"Our Drawing Event"- Every first Monday of a month

In "Our Drawing Event", we want to bring the casual but serious time to all the artists and friends who want to draw. Every month, we host free drawing event in artist Brad Darcy's art studio on 80 Beaver Street in downtown Wall Street area.

Following is the policy for our event,

1. Participating artists pose for 10-15 mins for everyone to draw.

(Each pose will be 2 min to 5 mins.)

2. Bring your own drawing tool.

3. Bring some snack or drink for share if you want. (We have cup and opener!)

If you like to draw or you like to pose or both, please come to join us.

Please feel free to contact artist Brad Darcy by darcybrad@gmail.com

"Invisible Stranger" Exhibition

The “Invisible Stranger” examines the relationship of the familiar and unfamiliar through geography and culture in a series of work created by local Berlin artists as well as international artists. The exhibition is a joint project by Tamtam8, where it will be running from September 10 to October 10, 2010 and by secondhome projects alongside the Berlin Art Fair in October 7 to 10, 2010.

The title “Invisible Stranger” is borrowed from German sociologist Georg Simmel, who wrote the essay 'The Stranger' that states, "The Stranger is close to us, insofar as we feel between him and ourselves common features of a national, social, occupational, or generally human, nature. He is far from us, insofar as these common features extend beyond him or us, and connect us only because they connect a great many people. “[1]

The 'Invisible Stranger' aims to bring together life experiences both foreign and familiar into the artistic realm in order to expand our dialogue and enrich our perspective of the world we all inhabit. In this digital age of rapidly advancing technology, omnipresent connectivity, visual stimuli and increasing mobility, we are constantly exposed to strange new places and strange new people that shape us all in familiar as well as strange and mysterious ways.

- Hide quoted text -

Participating artists

Brad Darcy, Jeanette Doyle, Michele Falchi, Ya-Wen Fu, Hsuan Huang, YunTing Hung ,Lilla von Puttkamer, Stefan Riebel, Miray Seramet, KuangYu Tsui, YaHui Wang

“Invisible Stranger / unsichtbare Fremde” curated by NuNu Hung

“Invisible Stranger -Be my guests”

September 11, 2010 - September 26, 2010

Opening reception September 11, 2010, 8 pm – 11 pm

Tamtam 8 Art Space

Weichselstr.8, 10247 Friedrichshain Berlin, Germany

www.tamtam8.com

“Be my guests” is the first exhibition of Invisible Stranger / unsichtbare Fremde and will take place in Tamtam8 Art Space. By presenting video installation works and drawings which are created by foreign artists, " Be my guests " seeks to bring the strangeness of culture difference, landscape, city sights and artists’ life experience from other countries to the host residents in order to investigate how contemporary art can affect viewers from where ever they originate.

------------------------

“Invisible Stranger -Here is where we meet I”

October 1, 2010 - October 9, 2010

Opening reception October 1, 2010, 8 pm – 11 pm

Tamtam 8 Art Space

Weichselstr.8, 10247 Friedrichshain Berlin, Germany

www.tamtam8.com

&

“Invisible Stranger -Here is where we meet II”

October 3, 2010 - October 9, 2010

Opening reception October 9, 2010, 7 pm – 10 pm

secondhome projects

Schererstraße 11, 13347 Berlin, Germany

www.oursecondhome.de/projects

“Here is where we meet” is intended to address social issues through modern artistic means, posing the question of how new communication, documentary and artistic creativity can build the relationship between travelers, temporary residents and original inhabitants. The group of artists from Tamtam 8 and secondhome projects will interact with each other through the presentation of both installation.

[1] Georg Simmel, "Essay about the Stranger" ("Exkurs über den Fremden," 1908)

Invisible Stranger -Be my guests_ works from Brad Darcy

Invisible Stranger -Be my guests_Kuang Yu Tsui work
Invisible Stranger -Be my guests_outside of tamtam art space

Invisible Stranger -Be my guests_opening night

Invisible Stranger -Be my guests_opening night

Invisible Stranger -Be my guests

Invisible Stranger -Be my guests_Brad Darcy works

Invisible Stranger -Be my guests_YaHui Wang works

Here is where we meet_Tamtam in SecondHome installation

Here is where we meet_Tamtam in SecondHome installation

Here is where we meet_Tamtam in SecondHome installation

Here is where we meet_Tamtam in SecondHome installation

Michael Alan_Harmonious Opposites

Harmonious Opposites

Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 6:00pm

Gasser Grunert Gallery

524 West 19th Street New York, NY 10011

Michael Alan creates moments in time that overlap drawing, painting, sculpture, music and video. They inspire live performance and installation happenings. All of his work begins with drawings. These drawings serve as the foundation for his installations, performances, and videos. Working with a team of performers, Alan assembles living installations where all these creative elements merge.

