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"2 Senses"
-Art and Music Group Exhibition-

3/7 - 3/30/2008
Opening Reception: 3/7/2008, Friday, 7-10pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Participating Artists:
Jessica Cannon/ Chelsea Cardinal/ Michael Haleta/ Jon Han/ Tara Hogan/ Rachel Salomon/ Julian Swaney/ Gordon Wiebe

Brooklyn - AG Gallery is pleased to present "2 senses", a group exhibition comprised of artworks that are derived from music. The title of the exhibition, "2 senses", stands for "vision" and "hearing". By exhibiting music-related artworks, and also playing music from which the artworks are derived, viewers will be visually and aurally stimulated. In this exhibition, the works also show how music and art can be seamlessly merged.

One of the art forms that will be shown in this exhibition is album cover art, which is a fairly new type of visual creation that emerged in the 1940s. It could be one of the most influential art forms that are showcased, exposed and viewed by thousands of people everyday and everywhere. Meanwhile, critics consider album cover art as a pop culture icon since music these days has been considered as a commercially produced material. However, the participating artists of this exhibition beautifully portray how they interpret and visually reveal what is contained in the music.

In spite of its entertainment aspect, music itself is a pure, thought-provoking creation. Music has inspired many progressive artists such as Kandinsky and Frantisek Kupka. Kandinsky considered music as "the ultimate teacher," and his creativity was stimulated by the sounds around him. As for a proof, it is also essential to show musically inspired artworks in "2 senses" exhibition to pursue the incorporative relationship between auditory art and visual art. Music is the art form that can be sensed by hearing, and it has a huge impact on visual faculties. When the music flows, artists illuminate the spirit of music, establishing a strong relation between music and visual imagery.

Jessica Cannon
Chelsea Cardinal
Michael Haleta
Jon Han
Tara Hogan
Rachel Salomon
Julian Swaney
Gordon Wiebe

The List of participating artists

Jessica Cannon: graduated from Parsons The New School for Design with MFA in Fine Arts. She has been in many group exhibitions at Cinders Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), NYC Bronfman Center Art Gallery (NYC, NY), Heidi Cho Gallery (NYC, NY), Flux Factory (Long Island City, NY), De Sato (Los Angels), Christopher Henry gallery (NYC, NY), and other galleries. She will exhibit her album cover art that she has done for the scissors' new album at the "2 senses" exhibition.

Chelsea Cardinal: born and raised on Alberta, Canada. She attended the Alberta College of Art and Design where she majored in illustration. She is a designer at GQ magazine and also an illustrator. She currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She will exhibit her music inspired piece at the "2 senses" exhibition.

Michael Haleta: lives and works in Hamilton, New Jersey. He is a multidisciplinary artist, classically trained cellist turn electro acoustic composer. Together with his wife, video artist Dawn Bendick, they make up the audio/visual duo, Backbreakerneckbrace. BBNB's sound primarily deals with the reappropriation of field recordings and site specific sound happenings which ultimately become processed and reassembled into one another. Michael's visual work mirrors his sound work which some people have called 'collage noise' or 'nuetronic noise'. Backbreakerneckbrace has performed internationally in galleries (Whitney Graduate Center, NYC, Bauhaus University-Weimar, Germany), institutes, festivals and museums. Michael's visual work has been published in a wide range of publications such as: Tokion, Shout NY, Block, De:Bug, and Hunch. He will exhibit his album cover collage that he has done for Wzt Heart's album, "Threads Rope Spell Making Your Bones" at the "2 senses" exhibition.

Jon Han: born and raised in California. He graduated with a BA of illustration, from Art Center College of Design. He has been involved in many group exhibitions at Nucleus gallery (Alhambra, CA), Abacot Gallery (Los Angels), Compound Gallery (Portland, Oregon), and Uno (Los Angels). Jon currently lives and works out of Los Angeles, California. He will exhibit his music-related silkscreen piece at the "2 senses" exhibition.

Tara Hogan: Graduated from Syracuse University in NY with a BFA in Illustration. She has exhibited her works at Blue Bottle Art (Seattle, WA), Etsy (Brooklyn, NY). She works as a freelance illustrator and also a designer, and also a founder of INK+ WIT. She will exhibit her music inspired piece at the "2 senses" exhibition.

Rachel Salomon: was born in Utah, and grew up in California. From age 9 to 23, she competed as a downhill racer. She graduated from Art Center College with BF with a BA of illustration. She has been involved in many group shows at Jen Bekman (NYC, NY), Riviera Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), Junc Gallery (Los Angels, CA), Clemenine Gallery (Chelsea, NY), and other galleries. She will exhibit her album cover paintings that she has done for Patricia Barber's album, "Mythologies" and Great Lakes Myth Society's album, "Compass Rose Bouquest" at the "2 senses" exhibition.

Julian Swaney: graduated with a BFA from Maine College of Art in 2005. She currently lives and works as an artist/printmaker in Michigan. She will exhibit her album cover drawings that she's done for Micah Blue Smaldone's Album, along with her music inspired works at the "2 sense" exhibition.

Gordon Wiebe: Gordon Wiebe is a Tronto-based artist. His work has appeared in many international magazines. He had had a solo show at PEP Gallery (NYC, NY), and also involved in group exhibitions at TAG Art Gallery (Nashvile, TN) and other galleries. He will exhibit his album cover artwork that he's done for Guernica's new album at the "2 senses" exhibition.

"2 senses" will be on view at AG Gallery from March 7th, through March 30th, 2008. The gallery is located at 103 North 3rd St. (between Berry and Wythe Ave.)
Hours: Sun. 12-8pm: Mon.-Thurs. 12-9pm: Fri.-Sat. 12-10pm
For further information, please contact the gallery at 718-599-3044 or visit www.aboutglamour.net