Brooklyn based artist Nicole Handel will exhibit her first solo show at Greenpoint Gallery on June 24, 2011. The show entitled, ‘Neighbors’ is a collection of people and things the artist has had a relationship with in the nine years she has been in Bedstuy.
Handel’s vibrant and effervescent work has made her an artist to watch for. Her colorful watercolor paintings juxtaposed with abstract and real life images are appealing and lust worthy to the eye. Her work is concerned with the interface between childhood fantasy and everyday reality. Her understanding of that rapport is animated by a stylistic approach to culture and urban settings that intends to represent her technical sensibilities rather than advance a singular or particular ideology. Raised in New England but residing in New York City for a decade, Nicole superimposes her inclination toward the pastoral over the spatial constraints of her current geography. She deliberately traces her watercolor images in an asymmetrical, irregular fashion to signify our impetus to impose restraint over disorder as well as to frame the artist’s struggle to embrace the organic while generating something novel.
“Nicole Handel's work makes me feel like I am walking on air” –Koko Ntuen, Ladygunn Magazine
“Nicole is one of the best new artists I have seen in awhile. The first time I saw her work I was taken aback by it’s strength and beauty.” -Koko Ntuen, Ladygunn Magazine
"Nicole was the winner of one of our recent Salon shows. Her work is a bold combination of organic and architectural elements that create a juxtaposed narrative that is both timely and culturally relevant. Honestly one of the best new artists we've exhibited." -Shawn James, Greenpoint Gallery
This show is not to be missed, ‘Neighbours’ will surely be the talk of the neighborhood for the years.
Neighbours at 390 McGuiness in Greenpoint Brooklyn on June 24th. From 7p-1am
Accompanying the show will be music by New Madrid, a unique and bilingual Brooklyn-based rock trio formed in 2009 consisting of Axel Ito (vocals, drums), Anthony Formichella (bass), and Erik Barragan (guitar). Their sound, influenced by traditional rhythms found in the South American Andes, is fused with contemporary American and British Rock/Alternative and embraces lyrics both in Spanish and English: un estilo engendrado en Latino America pero creado en Norte America. Following the headlining act will be Coins, a newly formed quartet with River Symone on vox, Ian H on guitar, Phil Driskill on drums and Jason Henry on bass guitar.
Check Nicole Handel's website at http://www.nicolehandel.com/.
Ciao,
Erik Barragan
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