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A N O N Y M O U S G A L L E R Y

“CONTAIN”
A project and exhibition featuring the works of
Anthony Lister, Greg Lamarche, Maya Hayuk, Monica Canilao

WHERE Anonymous Gallery 329 Broome St. Lower Level (BSMT), between Bowery and Chrystie, N.Y.C.

WHEN GALLERY EXHIBITION: October 23rd – November 24th - OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday October 23rd from 6:00- 9:00PM - Completed Project and Opening reception at Anonymous Gallery – 329 Broome Street – Lower Level – NYC www.anonymousgallery.com

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Beginning Thursday October 16, 2008 and ending on Sunday, October 19, 2008, Anonymous Gallery had four 20ft shipping containers placed curbside near two separate major art institutions. Artists Monica Canilao, Maya Hayuk, Greg Lamarche and Anthony Lister each created and constructed installations inside the four containers. The artists created installations that explored the idea of containment, but their work ranged conceptually - discussing everything from the US political climate to sensory depravation. Two containers were placed in Chelsea on 22nd St and 11th Ave, near the Chelsea Art Museum and featured work from Anthony Lister and Greg Lamarche. The two containers in the Lower East Side on Chrystie St. and Rivington St., near the New Museum, featured work from Maya Hayuk and Monica Canilao. The project was a huge success and the public response was overwhelming

EXHIBITION DESCRIPTION
The gallery exhibition will open on October 23rd from 6 - 9pm and will be available to the public through November 22nd at 329 Broome Street – lower level - NYC

The project will be followed by a gallery exhibition featuring the participating artists – Monica Canilao, Maya Hayuk, Greg Lamarche, and Anthony Lister. The exhibition will feature collage, painting, sculpture, and installation to explore the complexity of exhibiting within a limited environment. It will serve as a tool to document the project and support the artist work. The title of the exhibition: Contain, is an examination into the perspective of how public art / street art is translated indoors. Conceptually the artwork inside of the containers was creatively free, limitless and available to the public, although its confines were restrictive. Similarly, the limitations of a gallery space translate differently than the freedom and spontaneity of the artists’ outdoor work.

Each artist will explore definitions for the word, contain:
1. To have within; hold. 2.. To be capable of holding. 3. To have as component parts; include or comprise 4. To hold or keep within limits; restrain 5. To halt the spread or development of 6. To check the expansion or influence of a hostile power or ideology by containment

Anthony Lister uses comic book imagery for his own means, redirecting popular culture for personal expression. Lister graduated from Queensland College of Art in 2001 and mentored New Zealand painter, Max Gimblett. He undertook a research residency in Berlin and his travels have extended him to take part in solo and group exhibitions around the world. Lister has been a finalist in a number of prestigious awards including: The Prometheus Art Award, the Metro 5 Art Award, and he was invited to speak at the Semi-Permanent 2008 in Sydney.

Greg Lamarche finds inspiration from fonts, letters, graffiti, text and NYC. His collages incorporate found materials and a variety of commercially printed papers. The work plays with a profusion of font styles, word fragments and multiple layers and employs characteristics from graffiti such as repetition, bold colors, multiple perspectives and movement. Born and raised in New York City, he began writing graffiti in 1981 and published Skills magazine during the early 90s. He has worked both as a designer and artist since 2000. His work has been featured in numerous magazines including Print, Juxtapoz, Arkitip, Swindle, Art New England, Mass Appeal, Vapors, Serie B and Garage among others.

Maya Hayuk is a Ukrainian-American artist with a diverse skill set and creative repertoire. Her work combines intricate patterning, bright colors, and free association as she pieces together her paintings, prints, designs, drawings, videos, and photographs. Along with her solo work, Hayuk frequently collaborates with other artists. She has painted large-scale murals with the group, Barnstormers. Whatever form her work takes, it is inspired by her interest and collection of Ukrainian folk art and traditional crafts.

Monica Canilao attended the California College of Arts and Crafts, where she received her BFA in illustration. Monica Canilao interst in the ideas of home, community, and the passage of time are sewn delicately together in her large paper and fabric structures, installations and sculptures. She uses found objects, paper, printing, and fiber to juxtapose the profundity of simply having home with the ephemeral nature of spaces, community, and life itself. Most recently she participated in a group exhibition at Roebling Hall. She also created a mural with artist, David Ellis outside of Deitch Projects in Long Island City, and helped build boats and performances for Swoon’s “Swimming Cities of the Switchback Sea.”

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