“Among Friends,� detail. Co-curated by Beth Dary, Alexandra Rutsch Brock, and Patricia Fabricant, the project featured small works on paper by nearly 140 artists, zipped together to create several long scrolls. A portion of each sale went to help support Planned Parenthood.
Contributed by Katie Fuller / Dumbo Open Studios afforded me and many others a golden opportunity to catch up with familiar artists and also discover some completely new work. The larger installations ranged from the hive of artists in the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program and Smack Mellon�s Kentucky Derby Benefit Auction to “Among Friends,” an inventive and widely inclusive group show and fundraising opportunity in Beth Dary�s studio that was inspired by Robert Rauschenberg’s Hiccups. In between, there were many individual artists� studios, where it was especially gratifying to see works in progress and experience highly personal and customized atmospheres. Below are just some of the pieces that caught my eye.
�Among Friends,� in Beth Dary�s studio, detailAlun Williams (left), Summer Wheat (right) from the Smack Mellon Benefit Art Exhibition(from left to right) Suzanne Song, Karina Aguilera Skvirsky, Ann Shostrom from the Smack Mellon Benefit Art ExhibitionLaura KaretzkyAnne GilmanTuula AnttonenElizabeth HazanElizabeth HazanJennifer Sirey had an exhibition at Platform, Elizabeth Hazan�s new exhibition space that adjoins her studio.Brie RuaisJose RodriguezJose Rodriguez, detailChitra GaneshMartha TuttleLaura BernsteinRandy WrayOsamu KobayashiKobayashi’s painting toolsHong Seon JangJuan EduardoCeleste FichterCeleste FichterElise P ChurchElise P ChurchClaudia BitranJiwon Song
Conrad Vogel grew up in Briarcliff Manor, New York, graduated from Sarah Lawrence in 1977, traveled in Italy, and then moved to New York City where he lived as an artist for more than forty years.
