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Incubated in the 1990s and ongoing, AKIMBO EXOTICA is a body of painted collages comprised of Janet Taylor Pickett's cutout-dress forms on botanical illuminated manuscripts. The transient flora and fauna are solemn and meditative, buoyant and animated, and vessels of meaning and captured memories. AKIMBO EXOTICA is a portal to the past that declares its story while retaining a patina of mysticism and abstraction—the ownership of Black beauty.

Janet Taylor Pickett
AKIMBO EXOTICA: The Sanctuary of Hope, 2015; Standing Her Ground, 2015 ;The Mystery, 2015. Each Collages on Arches paper, 30 x 22 1/2 in.

Incubated in the 1990s and ongoing, AKIMBO EXOTICA is a body of painted collages comprised of Janet Taylor Pickett's cutout-dress forms on botanical illuminated manuscripts. The transient flora and fauna are solemn and meditative, buoyant and animated, and vessels of meaning and captured memories. AKIMBO EXOTICA is a portal to the past that declares its story while retaining a patina of mysticism and abstraction—the ownership of Black beauty.

Janet Taylor Pickett
AKIMBO EXOTICA: The Sanctuary of Hope, 2015; Standing Her Ground, 2015; The Mystery, 2015: Each
Collages on Arches paper, 30 x 22 1/2 in.

“Who’s Deciding Who’s Gonna Live? Who’s Deciding Who’s Gonna Die?,” 2022, by JAYE MOON, constructed with Lego bricks, a commercial clock, 13.5 x 13.5 x 2.75 in.

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Jaye Moon and her celebrated Lego work, “OZ,” will be LIVE BROADCAST on the YTN Science Channel and LIVE STREAMING via YouTube during “Science Today News” on “Science in Art “ at 4 PM on December 29, 2023.

YTN (Yonhap Television News) is a 24-hour Korean news channel in South Korea.
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Visit the gallery Saturday, December 2nd, from 10 am to 5 pm, when 20 percent of the day’s in-person sales (up to $15,000 per store) will support the pediatric initiatives of the Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Jennifer Baahng Gallery is partnering with the Society of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for this 37th Annual Miracle on Madison Avenue event.

https://madisonavenuebid.org/miracleonmadisonavenue/
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IMAGES:
1. Miracle on Madison Avenue
2. Jaye Moon, MOON BRAILLE: Hey, What's Your Dream, 2017, Lego bricks in Braille on plexiglass, 10 x 10 x 1 in., signed, dated, and inscribed by the artist
3. Brandon Ballengée, Ghosts of the Gulf, 2014, archival Giclée print on handmade Japanese rice paper, 8 x 24 in., signed, dated, and inscribed by the artist
4. Bell and Ganassi, Mountains in My Pocket, 2015, iPad case, keys, charm, cut cardboard, acrylic, and acetate on cardboard, 11.25" x 9", signed, dated, and inscribed by the artist

Deborah Buck’s “Bite-Sized”

—Salivating and intimidating, Godzilla thinks the peaceful would make a lovely snack. Little did the monster know that the delicious morsel would fight back with surprising ferocity.—

IMAGE:
Deborah Buck, “Bite-Sized,” 2022, Acrylic, pastel, and sumi ink on Arches paper, 45” x 51”

AKIMBO EXOTICA by Janet Taylor Pickett

— Incubated in the 1990s and ongoing, AKIMBO EXOTICA is a body of painted collages composed of the artist's cutout-dress forms on botanical illuminated manuscripts. The transient flora and fauna are solemn and meditative, buoyant and animated, and vessels of meaning and captured memories. AKIMBO EXOTICA is a portal to the past that declares its story while retaining a patina of mysticism and abstraction—the ownership of Black beauty. —

IMAGE:
Janet Taylor Pickett. AKIMBO EXOTICA - Nest, 2022, Acrylic, stencil, fabric, glass, ceramic, shell, collage on wood, 12 x 8 x 3 in., Signed, dated, and inscribed by the artist.

“MOON RAILLE: You Are Beautiful,” 2023 by Jaye Moon is currently on view at the group show, “Janet Taylor Pickett, Zhang Hongtu, PINK and THE CORPSES,” and available for purchase

Jaye Moon
“Love Myself” in Binary Code, 2020
Acrylic on glass
8 x 10 in.
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Jaye Moon
“How Do You Feel” in Binary Code, 2020
Acrylic on found glass 11 x 26 in.

