Location: 1 Brooklyn Bridge Park at 360 Furman St – waterfront side between Piers 5 & 6
Opens: Wednesday, November 11
Closes: Wednesday, December 16
(*certain works will remain on view from the windows through Tuesday January 12*)
Gallery Hours: Wednesday – Friday 9am – 3pm | Saturday – Sunday 10am – 4pm
As 2020 draws to a close, leaving a great many uncertainties in its wake, we asked our artists to respond to one big question: what art do we need now? They approached this question courageously, inviting us into their practices of working through lockdown, experimenting with unexpected forms, and in many cases, hanging on to optimism.
In “Art We Need Now,” a bedroom becomes the size of a storybook, postage stamps become as large as a flag, figures reach for connection, and inner thoughts become vast planes of space. As artists reflect on themes of urgency in a changing world, isolation in a chaotic city, and quite possibly hope for a future with a bit more beauty and love in it, we now open this conversation to you: what art do you need now? Come begin the discovery process with this exhibition of possible answers.
The Art Students League offers its great thanks to Peter Bonner and Anne Stanner for serving on the Instructor Review Committee to create this group show
Featured Artists:
Susana Aldanondo, Rachell Barkai, Lesley Bodzy Pin Hsin Chu, John Cunningham, Amy Decker, Ryoko Endo, Holley Flagg, Katia Gerasimov, David Marchi, Michael Murton, Anna Kuchel Rabinowitz, Sarah White
Chashama supports artists by partnering with property owners to transform unused real estate into space for artists to create and present their work. Chashama also provides free art classes for under-resourced communities, establishing a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive world.
In a new partnership, The League and Chashama join forces to create a series of League student exhibitions. These presentations celebrate global stories by emerging artists at The League while activating unused city real estate.