Hidden right out in the open is a space that is at once living and dying on 11th Avenue. It’s a notebook factory, but the notebooks are all gone. The building is scheduled for destruction. Condos have swooped down and taken yet another swatch of metropolitan land in their scaly claws. But these bungalows of […]

When you meet him in person, you’ll probably find him to be a friendly, amenable, even funny young man.  (I did; I thought he was charming.) You’ll find out he lives quietly in Nashville with his wife, that he works hard on his art and has a good deal of friends; that he doesn’t like […]

Beneath a pyramid that defines Etherton Gallery’s central entryway to its exhibition space, Bailey Doogan’s painting of a naked woman floats. She does so in the way one might in a pool of water; head thrown back, arms outstretched, legs bending in where the buoyancy keeps them from straightening or realizing a seating. Entitled Ex […]

The need to feel and experiment, as opposed to possessing and accumulating, seems to be an increasingly established tendency in our society, which is generating an important revolution in the way in which we have understood our economic, social and/or cultural relationships. Maybe it is not something new, but now, faced with over-saturation from products, […]

Anaïs Nin once wrote, “I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images passing by which I cannot live in, make love to, possess as permanent sources of joy and ecstasy.” This is the way I first approach art—from the gut and in a very instinctive, immediate way. Then, […]

When I was a kid, my father owned a tape recorder onto which, one day, to amuse me, he placed some small, multicolored round stickers. Once the tape recorder was on, the stickers on the big wheels would create the most amazing visual and sound effects. A true carousel. This is one of my fondest […]

“When you and the sound become one,” wrote Zen master Seung Sahn, “you don’t hear the sound; you are the sound.” I sit with my instrument, the Iranian hand-drum called zarb or tombak. It’s a simple instrument: wooden, goblet-shaped, with a skin covering the larger end. Its technique is the opposite of simple: a complex […]

By far, the most powerful characteristic of photography for me is its unbreakable bond with reality. "Painting can feign reality without seeing it," explains Roland Barthes, but he also admits; "in photography I can never deny that the thing has been there." I take photographs to make my fantasies come true. A painter can conjure […]

This exhibition is simply about taking risks. As an emerging artist, I am well aware of the frustrations involved in trying make art while trying to survive in New York City. I found myself in the unique position of being "behind the scenes" as the Archivist at P.P.O.W, when I came up with idea for […]

Christopher Willits is a musician and multimedia artist located in San Francisco, California. Striking a delicate balance between acoustic and electronic sounds and systems, Christopher manages to defy genre distinctions while still defining a “sound” of his own. His numerous solo releases and collaborations cover a broad spectrum of musical styles and include one main […]