Books & Catalogs are available :

“This volume's contributors examine his adaptations of classic art to reflect a contemporary sensibility, his relation to Cubism and Social Realism, his collaboration with the celebrated fashion designer Vivienne Tam, and his visual critique of China's current environmental crisis. Zhang's work was displayed at the Queens Museum in New York City from October 17, 2015 to March 6, 2016.”-Duke University Press
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Exhibition Catalog:
Zhang Hongtu, “Expanding Visions of a Shrinking World” pages, 340, illustrations, 120 color illustrations, published, December 2015, by the Queens Museum Duke University Press.
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Join us at the ARTIST TALK, “Dreaming of an old and naive dream — to be an artist!” with ZHANG HONGTU and R.C. BAKER, JULY 22, SATURDAY, 1 PM, 

Visit “Shooting the Pie”
"A found object that could be a children’s bubble blower but feels here more like a hypodermic needle is joined by a cherry pie diner-ad cutout and plastic utensils on a coffee-stained paper towel."
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For almost two decades and ongoing, painter Laura Bell and poet Ian Ganassi have been mailing between them the collaborative collage/assemblage series "The Corpses," a title derived from the Surrealist game of Exquisite Corpse. 
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IMAGE: Laura Bell and Ian Ganassi, “The Corpses: Shooting the Pie,” 2021, found objects, elastic ribbon, cardboard cutout on paper towel on cardboard, 11.5 x 9 in., signed, dated and inscribed by the artists

Visit TWELVE DAYS IN JULY

Sharon Butler
“Twelve Days in July,” 2023
Coil bound Calendar
12 x 12 in., closed
24 x 12 in., open
Edition of 12
Signed, dated, and inscribed by the artist

NYC Pride March 2023

“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” —Audre Lorde’s quote from Sister Outsider.

Jaye Moon, “Our Differences,” 2022, Lego bricks in Braille, 20 x 20 in.

Happy Juneteenth Day!
Monday 19, 2023

Janet Taylor Pickett
“Akimbo: Nest,” 2022
Acrylic, stencil, fabric, glass, ceramic, shell, collage on wood
12 x 8 x 3 in.
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The artist is drawn to textiles' intricate patterns and vibrant colors, significantly, Henri Matisse’s cutouts were instrumental in the construction of Taylor Pickett’s akimbo dress form, which has become the artist’s iconic metaphor for identity.

Join us at the gallery for “Madison Avenue Spring Gallery Walk” on Saturday, 11 am to 6 pm, May 20. This free event invites the public to visit participating galleries, view their exhibitions and attend talks led by artists and curators. RSVP not required.
https://madisonavenuebid.org/springgallerywalk/

Madison Ave Spring Gallery Walk
May 20, 11AM - 6PM
Gallery Tour, 12PM & 2PM
at Jennifer Baahng Gallery

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Janet Taylor Pickett’s “The Gardener” (2022)

IMAGE:
Acrylic, pen, graphite and collage on canvas, 20 x 20 x 1.5 in.

Signed, dated, and inscribed by the artist

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Visit OUTPUT showcasing Bill Albertini, R.C. Baker, and Sharon Butler, this Saturday April 22 thru Sunday April 23, 1-6 pm, at 20 Jay street #308 Brooklyn New York.———————————————————
For DUMBO OPEN STUDIOS, 20 Jay Street resident (and Two Coats of Paint publisher) Sharon Butler has invited R.C. Baker, artist and editor-in-chief of the Village Voice, and multi-disciplinary artist Bill Albertini to present work in a studio show that explores the different ways each combines commercially-available printing and digital processes with traditional methods and materials. Bill Albertini will present industrially-printed 3-D metal sculptures from his modular “Pipe Dream System” series. RC Baker will show political prints called “Trapdoors for Troubadours” that he produced on commercial laser print presses, and Sharon Butler will be exhibiting a four-panel painting called “96 Hours” that is based on drawings originally made in a phone app. She has also output a series of images of her working drawings on small objects – a mug, a calendar, a print on canvas, and a puzzle – to commemorate the 2023 Dumbo Open Studios. The works are available online at BAAHNG SHOP.———————————————————
IMAGE: Sharon Butler, “Working Drawings Mug,” 2023, 11 oz ceramic mug, 5 x 4 in., edition of 6; “Working Drawings Puzzle,” 2023, 1008 pieces puzzle in a box, 20 x 26, assembled, edition of 25; “Twelve Days in July,” 2023, coil bound calendar, 12 x 12 in., closed, edition of 12

Visit OUTPUT showcasing Bill Albertini, R.C. Baker, and Sharon Butler, THIS SATURDAY April 22 thru SUNDAY April 23, 1-6 pm, at 20 Jay street #308 Brooklyn New York. ———————————————————
For DUMBO OPEN STUDIOS, 20 Jay Street resident (and Two Coats of Paint publisher) Sharon Butler has invited R.C. Baker, artist and editor-in-chief of the Village Voice, and multi-disciplinary artist Bill Albertini to present work in a studio show that explores the different ways each combines commercially-available printing and digital processes with traditional methods and materials. Bill Albertini will present industrially-printed 3-D metal sculptures from his modular “Pipe Dream System” series. RC Baker will show political prints called “Trapdoors for Troubadours” that he produced on commercial laser print presses, and Sharon Butler will be exhibiting a four-panel painting called “96 Hours” that is based on drawings originally made in a phone app. She has also output a series of images of her working drawings on small objects – a mug, a calendar, a print on canvas, and a puzzle – to commemorate the 2023 Dumbo Open Studios. The works are available online at BAAHNG SHOP———————————————————
IMAGE: R.C. Baker, “Dancing Past Altamonte,” “Third Eye Inquires,” Trapdoors for Troubadours,” 2001-2023, laser prints in Lucite frames, 17 x 11 in., edition of 3 each

