Long Island City Arts Open Brings Public into Studios
Times Ledger
By Tammy Scileppi
May 18th, 2017
"In response to the ongoing political fervor sweeping the city and the country, one group of artists decided to express their thoughts and concerns with a series of photographs that offer creative commentary on contemporary social issues. “Disruption” is part of an exhibition entitled “Awake, Engage, Transform!” that features five distinguished photographers from the United States and Europe.
Curated by LIC-based artist Orestes Gonzalez, this edgy, conversation-making show zeroes in on that symbiotic artistic-political relationship, which has been driving much of the progressive art movement in 2017.
Featuring seasoned photographers, whose work has been exhibited internationally and published in well-known magazines, “Disruption” engages the viewer to experience the physical, mental and spiritual dislocations caused by immigration from one’s homeland, the sense of personal loss and societal pressures, according to the organizers.
This year viewers can see Gonzalez’s work alongside the four other photographers’: Verónica Cárdenas (Texas), Kris Graves (New York), Griselda San Martín (Spain), G.D. McClintock (Connecticut). It is at The Factory LIC space, 30-30 47th Ave., Studio #414."
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Available for viewing by appointment until June 11th, 2017
New Photography Exhibition Addresses Dislocation in The United States
Humble Arts Foundation
By Jon Feinstein
May 15, 2017
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This Thursday, May 18, the seventh annual Long Island City Arts Open presents Disruption, a photography exhibition curated by Orestes Gonzalez, featuring five photographers from Cuba, Spain, and the United States. The show addresses contemporary environmental, political, and social issues as they relate to the feeling of being an outsider. Gonzalez selected work that he describes as encouraging viewers to empathize with the experience of physical, mental, and spiritual dislocations caused by immigration from one’s homeland and the sense of personal loss. Included are hard hitting images like Griselda San Martin's photographs of families embracing on each side of the wall at the Mexican border, and 2017 Aperture Prize nominee Kris Graves' photographs on the exact spot in various locations throughout the United States where black men were murdered by police last year.
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