The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition will present its HOT! Summer Art Exhibition beginning Saturday, July 26 through August 17 at the BWAC exhibition space at 499 Van Brunt Street in Red Hook.
I spent a few hours over a couple of weekends helping My Better Half, Judy Tantleff-Napoli, a BWAC member and artist/educator, set up her sculptures for the exhibition, and had the chance to preview some of the other work that will be on display in this show situated in this great pre-Civil War warehouse space right by the waterfront. Based on my preliminary view, it promises to be another wide-ranging, inspiring and provocative exhibition. Setting up the work was "fun" in a manner of speaking because the warehouse is always such an intriguing space and the BWAC folks were very spirited and easy to work with.
Saturday's opening 1 - 6 PM will feature the Big Bang Big Band performance at 3 PM. Sunday will feature Le Nozze di Carlo (which translate's roughly as "Carl's Wedding", I'll bet there is a story there)
Although the show opens tomorrow, as a blogger, I couldn't resist and took a few photos posted at right. Lots of great work. Among the many interesting works in all media, I thought Brian Keogh's sculpture could serve as one of the signature pieces for this 2008 Brooklyn artists show (which actually seems to attracts artists from all over).
For more information and directions visit: http://bwac.org
P.S. - In our travels we also got a look at the Ikea complex. Didn't visit or shop this time, but if you want to see the corporate urban renewal process in the works, mosey on down to this Big Store site after the show.
In any case, cmon down to Red Hook