Rob Carter rejects the Rob Carter Award

We just spotted Rob building an awesome package around one of Adia Millett's sculptures, looking noteworthy enough for a Rob Carter Packing Award. Yet, Rob Carter REJECTED the award because the packaging doesn't quite live up to his standards. No photos will be posted, sadly, because the packaging doesn't meet the Rob Carter Award Standards. Whomp

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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!

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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!




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Rob Packing Away

above: rear shot of Rob Carter packing away Kimberly Hart's Cord Wood.
below: Rob Carter exhilarated because he loves his job

special guest: Conor Backman's steel sculpture Petrified x Blank Page chilling on the island

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LES Gallery stroll

I dedicated last Friday to seeing art. First stop The Met, then down to the Lower East Side. Here are a few scenes from the LES:


Yarn grafitti on Ludlow.


Checking out the plans for the Low Line.


Installation at Lehman Maupin.


Naama Tsabar at Thierry Goldberg.


Kembra Phahler's phallic-tastic show at Participant.


Last but certainly not least, Rob Carter's exhibition at Station Independent. This is a crap photo because there were visitors and an interview going on in the gallery and I didn't want to cause a scene to get a good shot! Amazing show. CHECK IT OUT.

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Friday Fun Day!

Heather and Chuka ventured off to Wassaic today. Little did they know that Heather would be magically transported to a mirror-world with hospital shoe-covers. (She's actually inside the "Infinity Box" - by Ghost of a Dream @ Wassaic Mill) Read more about the Wassaic Project here.

Where in the world is Wassaic, you ask? Find out here.



Wassaic also has goats.



And last but not least, another shot of Rob's backside as he digs through the racks during inventory-day. Because Friday is FUN DAY.

DON'T FORGET: SHARK WEEK BEGINS THIS SUNDAY!

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Rob Carter: Artist Talk, Video Screening, Q&A

Image above: Courtesy of The L Magazine

Rob Carter: Artist Talk, Video Screening, and Q&A
Recess @ Kidd Yellin
133 Imlay Street
Brooklyn, New York
Tuesday, June 14 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm


Photographer and video artist, Rob Carter, will give an audio visual presentation of his work at the Red Hook outpost of Recess Activities, in collaboration with Kidd Yellin. He will discuss the evolvement of his work and screen several animations, including some new unseen projects.

Rob Carter uses stop-motion animation, time-lapse video and sound effects to spotlight political and iconic structures, especially sports stadia, skyscrapers, and churches. Cut photographic images and living plants are used to reengineer histories - morphing and recontextualizing architecture, urban development, and cultural traditions.

Rob Carter is a 2010 Artist Fellowship recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). This presentation is co‐sponsored by Artists & Audiences Exchange, a NYFA public program, funded with leadership support from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA).

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Deinstallation is underway

Yep, it's that time again...

READ MORE by clicking below to see pictures of Rob and Jessie hard at work on the deinstallation of Tuesday.

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TUESDAY: the installation continues

An injured Rob Carter has found a way to style-up his cast: with modified Mixed Greens gloves.


With his broken hand he hammers away, using a crowbar to break through the wall. (This proved of course to be too painful, and Courtney had to take over)


Jennifer Marman & Daniel Borins install their wall sculpture, "Google 2.0". You can check it out in person beginning tomorrow, 6-8pm, at Mixed Greens.



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TUESDAY: the installation begins

Above: Michelle and Rob are assembling Heather Rasmussen's work.


Above: Joy Drury Cox gets some help installing her wall-sized installation.

Mark your calendars because TUESDAY, curated by mr. and mrs. amani olu, opens this Thursday, 6-8pm (Jan 13th) at Mixed Greens.

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Rob Carter...back in The Pit

He's baaaaaacccckkk! With a few broken bones, but we'll take him.

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Friday is Fun Day

Rob Carter, if you're reading this, look who's learning to make wall repairs...Stay Tuned for Rob Carter's return to Mixed Greens this January (he's currently on residency in Spain)



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Friday is Fun Day

This FUN DAY photo was sent it to us by world-traveler, Rob Carter. Rob did want to make clear that he was not participating in the above "event", but was merely an observer. I felt it fitting to post today since most of the outfits above look a lot like the costumes that Ricky's is selling for Halloween.

Fun Day reading list:

Maybe not such a good idea to have a wedding ceremony in a language that you don't understand. Same rule applies for tattoos.

Wynnnnnnnnn.

Exorcism kit at auction?

Another SHOUT OUT to Coke O'Neal for his exciting news about the 25 for 25 AOL Grant!



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Where in the world is Rob Carter?

We've located Rob in Spain's 3rd largest city--the origin of paella. yum. Stay tuned for Rob's interesting footage...to be posted on Friday.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THESE UPCOMING EVENTS:

The Landromat Project's annual Soapbox Benefit Auction! Buy tickets here.

Leah Tinari's "Perfect Strangers" and a window installation by Alexander Reyna, "LoveHateNow" opening reception at Mixed Greens on Saturday, November 20th, 6-8pm.

Reminder: "Be Thankful" the Benefit Art Auction for artist Scott Andresen, November 3rd, 7-10pm at Collette Blanchard Gallery. Buy tickets here.



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