NURTURE Art Benefit!
Monday, September 20, 2010
Lots of things happening over there at NURTUREart. They're gearing up for their annual benefit (all info below), AND if you purchase tickets before October 1st you'll get a sweet deal. EVEN MORE EXCITING NEWS: NURTUREart's incredible artwork registry is now ONLINE! Curators--you can browse! Artists--you can submit!
The NURTUREart Benefit is Tuesday October 12th, 7PM
ZieherSmith Gallery 516 West 20th Street New York, NY 10001
Buy you tickets here.
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Congratulations! You have found the super-secretive bonus holiday card only the tech-savvy and willing can see.
This drawing was made especially for the holidays by Mark Mulroney. Mulroney works in a variety of media including drawing, wood carving, and painting. The recurring motifs such as exaggerated genitalia, oozing bodily fluids, and practically anything that is NSFW may appear juvenile, but his work ultimately deals with matters everyone faces on a daily basis: sexual frustration, loneliness, and fear of death. His formative experiences as an alter boy, his love of mid-century pornography, and his obsession with vintage paper all combine to create artwork that conveys his unique perspective.
Mark Mulroney received his MFA from The University of California at Santa Barbara. His first solo show in New York was with Mixed Greens in September of 2004. Other solo show venues include Ever Gold Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Galleries Goldstein, London, England; Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA; ebersmoore gallery, Chicago, IL; ArtSpace, New Haven, CT; Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Richard Heller, Los Angeles, CA; and The San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art. Group exhibition venues have included Park Gallery, San Francisco, CA; OKOK Gallery, Seattle, WA; Evergreen Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland; The National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland; RAID projects, Los Angeles, CA; Finesilver Gallery, Houston, TX; Cassius King Gallery, San Diego, CA; The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV; the San Francisco Art Institute, CA; the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, CA; and the Laguna Beach Art Museum in CA. He has been written about in numerous publications including artforum.com, the Los Angeles Times, Flash Art, and Esquire. Mulroney currently lives and works in Syracuse, NY.
Mark Mulroney will have a solo booth with us at VOLTA NY the upcoming year (March 6 - 9, 2014). If you like his work, you can see more on our website and EVEN MORE on Mark's website.
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Mark Mulroney -
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Happy Thursday (it's almost Friday!) from The Pit! So, along with the launch of the new Mixed Greens website, we also have a new and amazing fall intern, Anna (ME!) AND a new exhibition by the wonderful Mark Mulroney. "Really Creative Pictures" opened last week and if you haven't stopped by to see the show, you definitely need to check it out before it closes on October 9th. "Really Creative Pictures" features paintings, a multi-part mural, and eleven sketchbooks. These books are very important to Mark's artistic process and being able to flip through them provides insight into the artist's mind and creative vision that is often never seen. The sketchbooks were a hit last week at the opening....so many people were hovered around them I had to make sure no one spilled their beer on them or tried to sneak one out! They really add a lot to the show, but don't take my word for it....come see for yourself!
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BACK IN EFFECT!
Monday, September 13, 2010
I'm back! I mean, The Pit is back! We're now fully operating from our slick new site, and it's time to get some blog posts up. It's been a busy summer, so forgive the blogging hiatus. While I work on getting The Pit up and running at full steam, feel free to peruse archived blog posts here, at the old address. Be sure to update your bookmarks (and your links, if you're kind enough to link to us)!
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STAY TUNED...
Monday, September 06, 2010
We're wrapping up a long and exciting summer with the launch of our new and improved website! Perhaps you've already noticed the difference? Over the next couple of weeks, we'll get rid of the bugs and add a few exciting features to the site like two-minute artist videos on each of our represented artists. Our tireless intern Chuka is finishing up a few and we can't wait to upload them to the site. Stay tuned on that one...
Also stay tuned as the blog is updated and links are added. For now, you can see the older version of the blog here.
Courtney is on vacation right now and we miss her terribly. In honor of her, I have uploaded a flying shark photo.
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