Sonya Blesofsky @Vermont Studio Center

The Vermont Studio Center made a video feature our very own Sonya Blesofsky. Sonya talks about her experience at VCS as well as her studio practice in general. It's a short and sweet video so watch it!



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Sonya Blesofsky @ BRIC House!

Sonya Blesofsky on view until December 15, 2013 at BRIC House. A life-sized theater marquee made entirely of paper. The building that houses BRIC House was once the Strand Theater. Sonya Blesofsky pays homage to that history with the theater marquee she has created entirely out of paper! You won’t believe that this replica is made entirely of foam core, vellum and glue!




Images Courtesy of Etienne Frossard.

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Deinstalling Sonya Blesofsky's Renovation

Everything inevitably comes to an end, Sonya's most recent show Renovations being no exception. Rob is currently patching away the walls and columns while Sonya is taking down the paper sculptures.




If you haven't seen the show (shame on you), make sure to read the fantastic review of the show written by Darren Jones. You can read the article here.

Meanwhile, we have received Conor Backman's new work today morning! Stay tuned for more photos of our staff and the artist installing tomorrow!



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RENOVATION: SONYA BLESOFSKY

SONYA BLESOFSKY
RENOVATION
SEPTEMBER 5 – OCTOBER 5, 2013
OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 6-8PM

Join us this Thursday, September 12th, for the opening of Sonya Blesofsky’s second solo exhibition here at Mixed Greens!

Renovation is an exploration of the constant renewal and reconstruction of the temporal architectural structures in New York City. Inspired by a recent discovery that her DUMBO studio’s elevator had begun conversion from freight to passenger elevator, Blesofsky began to observe these alterations and modifications in detail, eventually examining remodeled and restored exteriors/interiors throughout the city. Within this inquiry, Blesofsky developed increased interest in the “visual evidence of a building’s evolution over time.” She writes, “I’m particularly drawn to makeshift architectural alterations and modifications that happen in an as-needed manner, as well as the layering that happens when architectural details fall apart and quick fixes are made around them.”

Through the use of found objects, layered wall drawings, blind embossing, paper sculptures and site-specific architectural interventions, Blesofsky creates a space of her own renovations, manipulating the gallery space into a material archive of its own history and evidence. In the work’s many stages, a truly complex and evolutionary process is presented, reflective of the constant shift and change of the city in which it exists. A microcosm is created in which the viewer is confronted with direct physical representations of time, in all its manifestations; from a column exposed, devoid of its plaster shield, to found baseboards and paint chips, standing alone as cells of an absent whole, to a large graphite drawing of a brick window, slowly peeling from the wall.

Sonya Blesofsky has shown extensively since receiving her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2005. Solo exhibition venues include Diego Rivera Gallery, San Fran- cisco, CA; Plane Space, New York, NY; Gallery Diet, Miami, FL; Cleopatra’s, Brooklyn, NY; and Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA. Group exhibition venues include Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; SHO Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY; Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY; Transformer Gallery, Washington DC; and Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA. She has been a studio artist at numerous residencies including the Artists Alliance Lower East Side Studio Program, The Museum of Arts and Design, Smack Mellon, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Swarm Gallery, Dieu Donne Papermill, and Plane Space. Blesofsky grew up in Los Angeles County; she currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

- Mixed Greens intern, Delaney Allen-Mills


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Courtney is off to San Francisco :(

This week has been an exciting one. Sonya Blesofsky is finishing her install, WonJung Choi installed her window installation, and the Paris-Scope to Hans van Meeuwen's show is up and ready to go. But it's also a sad time for us at MG... Courtney has moved to San Francisco. We will miss her greatly! Here's a screen shot of her on the staff page for posterity. Tear.



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Installing

So far, the site-specific "renovations" are working! We've successfully exposed the original building columns. Extremely exciting stuff!

Sonya Blesofsky's Renovation opens September 5th, with the opening reception taking place on September 12th, 6-8pm. We'll see you there!

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Sonya Blesofsky's

Stay Tuned: Sonya Blesofsky's Renovation will open to the public on September 5th, and we'll host an opening reception on Thursday, September 12th. The above photo was taken recently at Blesofsky's studio--she is preparing to install a variety of works on paper, including drawing, embossings, and site-specific architectural interventions.



Some of the research for the exhibition brought Blesofsky to early photographic evidence of the gallery's building: 531-525 West 26th Street!

Be sure to check it out.

Renovation will be on view at Mixed Greens through October 5, 2013.



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Studio Visit with Sonya Blesofsky

We visited Sonya's DUMBO studio last night to see works in progress...stay tuned for her upcoming exhibition this September!





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Sonya Blesofsky @ Plug Projects, Kansas City

Check out Sonya Blesofsky's site-specific installation above, currently on view at Plug Projects as part of the Superstruct exhibition.

Sonya Blesofsky
Flood Crest, 2012
vellum, glue, graphite

PLUG Projects
“SUPERSTRUCT”
Work By: Stephanie Snider, Sonya Blesofsky, Brady Haston, Kirsten Kindler, and Juniper Tangpuz.
March 16 – May 5, 2012
Exhibition Opening: March 16, 6pm - 9pm
Gallery Hours: Saturdays 10am - 5pm and by appointment

Click 'Read More' below for more on the exhibition.


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Last day of installation!

Detail of the "ceiling medallion"


Finally on the ceiling!


Sonya puts the finishing touches on the "radiator"


A flurry of activity in the gallery today.




Pipes!


"The Basement"


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Sonya Blesofsky: Installation Continues!

Brown paper, aluminum foil, tape, glue and plastic: Various parts for the electric meters


Sections of the cornice, about to be assembled and installed.


Rob and Sonya delicately hang a window pediment.


Our super-helper, Graham, makes some very accurate measurements.


An all-vellum fence is already completed and standing.


Detail shot of the "metal studs" made from aluminum foil.


An all-vellum decorative ceiling medallion, ready to be installed on our ceiling.


Be sure to join us this coming Thursday night, 6-8pm at Mixed Greens, to celebrate the opening of Sonya Blesofsky's Tenement!





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Sonya Blesofsky installation underway

Mark your calendars: Thursday, May 5th, Sonya Blesofsky's Tenement opens at Mixed Greens.













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