BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC
Natman Room


Brooklyn Next / BAMart

showcasing the work of a dynamic Brooklyn gallery

Selections from The Kentler Flatfiles:
Variations in Black and White

Artists:

Antonio Balzano Ernst Benkert Herbert Brün Beth Caspar Phillip Chen Mary Hambleton Marietta Hoferer Richard Howe

Ellen Kahn             Elise Kaufman             Morgan O'Hara             Gelah Penn             Susan Schwalb             Molly Snyder-Fink             Joel Sokolov             Martin Zet

February 12 - March 2, 2007

Artists' Reception: Friday, February 23, 6 - 8pm

Complementing Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Brooklyn Next programs is a BAMart exhibition showcasing the work of a dynamic Brooklyn gallery. Red Hook’s Kentler International Drawing Space was selected by artist/BAM Trustee Danny Simmons and artist Meridith McNeal, to present an exhibition curated by Director Florence Neal, entitled Selections from the Kentler Flatfiles: Variations in Black and White.

The Kentler Flatfiles were started as part of the gallery’s inception in 1990. The Flatfiles, a compendium of artworks by over 90 artists, are an important resource for artists, collectors, curators and the general public by emphasizing the importance of drawing and work on paper in contemporary art today. The Kentler has a satellite Flatfile at Brooklyn’s new venue, Proteus Gowanus on Union Street, with a focus on artists’ prints.

Variations in Black and White, a selection of drawings and works on paper by sixteen artists, draws parallels between artists and musicians. The selected artists demonstrate variety and virtuosity within limitations of black to white, just as musicians and composers are able to constantly re-invent their art form within constraints of musical structure.