DOLK "OLD SCHOOL" LIMITED EDITION PRINT SERIES

In conjunction with his upcoming "EUROTRASH" exhibition opening here on April 30th with M-CITY, DOLK will be releasing a very limited edition, large size (100cm x 70cm paper), print series. The print will be available in our ON-LINE SHOP. A few will be held back for show attendees. Please check back with us as the show gets closer to find out release time and date.

M-CITY will also be releasing a print for the show. More info to come.

"EUROTRASH"
DOLK • M-CITY
April 30 - May 29
Opening Reception: April 30, 7-10pm (NY)
www.BrooklyniteGallery.com

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SPECTER • VARIOUS & GOULD "MAKE IT FIT" OPENS SATURDAY!

This Saturday is sure to be a show for the ages. All the right elements seem to be in place (including the weather) for an amazing opening night. The work is stellar, the installations are being constructed --the murals just about dry now.

We have several musical performances that aim to create just the right soundtrack for "MAKE IT FIT", a collaborative effort by Brooklyn-based artist SPECTERand the duo from Berlin know as VARIOUS & GOULD. We couldn't be more thrilled to be hosting this exhibition. Come see for yourself.

"MAKE IT FIT"
SPECTER • VARIOUS & GOULD
OPENS THIS SATURDAY!
MARCH 20, 7-10pm
Special Musical Performances
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DESPITE THE RUMORS: NO ARTISTS WERE HARMED DURING THE MAKING OF THIS VIDEO



SO WHAT IS "MAKE IT FIT" ALL ABOUT YOU ASK? WE'LL BECAUSE IT'S OUR JOB TO TELL YOU, WE CAME UP WITH THIS. . . .
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The concept of “work” can be interpreted in many different ways depending on whom you hit up. Brooklyn-based artist, SPECTER and German duo VARIOUS & GOULD have each located discarded materials, used skill and ingenuity and re-conceptualized things in pulsating ways you might never have imagined. All this done in effort to turn the concept of “work” on its ear in an exhibition appropriately titled, “Make It Fit”.

Cart-pushers, delivery boys and slave-laborers – take the spotlight in much of the work created by the artist who goes simply by the name SPECTER. With all of his portraits based on real people living at the bottom of the capitalist barrel, Specter forces the general public to see what they might rather not – those who got left behind. Collecting materials in much the same fashion his subjects do, SPECTER incorporates shopping carts, bicycles, and crates along with engaging images of your everyday worker, paying special attention to what makes them tick. His work is hand-crafted, retro-fitted, clever and fresh.

For the creative team of VARIOUS & GOULD the concept of “work” means looking well beyond the vigor of the everyday tasks one has to perform for a paycheck and instead focusing on the surprisingly graceful interaction between a laborer and his tools. Imagine peering into the cut-out holes we often see at a construction site and being exposed to a vibrant world of multi-colored uniforms, enlarged tools and graphic text. A world where workers trade body parts depending on their needs, moving in tandem while performing their repetitive tasks in a choreographed “workers waltz”. Using found objects, work related symbols and their refined silkscreen techniques, the line between work and play becomes blurred inside the imaginative minds of VARIOUS & GOULD.

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Brooklynite Gallery is located at 334 Malcolm X Blvd., Brooklyn, New York 11233. We are open Thursday thru Saturday from 1pm – 7pm or by appointment. We are located 2 blocks from the A or C subway to Utica Ave. stop.

THIS SATURDAY! SEE SOMETHING NEW!

"STEALTH: ARTISTS ABOVE THE RADAR"
COLLIN VAN DER SLUIJS / DEREK SHUMATE
OPENING RECEPTION: FEBRUARY 13, 7-10PM EASTERN

Special Musical Guest: SIFUNK & GARMUNKLE
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Let the New Year finally begin with some cosmic style at Brooklynite Gallery's first exhibition of 2010, Stealth: Artists Above the Radar. The show highlights two pop art surrealists from opposite ends of the world: Collin Van Der Sluijs, a native of the Netherlands and a specialist in mixed media, who will be showcasing his latest paintings of bizarre animal/human space creatures, and Houston-born abstract artist Derek Shumate, who'll show off his layered, multicolored graphic designs that blend headline news with the artist's fertile imagination.         -Araceli Cruz VILLAGE VOICE

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BROOKLYNITE GALLERY
334 Malcolm X Blvd.
Brooklyn, New York 11233
A or C Subway to Utica Ave.
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BROOKLYNITE: THE YEAR AHEAD

It's been awhile since our last post so we wanted to get you up to speed about what's going here at BROOKLYNITE. Lots in store for 2010 including a great crop of artists from around the globe ready to grace the walls inside and outside (of course) of the gallery.

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Our first show of the year, STEALTH: ARTISTS ABOVE THE RADAR, will feature two talented artists we feel deserve a bit more attention paid to them. Dutch painter, Collin Van Der Sluijs and Derek Shumate from Houston, Texas.

