Film Fridays

Chuka's been busy working on some video footage of Leah Tinari's current show. This shot was from our interview with Tinari earlier this week. Stay tuned for some interviews with artists from our UPCOMING Crossing the Line exhibition, opening July 11th.

In the meantime, you can check out some of our other videos here.

AND MARK YOUR CALENDARS...it's starting to really feel like summer, which means it's time to COUNT DOWN TO SHARK WEEK.

TAGS: exhibitions / sharks / tinari / video

Jeff Koons vs. Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons has taken over Chelsea! Koons is exhibiting in two different shows at Gagosian Gallery and David Zwirner Gallery. He is exploring the big questions surrounding fame, money, and sex (as usual). These shows are very different, so make sure to check out both!

And he’s not done…

There will be a Koons retrospective at the Whitney in the summer of 2014!

Also...

As recommended by the Gagosian (security guard) check out this great new film!


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A Group Exhibition at James Fuentes

Be sure to check out the group exhibition, currently on view, at James Fuentes, featuring:

Conor Backman
Egan Frantz
Ross Iannatti
Parker Ito
Alison Knowles
Niall MacDonald
Asher Penn
John Riepenhoff with Emily Sundblad
Roman Schramm




TAGS: backman / exhibitions

Jogging @ Still House

Boy, that Still House is off the beaten path. But we found it.


A few installation shots from Jogging's exhibition Soon, currently on view.




A gloomy day, after the storm.

TAGS: adventure / exhibitions

Breanne Trammell in PAPER Magazine

Screenshot taken from PAPERMAG.com

Check out PAPER Magazine's piece on Nails Across America!

TAGS: events / trammell

Kimberley Hart on the farm

Image courtesy of Times Union. Photo Credit: Paul Buckowski / Times Union

Fascinating article on artist Kimberley Hart's adventures in farming.

TAGS: hart / reading

Nails Across America on 26th Street tonight!

Breanne Trammell's 'canned ham trailer' will be parked in front of Mixed Greens tonight, 6-8pm. Be sure to check it out! #nailsinthekey #nailsacrossamerica #breanne

Read about the manicures here:

Bonjour Girl's interview with Breanne Trammell.

The trailer's new paint job.

Whitewall listed the project as a MUST SEE.

NAILS Magazine is covering it.

TAGS: trammell

Sink Beneath the Surface and Be Free

A quick glimpse at Jeila Gueramian's window installation, "Sink Beneath the Surface and Be Free" as she put on the finishing touches last night. We hope you'll join us for the opening reception this evening, 6-8pm at Mixed Greens.

TAGS: installation / window

Shout Out to ArtSpace!

Leah Tinari is a featured artist today. Check out an interview with her over at ARTSPACE.

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Installation in progress

Leah Tinari's installation for Mars' Planet is underway.


As is Jeila Gueramian's window installation Sink Beneath the Surface and Be Free.

Join us tomorrow evening (May 30th), from 6-8pm at Mixed Greens to celebrate the opening of both exhibitions.

TAGS: exhibitions / installation

The NAILS Trailer is here!

Breanne and the NAILS trailer have arrived in NYC! Parked in a lot on W 23rd Street and 10th Avenue, the first manicure of the Nails Across America journey is being performed.

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Friday Reading

Really interesting reading over at Huff Post--sorry I missed this panel on Gender Equality in the Arts. So timely considering Arianna Huffington's recent commencement speech at Smith.

Who knew that private space travel will be happening within the year?!?!?!?!???!!!!!!

Whoa whoa whoa.

TAGS: reading

Breanne Trammell: Nails Across America Kickoff!

May 28–May 31, 2013
Opening: Thursday, May 30, 6-8pm

NYC, March 2013 — Breanne Trammell, an artist and core member of the Wassaic Project, announces her much-anticipated cross-country road trip Nails Across America. The road trip is part of “Nails in the Key of Life,” her experiential art project using manicures as a forum for exchanging ideas, conversation, and collecting oral histories. Nails Across America launches at Mixed Greens in May 2013.

Mixed Greens: “We’re so excited to be the first stop on Breanne’s Nails Across America tour! Mixed Greens is a proud advocate of the work of Breanne Trammell, social practice, and gorgeous nails. It’s thrilling to be able to celebrate all three at the same time.”

The Road Trip
Traveling in a 1968 Shasta Compact trailer which has been transformed into a mobile nail salon, Breanne will be making stops across the U.S. including Woody Creek, CO; Lawrence, KS; Sonora, CA; Chattanooga, TN; among larger cities such as Seattle, Los Angeles, Dallas, Minneapolis, and more. The final destination is the Wassaic Project Art and Music Festival taking place August 2–4, 2013. A large portion of the trip has been funded and mapped out via Kickstarter.

Bowie Zunino, Wassaic Project: “We’re incredibly proud to be exhibiting Breanne’s mobile nail salon at our 2013 Summer Festival. We have worked with her since the project’s inception: searching for the perfect canned ham trailer, attending classes as nail models, and cheering her on as she graduated from nail school. With her nail technician license, her beautiful sense of color, and irresistible charm, there is no stopping Nails in the Key of Life.”

Through Nails Across America, Breanne seeks to connect with a broad audience through the simple act of performing manicures. By making stops across the country in a mobile nail salon, Trammell opens up the accessibility of her project to a wider community beyond the traditional white-wall art world. This project is for everyone. Building an archive of participants as diverse as possible is essential to the project’s success: young, old, blue collar, white collar, mechanics, artists, and farmers alike. Breanne aims to break gender bias by offering male-specific manicures: Bro Nails, the GentleMANicure, and the Working MANicure.

The curated manicure menu references recurring themes in Trammell’s art such as popular culture, junk food, and art history. Glittery blue acrylic nails pay homage to the television program Friday Night Lights, and manicure flavors run the gamut from Cheeto Orange to International Klein Blue. Participants who want custom nail art may choose from donut sprinkles, #2 pencils, Richard Diebenkorn-inspired paintings, and more!

Archive
The end goal of Nails Across America is to create a project archive based on collected oral histories and an edition of 500 sets of nails. Following each manicure in the mobile salon, participants will receive a signed and numbered (1/500, 2/500, 3/500 and so on) letter-pressed certificate of authenticity to commemorate their participation in the project.

About Breanne
Breanne Trammell is an artist living and working in Wassaic, NY, where she is a core member of the Wassaic Project. She received her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and has exhibited her work at the New Museum of Contemporary Art, MASS MoCA, Mixed Greens, and Susan Inglett Gallery.

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Shark Love -- It's nearly summer

MUST WATCH. When the Great White showed up I held my breath...

TAGS: sharks

Guerrilla Girls Wednesday

Super interesting ArtTable morning with the Guerrilla Girls.

TAGS: events / reading