Empty Space Gallery

03/01/2020

Empty Space is ecstatic to present ARCS, APERTURES, AND ARTIFACTS (OF FAILURE): a multi-media installation featuring the work space of Vernon M. Byron and Qasi Pink. The opening reception will be held Friday, March 6th from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the RidgeWell Fitness Center, 3555 Main Street, Stone Ridge, NY. The exhibition features a site-specific installation of a digital collage by Byron, in addition to a series of small-scale sculptures by Pink.

Biomimicry I, by Vernon M. Byron discusses the duality of joy and hopelessness in response to the surrounding environment. This installation connects contrasting spaces in natural and urban landscapes by digitally interlacing two photographs. The resulting image is systematically folded, isolating the view of each photograph to specific viewing angles. Viewers are drawn to resolve each image by approaching from specific angles.

A self described “fQueer fat failure fArtist”, Qasi Pink uses resin to indefinitely preserve discarded food alongside miscellaneous objects. Each piece in their series Artifacts of Failure is the serendipitous result of a mishap that occurs during their creative process. Unfortunate Red Shrimp is the outcome of an experiment where Pink combines the titular shrimp with various immiscible dyes and liquids, these ingredients mix to create an unintentionally bright red. Other pieces investigate failure metaphorically: Because I Can unites two cubes by a hinge attached at an awkward angle, creating an ambiguous, impractical machine with no potential purpose.

About:
Vernon M. Byron is a conceptual artist based in the city of Newburgh, New York, working primarily in video and sculpture. Byron's work is a conceptual exploration of the intersection between nature and society and how these fundamental aspects of reality shape the human experience.

Qasi Pink is a multimedia artist based in Peekskill, New York. Their work investigates personal and societal relations between food, culture, and the life cycle of discarded objects. In reference to their focus on found and readymade objects, Pink says “I don’t like to throw things away”.

Empty Space is curated by Jenna Annunziato and Tay Bartolotta.

02/18/2020

Empty Space proudly presents Never Forgotten by Abbey Fisher at the RidgeWell Fitness Center. The opening reception will be held from 5pm to 7pm, Friday February 21st. The installation will be on display from February 21st to March 5th.

Never Forgotten is a multimedia installation juxtaposing hard and soft materials into an emotional realization of the interdependence between loss and love. Whether it is a lover, family member, or friend, we all deal with love and loss in our life times. As we grow older we begin to understand the inevitable connection between the two.

01/27/2020

Hey all! We are are very thankful for RidgeWell Fitness for the opportunity to share the work of local artists from the Hudson Valley and Catskill regions. We are an artist run organization and could use a little help! Your contributions help us fund future events so we can reach a wider audience. We thank you for your support and hope to see you at our next opening!

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01/26/2020

A search to find balance through reconnecting with nature. “Meat Flowers” is on display at Ridgewell Fitness until February 6th

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01/25/2020

The RidgeWell Fitness Presents “Meat Flowers”

The RidgeWell Fitness is pleased to announce a new gallery opening at the end of January, located within the Stone Ridge community center at the Ridgewell Fitness in Stone Ridge, New York. “Meat Flowers” will run from January 24th, 2020 - February 6th, 2020 with an opening reception on January 24th from 7-830pm.

The Snap! Crackle! Pop! Up gallery features artwork from emerging artists in the Hudson Valley, the breadth of the installations range from traditional paintings hung on the wall to installations that encompass the surrounding space. The goal of the gallery is to provide artists with an opportunity to display installations that expand the role art plays in a community.

Jenna Annunziato, a recent graduate of SUNY New Paltz painting and drawing BFA program, is featured in the first show. “Meat Flowers” is an oil study painted on vinyl records reducing the human form into expressions of internal symmetry. The forms represented fold in on themselves, stem from a point of reference and blossom outwards, reminding us to search for balance within our biological construction.

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01/25/2020

"Meat Flowers" by Jenna Annunziato now on display at the Snap! Crackle! Pop! Up gallery at the Ridgewell Fitness Gym in Stoneridge. Open from 6am to 9pm weekdays and 8am to 5pm on the weekends!

01/25/2020

Check out "Meat Flowers" by Jenna Annunziato, on display until February 6th!