STEALTH: ARTISTS ABOVE THE RADAR
COLLIN VAN DER SLUIJS / DEREK SHUMATE
February 13 - March 6
OPENING RECEPTION: Feb. 13, 7-10pm


We've offered up our gallery walls as a soapbox for these two under-exposed artists from different ends of the world, both of who use their canvases much like mental filing cabinets to store information full of free expression and socio-political views.

For more info about this exhibition be sure to check out our NEWS section.

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NEXT UP:
We are happy to announce an exciting line-up of international artists, ALL with varying styles, NONE leaving something to be desired. We have secured some large outdoor locations for alot of these artists as well ---to do what they do best.

OUR 2010 LINE-UP
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COLLIN VAN DER SLUIJS & DEREK SHUMATE - February 13 - March 6
SPECTER / VARIOUS & GOULD - March 20 - April 17
DOLK / M-CITY - April 30 - May 29
GUY DENNING / DAVID WALKER - June 12 - July 10
Summer TBA
C215 / EELUS - September 4 - October 2
STEN & LEX / GAIA - October 16 - November 13
STELIOS FAITAKIS - November 20 - December 18

We've also been sworn to secrecy regarding a few other projects that will take place throughout the year.

Look for many more original 'street art' doc videos this year which can always be viewed 24/7 on our on-line BROOKLYNITE TV Channel by simply clicking the LIVE TV link on our site. Did you know that our Opening Night Receptions are broadcast live too? Check it out.

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ALSO:
Our exhibition "GO GET YOUR SHINEBOX" which featured 100 artists
and their take on surviving in this economy, will be made into a book.

Look for the release sometime early this year with a launch party in the UK.
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FINALLY:
Check out our SHOP section from time to time as we'll be releasing new work from a diverse group of artists. M-CITY among others planning on releasing a series of prints with us.

In fact, we have some great new work up there right now, including this one from London-based stencil artist: PENNY.


"Cops & Robins"
PENNY
Aerosol Stencil on Wood
24in x 36in x 2in
$1800

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Looking forward to seeing many of you out here for 2010.
www.BrooklyniteGallery.com

"GO GET YOUR SHINEBOX"

In case you missed the premiere of our stop motion video for:
"GO GET YOUR SHINEBOX", get some popcorn and enjoy the ride...



"GO GET YOUR SHINEBOX"
November 21 - December 19 2009
OPENING RECEPTION: NOVEMBER 21, 7-10 PM
FEATURING OVER 100 INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS.
www.BrooklyniteGallery.com

. . . BREAKING NEWS . . . BREAKING NEWS . . . BREAKING NEWS . . .

VILLAGE VOICE BEST OF NYC 2009:
"BEST BROOKLYN GALLERY"
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We don't often like to sing our own praises
so we'll let the Village Voice do it for us!

VILLAGE VOICE: BEST BROOKLYN GALLERY

PERU ANA ANA PERU: OCTOBER 17

...AND THEN WE JUMPED INTO THE ABYSS OF NUMBERS:
Memories in Absurdity From the Bowels of Peru Ana Ana Peru
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October 17 - November 14
Special Musical Guest: BOMB SQUAD
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You’ve seen it on the streets – just a black square with white text. Two names, a mirror image of themselves. These discreet signs of whoever or whatever refers to itself as PERU ANA ANA PERU are backed up by an eclectic collection of ornately designed pieces of artwork-- pasted, fastened, scribbled or dangling to your left or right.



WHO ARE THEY? WHAT DOES IT MEAN? We are often asked these questions. PERU ANA ANA PERU's use of different mediums is a treat if you enjoy such things and will certainly cut up a neat freak looking to compartmentalize them. Well we may not have all the answers you've been searching for, but we do have their first solo show and hope to bring you as close to their identities as you have been so far.

"...And Then We Jumped into the Abyss of Numbers: Memories in Absurdity From the Bowels of Peru Ana Ana Peru", is the title of their exhibition. A bit long? --Maybe. Very telling? --Yes. Their "abyss of numbers" will explore the unknown, the bizarre and the surreal through multi-media paintings/drawings, sculpture and installations. Video art pieces telling strange narratives will be a key focus of the work and will offer viewers yet another peek into this duo's collective psyche. This work, harmonious with a gallery space, is also intimately connected to their street presence. At their request, we dizzily revel in the irrational.

As a much added bonus, the soundtrack to the opening night event will be performed by BOMB SQUAD [Hank Shocklee; Future Frequency]. The force behind Public Enemy and some of the most significant albums of all time with a preview of the new upcoming album of futuristic dub and live electronics.

BSQ MIX 001 from SHOCKLEE on Vimeo.

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on TWITTER @ BklyniteGallery

We'll keep you updated with behind the scenes information leading up to our opening night events, including artist's news, print releases and more. . .