Economy Candy : Maria Britton, April Childers, Justin Cooper, Jeff Degolier, Alicia Gibson, Ross Moreno and Ben Vida Jan 11th – Feb. 16th, 2014 Ope

Economy Candy : Maria Britton, April Childers, Justin Cooper,
Jeff Degolier, Alicia Gibson, Ross Moreno and Ben Vida
Jan 11th – Feb. 16th, 2014

Opening reception Saturday, January 11th from 7 – 10 pm

HARBOR gallery is pleased to announce Economy Candy, presenting work from Maria Britton, April Childers, Justin Cooper, Jeff DeGolier, Alicia Gibson, Ross Moreno and Ben Vida.

Gratification, mystery and a new experience of known things crystalize in Economy Candy. These artists’ off-beat use of materials, playful attitudes and humor coalesce in this serendipitous exhibition that questions materiality and experience.

The artists in Economy Candy draw inspiration and media from a miscellany of found objects, from thrift store Santa Clauses to sawdust. Maria Britton uses bedsheets to create sculptural works vividly layered with smocking and paint. April Childers sculptures conjure the imagination with their poignantly humorous delivery. Justin Cooper’s large scale drawings consist of simple elements such as dots or doodles and reflect a process based aspect of his multifaceted practice. He will also be doing three performances (see below) throughout January and February with long time collaborator Ross Moreno. Jeff DeGolier creates sculptures and paintings from found materials, often using the remnants from the creation of one work as the seed of another. His boom-box sculpture’s sonic component will play a track from Ben Vida that creates auditory illusions through musical tonality. Alicia Gibson’s paintings come directly from experiences or interests she has; from dating to Danny McBride. Often using satire to process a graver situation, bits of pop-culture refract into her oil paintings. She builds up their surfaces sometimes incorporating unlikely bits from dollar stores.

*The show Economy Candy takes its name from a rather magical New York shop that opened in 1937 in the wake of the Great Depression, the utilitarian name does not give away the joys that exist inside, candy being only one of them.

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Please take note that three distinct Sunday shows by Justin Cooper and Ross Moreno will take place in January and February as part of Economy Candy:

Sunday January 19, 2014 - Part 1 Vertical Horizons: The Birth of Yeti and Firebush

Sunday January 26, 2014 - Part 2: Elegy in Multi-Chrome: The Death of Yeti and Firebush

Internationally known artists Justin Cooper and Ross Moreno will present a two-part performance of comedic awkwardiana that will both delight and confound their audience with a mash-up of deeply self-aware and self-effacing comedy with quasi-magical tom-trickery, hilariously tragic soliloquies and a rather astonishingly bare-laying finale.

Sunday February 9, 2013 Harbor Gallery presents Chuckles Plus - Nano Touch

Justin Cooper and Ross Moreno will host Chuckles Plus (CP), a shockingly intimate night of magic, comedy, and performance art. CP provides a showcase of performers who appropriate the space of stand-up comedy with projects that, while undeniably humorous, don’t always deliver a punch line. The talent featured at CP draws from diverse artistic backgrounds, and each performance dislodges stand-up from its current trajectory and points it in a strange, new direction.

 
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NEW THINGS AT HARBOR

Thank you again to all who supported us in 2013!

We are thrilled to be kicking off this new year with an amazing show, a new logo courtesy of Simone Martin-Newberry, AND a new website. Please visit www.harbor1717.com for info about our exhibitions, updates on artists and much more.

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