Harmonious Opposites is about the beauty of balance in a state of extreme cultural and artistic change. It includes large and small works on paper and wood panel, a video installation, and on the closing night, Thursday July 29th, a 6 hour Living Installation performance entitled, "Cleaning the Clouds". The public is invited to come watch, participate, draw, and write at this performance.

A celebration of movement, Harmonious Opposites explores the act of occupying and embodying multiple spaces at once, without confusion. The creative process behind it reflects this idea. Pushing the boundaries of drawing, painting, and performance, it dissects and amplifies, samples, and distorts media and bodies with a touch of pretty.

nunuhung@gmail.com

Upcoming exhibition, 2010

Invisible Stranger Program
"Be my guest" Exhibition
Sept 2010, TamTam8 Art Space, Berlin

"Here is where we meet" Exhibition and Performance
Oct 2010, SecondHome Art Space, Berline

"Representation: Law&Order"
Exhibition Schedule:TBA
Location:TBA

Art Sync

Art Sync

May 22 - June 22, 2010

Opening Reception – May 22, 6-8 pm

Art Sync is a creative collaboration between artists from two different countries as well as a comprehensive study of the efforts and means used during this unique collaborate process. It is an experience of comparison and compromise between the individual and the collective work ethic. Art Sync was initiated by selecting four artists from both Taiwan and New York. A classic formalism is more strongly presented in the selected Taiwanese artists’ work while the New York artists exude a more expressionistic paradigm. The alternate working methods in addition to the different cultural backgrounds of the artists give this collaborative synchronization a richer and more diverse palette to work from.

Art Sync will house works created under a diversity of circumstances: solo and collaborative works, collaborative efforts created during the Art Sync process as well as an in-depth chronology of direct communication among all artists involved. The participating artist teams are Fanny Allié & Hoho Lin, Eric Bessel & Kai-Yuan Tszen, Brad Darcy & Yu-San Huang and MaryKate Maher & Yin-Ling Chin.

The Exhibition is received the grants from Taiwan Cultural Affairs as the first place of the international exhibition.

Installation photos
Team 1: Fanny Allié & Hoho Lin




Installation photos
Team 2: Eric Bessel & Kai-Yuan Tszen



Installation photos
Team 3: Brad Darcy & Yu-San Huang




Installation photos
Team 4: MaryKate Maher & Yin-Ling Chin.

NARS Foundation Open Studio Program

Stack Up benefit exhibition

Installation view

Performance for Open Studio program

Artist : Wu Chi

Artist: Chaw ei Thein

Open Kitchen

Open Kitchen_Da Gallery, New York City

April 24 - June18, 2010
Opening Reception – April 24, 6-8 pm

In “Food: A History”, historian Felipe Fernandez-Armesto wrote “I eat therefore I am. People recognize the whole world through the dinner table, the food on the plate reveals the secret of human history. Food stories not only relate to culinary subjects but also connect to the culture.” Artists develop self consciousness, and expand their observation of the environment during art production. In the exhibition “Open Kitchen”, artists have chosen food and diet as the art subjects to create a common language between different cultures, as well as the personal link between individuals. “Open Kitchen” welcomes the viewer to share artists’ stories, and the opportunity through food to experience a multicultural view of the world. Sixteen artists from Asian, American, and Latin American backgrounds, present their experience of food and world cuisine.

Exhibition will include the drawing, painting, sculpture, installation, video, mix-media, and photography from Meredith Allen, SungHo Choi, Yi-Chang Chen, Brad Darcy, Colette Fu, Hyoungsun Ha, Rex Hausmann, Tamara Kostianovsky, Ho-Jang Liu, I-Hua Lee, Elaine Tin Nyo, Trong G.Nguyen, Morgan O'Hara, Michael Pribich, Bruce Richards and special performance from Kai-Yuan Tszen at 6:30pm.

"Open Kitchen" is curated by NuNu Hung.

Opening night

Opening night

Opening night