IN THE REALM OF DREAMS AND FEARS - UPCOMING SHOW

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2013  OPEN RECEPTION 

5 PM - 9 PM

FEBRUARY 6, 2013 - MAY 1, 2013

LONGWOOD ART GALLERY

(HOSTOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE) 450 GRAND CONCOURSE 149 STREET

BRONX, NY

Vertebrae33, Arise, 2012, Digital Illustration

This group exhibition is organized by artist and guest curator Antonio Vicenty, inspired by his interest in horror/fantasy films. It presents recent phantasmagorical works in drawing, mixed media, painting, photography, sculpture and video by visiting artists from Brazil, Canada, United Kingdom, and the United States. Participating artists include Pierre Ayotte, Patricia Ayres, Michael Paul Britto, Fernando Carpaneda, Kari Christensen, Shawn Conn, Steve Durham, Elisabeth Faraone, Julio Garay, Alba García, Mike Hrubovcak, Jayson Keeling, Steve Lewis, Claire Martial, Ivan Monforte, Owen Mulligan, Lucrecia Novoa, Peter Pier, Matt Pinyan, Radical Sem Dó, JohnnyRamos, Vertebrae33, and John Zhao. This exhibition marks Vicenty’s first time in a curatorial role.

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ANTONIO VICENTY SOLO EXHIBITION:
Project Room: February 6-May 1, 2013

Antonio Vicenty, Plastic Masked Kids, 2011, Digital Photograph

Curated by Longwood Arts Project, this exhibition is Vicenty’s first solo exhibition of his recent experimental film and photography. Inspired by his early childhood in Puerto Rico where he visited funeral homes and walked cemeteries with his family to bury their loved ones, he uses the props, images, visual effects and photography from his infatuation with horror films resulting in experimental photography and films that are eerie, mysterious and scary, with elements of horror, fantasy, everyday fears and the inevitable fact of death through artificial, surreal and dreamlike means.

About the Curator

Antonio Vicenty is a Bronx filmmaker and photographer whose major influences were Italian and US horror films from the 1970s and 1980s. Films by such genre notables as Dario Argento, Mario Bava, Wes Craven, David Cronenberg, Lucio Fulci, David Lynch, and George A. Romero inspired Vicenty’s work that use images of graveyards, children in Halloween masks, and old dolls to explore personal narratives, sexuality, and gender identity. He was the recipient of BCA’s prestigious BRIO award in 2006. His documentary and narrative films have been included in festivals and exhibitions throughout the United States and London. Vicenty currently lives and works in the Bronx.

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