Invitation: “BIG TOP” at Dumbo Open Studios, April 13 & 14, 2024, 1 – 6 pm
This weekend at Two Coats of Paint, painter and Two Coats publisher Sharon Butler will have four new paintings on view in the front area, and, in the main gallery, she has organized “BIG TOP,” an exhibition of 13 talented young artists she met while teaching in the University of Connecticut’s MFA Program.
Butler’s recent paintings and drawings capture her perceptions of New York, focusing on the light, space, geometry, and her experience of the city.
Artists in “BIG TOP” include: Mahsa Attaran, Becky Bailey, Logan R. Bishop, Jennifer Davies, Monica Hamilton, Kenny Heyne, Hanieh Kashani, Ben Kue, Sonja Langford, Erick Maldonado, Rossie Stearns, Noah Thompson, and Sammy Wood
In the front space, new paintings from Sharon Butler
In the front space, Sharon Butler, installation viewSharon Butler, BQE, 2024, oil on canvas, 50 x 42 inches, four canvases. @sharon_butlerSharon Butler, Eclipse Painting (87%), oil on canvas, 48 X 51 inches (4 canvases)
Checklist — Images from “Big Top”
Bailey Becky, Questionable, 2024, acrylic and wax on handmade paper, 34.5 x 29 inches @beckybailey__M. Attaran, I still can see!, 2024, photo, knife, 23 inches x 10 inches @mahsa.attaran (Sold)Logan Bishop, Our Landscape Is a Sphinx Looking at the Boids, 2023, oil on burlap, 34 x 34 inches @loganraybishopJennifer Davies, Tangled Still, 2023, instant film print and negative, metal printer tray, each tray is 9×13 inches @jen_m_daviesMonica Hamilton, Embrace (John and Monica, circa 1998), 2023, archival pigment print, 24 x 20 inches @moonicahamiltonKenny Heyne, Polar Spring, 2024, ceramic, 16 x 10 x 8 inches @kennyheyneHanieh Kashani, Every Photo I took, 2024, installation, print on paper, paper shredder, size variable @hanieh.kashaniiBen Kue, Memory from a Tree, latex paint, paper, acrylic, canvas, concrete dust, fishnet leggings, glitter, joint compound, carbon fiber, 24 x 20 inches @ Ben KueSonja Langford, Gynecology Instruments #1, 2024, found textile, liquid ltarch, black tea, 18 x 24 inches @sonjalangfordErick Maldonado, Untitled, 2023, charcoal on paper, 24 x 32 inches @erickmaldonadoartRossie Sterns, In Limerence, 2023, acrylic, sand, wood, canvas, 39 x 47 inches @rossie_stearnsNoah Thompson, Pray you, love, remember, 2023, archival pigment print, 22 x 28 inches @noahsthompson (Sold)Sammy Wood, Disappearing act, 2024, etching and aquatint, 16 x 14 inch (paper), 10 x 8 inch plate @postmortempaper
Location: Sharon Butler Studio/Two Coats of Paint Project Space Jay Street #308, Brooklyn, NY Opening reception: Friday, April 12, 5 – 9 pm Dates for the Open Studio: April 13 & 14, 1 – 6 pm
Link to the official Dumbo Open Studios website here.
