandala-like spiral made of porcelain sculptures and sugar objects affixed directly to the wall. There is a simultaneous sense of wonder and danger in the installation, palpable through the viewer’s proximity to such unprotected fragility.

For over a decade, Graham has used strategies of pattern and decoration to poetically depict the eternal struggle between nature and technology. In this installation, Graham will push scale and her materials to limits dictated by time and fragility. Her ability to transform delicate, evocative materials into powerful objects is showcased as she uses porcelain and sugar to sculpt wall-based electrical towers, satellite dishes, flora, and trees with a depth that is both precarious and inviting. Humorous yet foreboding, each vignette will build upon the next to create an overall vortex that leaves an indelible impression.

For this exhibition, Projective City was kind enough to give Graham a full week (and a cot) to install the work on site. The porcelain sculptures that provide the framework for the spiral were made in advance of the installation, but the sugar pieces will be constructed with site-specificity when Graham arrives at Projective City. Over the course of seven full days, Graham will live and breathe the installation as she attaches more sugar whilst residing in the gallery. The resulting installation will be maximally additive, pushing scale, playing with depth, and evoking multivalent narratives. The collection of sugar pieces (made of sugar and egg whites) will represent growth and creation in juxtaposition to the more static porcelain. When the show is over, the sugar will be destroyed while the porcelain towers will remain.

Susan Graham lives and works in New York City. Her solo exhibition venues include Lux Art Institute in Encinitas, CA; Schroeder Romero, NYC; Mixed Greens, NYC; Avram Gallery, Long Island University, Southampton, NY; Holly Solomon Gallery, Chelsea Hotel, NYC; and the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI. Group exhibition venues include Margaret Thatcher Projects, NYC; Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ; Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno, CA; Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY; Neuberger Museum of Art, Yonkers, NY; Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY; Sherman Gallery at Boston University, Boston, MA; Leubsdorf Gallery at Hunter College, NYC; John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI; and the Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, NYC; among many others. She has had residencies at prestigious venues including Smack Mellon and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Awards have included a Pollock-Krasner grant and two Fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts. Her work can be seen in public collections at Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Hessel Art Museum at Bard College. She is represented in New York by Schroeder Romero.

Download Press Release


TAGS: graham / paris-scope / susan / susangraham

Katie Video Coming Soon!

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VOLTA updates and more

Only one day remains until VOLTA and concurrent art fairs open in New York City, and we are installing away in SoHo. Here is a sneak peek of Rob and Mark at our booth getting ready.



According to my most recent correspondence with Rob, the booth is now almost completely installed and looking good. We hope to see you soon at the fair!

On the Interwebz, Courtney, Ben, and Letha were spotted looking at art with a serious look on their faces. Can you spot them from this screenshot?



For a better look, here's a close-up. This might be your your 15 minutes of fame.




Meanwhile on Tuesday, Heather went to the opening of the 2014 Invitational Exhibition at the Academy of Arts and Letters to support Donna Dennis, who was in our Hooray for HOLLYwood! show. It is beautifully installed outside, so make sure you go see the show when you're uptown.

Stay tuned for more updates when the fair opens tomorrow.

x MG

TAGS: courtney / donnadennis / volta

Jarrod Beck on ART HAPS

Jarrod Beck was recently featured in ART HAPS. He talks about his work and process, including the piece Rifting in our show Implicit Horizon. Beyond the visually obvious, such as the tactility and monumental scale, Jarrod provides a closer glimpse into the intentions and ideas behind the works as well as the production process. Definitely worth a read!

TAGS: implicithorizon / jarrodbeck