OPENING TODAY, 6-8 pm, 20 Jay Street #308, Brooklyn, NY.
“OUTPUT” with Bill Albertini, R.C. Baker, and Sharon Butler
For DUMBO OPEN STUDIOS, 20 Jay Street resident (and Two Coats of Paint publisher) Sharon Butler has invited R.C. Baker, artist and editor-in-chief of the Village Voice, and multi-disciplinary artist Bill Albertini to present work in a studio show that explores the different ways each combines commercially-available printing and digital processes with traditional methods and materials. Bill Albertini will present industrially-printed 3-D metal sculptures from his modular “Pipe Dream System” series. RC Baker will show political prints called “Trapdoors for Troubadours” that he produced on commercial laser print presses, and Sharon Butler will be exhibiting a four-panel painting called “96 Hours” that is based on drawings originally made in a phone app. She has also output a series of images of her working drawings on small objects – a mug, a calendar, a print on canvas, and a puzzle – to commemorate the 2023 Dumbo Open Studios. They are available online at BAAHNG SHOP
“Output,” with Sharon Butler and guest artists Bill Albertini and R.C. Baker, co-organized by Sharon Butler and Jennifer Baahng, 20 Jay Street #308, Brooklyn, NY.
EXHIBITION HOURS: Saturday, April 22 & Sunday, April 23, 1-6 pm
IMAGES: Bill Albertini, “Pipe Dream System: Plant 1 (work in progress),” detail, 2023. 3D printed PLA plastic, plywood and hardware, 78x26x53 in.; RCBaker, “Trapdoors for Troubadours,” 2010-2023, detail, 12 laser prints in Lucite frames, 51x44 in; Sharon Butler, “Working Drawings Puzzle,” 2023, detail, 1008 piece puzzle in a box
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This poignant, darkly humorous drawing is part of “Short Fiction Sketches” by Jeff Gabel. Moving from the Midwest to New York City, Jeff Gabel developed this series in scribbly and smudge tone drawings. The works externalize the imagination of a solitary artist inducted into a sea of uncanny urban experiences.

Selections from Jeff Gabel’s “Short Fiction Sketches” are on view at PITCHES & SCRIPTS at Jennifer Baahng Gallery through March 4.

Jeff Gabel’s solo exhibition, “selective report of details of a largely fabricated memory of the porous history of sporadic reflection and observation efforts with no urgency” is on view at Spencer Brownstone Gallery through February 25.

IMAGE:
“A fu**er right when someone’s asking him what kind of liquor he wants to drink at a dinner get-together where he doesn’t know most people there and he thought there wasn’t going to be any booze because he didn’t see any since he got there,” 2006
Graphite on paper, 8 x 6 in.



Jennifer Baahng Gallery

Humming with rhythmic pattern and suffused with luminous sheer wash, “Untitled (5-7)” by Eric Brown was featured in his 2020 solo exhibition at JENNIFER BAAHNG, “Already and Not Yet.” Throughout his practice, Brown employs the sacred process of repetitive mark-making to approximate prayer.

IMAGE:
Eric Brown
"Untitled (5-7)," 2020
Acrylic on paper
14.25 x 11.25 in.

JENNIFER BAAHNG joins in the celebration of Black History Month by honoring the pathbreaking artist, Janet Taylor Pickett. Blackness is a self-proclaimed “declarative statement” for Janet Taylor Pickett, whose works, as ongoing visual poems, probe personal and collective memory. Dresses Akimbo, on view, elaborates upon the symbolism of that gesture: a stance of power, bewilderment, and love.

“The Quilter,” one of the cutout dresses in Taylor Pickett’s series, literally stitches together the work of iconic African American artists. The top part of the cutout features an image of a Gees Bend quilt. Marked by their bold design and harmoniously clashing color palettes, quilts produced by the quilters of Gee’s Bend, Alabama feature thrilling improvisations in block form. A cut-out figure of an African American quilter at the center of the frame seems to cleverly “sew” this image to a picture of “Patchwork Quilt” by Romare Bearden. Bright and rhythmic, “The Quilter” rejoices in a legacy of Black artists that influenced Pickett herself.

PITCHES & SCRIPTS is on view at JENNIFER BAAHNG through March 4th.

Visit us at 790 Madison Avenue or visit www.BAAHNGSHOP.com to learn more.

IMAGE:
Janet Taylor Pickett, “The Quilter,” 2014, Acrylic, vintage photos, inkjet print, collages on board, 8 x 7 in.

"The Twentieth Century Book" by Bjorn Meyer-Ebrecht, re-purposes the binding of a book into a shaped painting.

IMAGE:
Bjorn Meyer-Ebrecht
“Untitled (The Twentieth Century Book),” 2014
Found book cover, colored pencil, Museum Board
16 3/4 x 18 1/4 in.