Ellen Rand Memorial Retrospective at Art 101
Curated by her daughter Felicia Garcia-Rivera and Randall Harris of Figureworks Gallery
Open from 1 pm to 6 pm on Saturdays and Sundays through December 10th.
(Closed for Thanksgiving weekend)
NOTE: if you are an artist whose work was displayed in the mini closet, please pick up your work on the exhibition dates.
http://www.art101brooklyn.com/
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Ellen Rand, the founder and director of Art 101, the Williamsburg gallery, died on August 19th in her home behind the gallery. Ellen, a painter herself, opened Art 101 in 2004 in order to give others (over a hundred, through the years) a chance to show in a quiet, light-filled space.
Her installations and groupings of artists were always thoughtful, and she was a passionate, upbeat advocate for the work, which was often by committed, mid-career artists who deserved to be better known. Though the gallery's vibe was unpretentious and charming, its mission was humbly messianic, the polar opposite of a cold white cube or a Bushwick factory loft.
Ellen's subtle, ghostly abstractions seemed fleshier, thick with history both personal and political. She herself seemed the embodiment of a long line of New England feminism that was subversively proper-dauntless, never taking no for an answer, but always genuinely gracious.
”
—David Brody, Artcritical
Enjoy Christine Hughes' interview with Ellen E. Rand during her solo exhibition at Figureworks this past Spring: http://www.arteidolia.com/interview-ellen-e-rand/#sthash.OzW4fHbG.Z5eekevp.dpbs
Curated by her daughter Felicia Garcia-Rivera and Randall Harris of Figureworks Gallery
Open from 1 pm to 6 pm on Saturdays and Sundays through December 10th.
(Closed for Thanksgiving weekend)
NOTE: if you are an artist whose work was displayed in the mini closet, please pick up your work on the exhibition dates.
http://www.art101brooklyn.com/
“
Ellen Rand, the founder and director of Art 101, the Williamsburg gallery, died on August 19th in her home behind the gallery. Ellen, a painter herself, opened Art 101 in 2004 in order to give others (over a hundred, through the years) a chance to show in a quiet, light-filled space.
Her installations and groupings of artists were always thoughtful, and she was a passionate, upbeat advocate for the work, which was often by committed, mid-career artists who deserved to be better known. Though the gallery's vibe was unpretentious and charming, its mission was humbly messianic, the polar opposite of a cold white cube or a Bushwick factory loft.
Ellen's subtle, ghostly abstractions seemed fleshier, thick with history both personal and political. She herself seemed the embodiment of a long line of New England feminism that was subversively proper-dauntless, never taking no for an answer, but always genuinely gracious.
”
—David Brody, Artcritical
Enjoy Christine Hughes' interview with Ellen E. Rand during her solo exhibition at Figureworks this past Spring: http://www.arteidolia.com/interview-ellen-e-rand/#sthash.OzW4fHbG.Z5eekevp.dpbs
