BRONX MASQUERADE- Curated by Yulia Tikahonova @ Bronx Library Center, NYPB - 3/10-4/10/12

Ruben Natal- San Miguel 2012 Bronx, NYC- From the ''Nocturnal / Activo  De Noche''  Series

                BRONX MASQUERADE

 

                  Curated by Yulia Tikhonova  

Exhibition

March 10

through

April 10, 2012

Opening reception Saturday, March 10^th

from 2:30-4:30 pm

Artists talk from 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Admission: Free

Bronx Library Center

310 East Kingsbridge Road  Bronx, NY 10458

Tel: 718-579-4244

BRONX MASQUERADE *BRONX MASQUERADE* brings together ten emerging Bronx artists who reveal the true stories of young people in the Bronx. The exhibition Bronx Masquerade borrows its title from the book of the same name by Nikki Grimes. It presents a montage of artistic voices concerned with the uncertain position of youth. Their work focuses on today’s youth and their struggle to define their own identity, and to find a place where they truly belong, as part of a generation confronted by the challenging realities of our economy. Like the high school students/protagonists of the book, the artists in

this exhibit express the emotions concealed by fashion and style -  beneath the skin, behind the eyes, beyond the masquerade. The artists communicate what lay hidden by the mask of everyday life, – this generation's sincerity, drive and passion. Like the poetry recitals that tae place in the book during  “Open Mike Friday”, the artwork in the exhibition exemplifies the desire and need to relate individual experience to those things that we share in common.  The artists explore a wide range of energies, dreams and fears; their photographs, paintings, and works on paper convincingly convey the depth of these emotions.

Artists in the exhibition: Melissa A Calderon, Xavier Figueroa, Isabel Figueroa, Edwin Gonzalez, Glendalys Medina, Amy Pryor, Elle Perez, Tiana Markova-Gold, Lisa Napier, Ruben Natal-San Miguel, Jay Paavonpera

BRONX MASQUERADE is the part of the series Boro to Boro: Artists in Libraries that has been curated by Yulia Tikhonova, Brooklyn House of Kulture in conjunction with the New York Public Library network.

Brooklyn House of Kulture www.brooklynhouseofkulture.org

1685 Ocean Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11230 Tel: 646 5961283