October 12 – November 8, 2023
Two by Two Media: Salimah Ali, Donna Bassin, Donna Ferrato, Flo Fox, Meryl Meisler, West Murray, Tziporah Salamon, Edwina Sandys, and Sheila Schwid
Nan Golub Retrospective
Woven Journey: Janet Goldner
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 12, 2023, 6 - 8pm
Carter Burden Gallery presents three new exhibitions: Two by Two Media featuring works by Salimah Ali, Donna Bassin, Donna Ferrato, Flo Fox, Meryl Meisler, West Murray, Tziporah Salamon, Edwina Sandys, and Sheila Schwid in the East Gallery; Nan Golub Retrospective featuring a collection of small works by Nan Golub; and On the Wall featuring the installation Woven Journey by Janet Goldner. The reception will be on Thursday, October 12 from 6pm to 8pm. Two Meet the Artist events will accompany the Two by Two exhibition and will be held on Thursday, October 19 and 26 from 6pm to 8pm. Masks are encouraged. The exhibitions run from October 12 – November 8, 2023, at 548 West 28th Street in New York City. The gallery hours are Tuesday - Friday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Two by Two Media
In collaboration with Two by Two Media, Carter Burden Gallery presents a group exhibition featuring nine celebrated female artists, photographers Flo Fox, West Murray, Donna Bassin, Meryl Meisler, Donna Ferrato and Salimah Ali, along with paintings by Sheila Schwid, sculptures by Edwina Sandys, and a performance piece by Tziporah Salamon.
Marlena Vaccaro, Director and Curator of Carter Burden Gallery, states, “This partnership with Two by Two Media is a tribute to the pioneering women artists featured within Carter Burden Gallery’s walls. These remarkable individuals are not just creators of beautiful art; they are the living legacy upon which subsequent generations of women artists have built their dreams and ambitions. As Maya Angelou eloquently said, "Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women." The artists showcased in this exhibition have, through their work, made generations of women artists feel they could carve their path, become integral parts of the ever-evolving art world, and lead the conversations that shape its future.
As we embark on this exhibition journey, we invite you to join us in celebrating the timeless artistry of these important women artists, and in making this exhibition a testament to the indomitable spirit of art, collaboration, and the belief that creativity knows no bounds. Together, we can forge a brighter, more inclusive future for all artists, regardless of gender or age.”
Meet the Artist Events for Two by Two Media: Thursday, October 19 & October 26, 6 - 8pm
Nan Golub Retrospective
In celebration of Nan Golub’s legacy, the Carter Burden Gallery will be featuring dozens of acrylics, watercolors, pen and inks, and oil stick drawings. As an accomplished artist, illustrator, and political activist Nan Golub’s artistic practice was prolific. She was known for her vibrant use of color, unbound rhythm, and humor. Her work explores moments in a storybook manner where playful flashes and original characters and compositions exist, as well as her deep attention to detail.
Nan Golub studied under many artists including Richard Diebenkorn at the California School of Fine Arts, she then continued her education at The University of the Americas, Mexico City, Mexico where she graduated in 1964. In the eighties Golub moved from her native California to New York City, where she opened Green Dog Studios, and worked with the Gay Cable Network, Legacy, the Human Rights Campaign Fund and The Advocate. During this time Golub’s attention was drawn to the horrific toll of the HIV virus and focused her attention on the AIDS epidemic, producing obsessively intricate artworks and painting with intensity the heartbreak and loss of the entire community. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Golub's more playful and stylistic works were characterized by areas of strong color with sharp, hard edges and seen in the series "The Altars", "EAT" (The Empire Diner), and "The Monster Girl". Later she painted in her home studio where she worked mostly in small scale, creating some of her most quirkily and frenetically executed works of her life. She was able to persevere and continue her endless exploration of form, color, and poetic metaphor even through serious health problems late in her life. Nan Goulb passed away in 2021 at the age of 78. It is the wish of Dixie Beckham, Nan's wife, that her paintings will be enjoyed by everyone who sees them and go into the homes of family, friends, and those who recognize the depth of her artwork.
Janet Goldner
Woven Journey by interdisciplinary artist Janet Goldner, is an immersive installation encapsulating the artist's continued commitment to Mali, combining evocative photographs amassed over years and poignant excerpts from personal journals. Beginning in 1973 with a three-month sojourn in Ghana as part of a study abroad program, Goldner’s journey led her through West Africa, with Mali being the heart of her time there. Facilitated by a prestigious Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship, in 1995, Goldner returned to Mali, where she forged a deep connection with local potters, metalsmiths, and contemporary artists. Since then, several months out of almost every year the artist travels back, where she continues the dialogue with Malian artists about their lives, work, and creative process, nurturing profound friendships, and fostering collaborative artistic connections. Goldner elaborates, “Working transculturally unites people from different cultures, education, histories. The exchange of perspectives and contexts can highlight global similarities and specific cultural differences as contributors think together, contributing beliefs and strategies from their individual experiences. As the work continues over a long period of time, the result can be an identity that is not exclusively linked to a geographic location or ethnicity but to new cultural and conceptual realms.”
Janet Goldner is a New York City based interdisciplinary artist. Born in Washington, DC., Goldner earned her BA from Antioch College and her MA in sculpture from New York University. Janet’s steel sculpture, photography, video, text, installation, and social projects bridge diverse cultures, exploring and celebrating similarities and differences. Goldner's work has been exhibited in over thirty solo exhibitions, and over one hundred-fifty group exhibitions throughout the United States and internationally. Highlights from Goldner’s museum exhibitions include Global Africa Project, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY curated by Lowery Sims; Women Facing AIDS, New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York, NY; Multiple Exposures, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY; Visions of Life, Islip Museum, Islip, NY curated by Marcia Yerman, Activist New York, The Museum of the City of New York, NY; Beyond Reading: Books As Art, Suffolk Museum, Suffolk, VA; Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx NY. Permanent collections include the American Embassy in Mali, the city of Segou, Mali and the Islip Museum on Long Island, NY. She has received four Fulbright Specialist grants (Mali, Zimbabwe, Japan, Uganda) and grants from the Ford Foundation and the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, Public Diplomacy grant, US Dept of State. Goldner's published articles include a chapter in Contemporary African Fashion, Indiana University Press, an essay in Poetics of Cloth, Grey Art Gallery, NYU.
Woven Journey is on view from September 7 - December 20, 2023.
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