[Paddlewise] Invitation to an art exhibit

Hi,

This has been on nyckayaker but I thought I would pass it on to this
list as people may not know of it directly.

Richard Nonas, one of our Downtown Boathouse regulars on the New York
City scene, is a world-class sculptor (has an exhibit at the Gugenheim
in Bilbao, Spain) with an upcoming exhibit in Brooklyn.  Details are
below. If you are in town for any reason, you may want to check it out. 
I am not certain how long it will run but you can check with Richard at
rnonas_at_thing.net

best,

ralph diaz


Richard's note: 

Friends and kayakers,

Many of you know me as a dedicated Greenland-style paddler, but I'm also
an
ex-anthropologist, a long-time student of Eskimo and Inuit culture, and
a
sculptor. --And I've made an exhibition that attempts to pull those
diverse
interests together.

It's called A GHOST IN EVERY KAYAK,  and the opening is this Saturday
Dec. 2
from 6-8 PM at FIVE MYLES, a gallery and performance space in Brooklyn.
 
I've used five boats, my own sculpture and drawings, some tapes of
Eskimo
Throat-Singing, an 1936 East Greenlandic film made by Knud Rasmussen, 
and
many old Inuit photographs. --I've used them in the same way, and for
the same
reasons, I use massive chunks of wood, steel or stone; used them to seek
the
same emotional and formal power. --This is an exhibition not about
arctic
history or anthropology or even native boats, but rather one about the
ability
of intense special objects like kayaks (or sculptures) to encroach
outrageously on one another, and on the world around them. It is, as all
my
sculpture is, about the emotionally charged places that powerful objects
make.
--It is an exhibition about how art happens. 
And I'd like to invite you to see it. --And to see the boats, film,
photos and
music that are part of it : the 25 foot three-hole Baidarka made by Ron
Franklin, the 19 inch wide East Greenland that I made, the extraordinary
replica made by Harvey Golden of a 17 inch wide South Greenland skin
kayak
that has been in a Dutch museum for more than a hundred years, the
full-scale
mock-up of that same boat I made to see if I could fit into the one
Harvey was
building, the pre-WW II Kleeper frame that adds another level of
history, the
rare and wonderful film PAALUP NULIASSARNERA (Palos' Wedding), and the
old
Eskimo songs from the Library of Congress. --Try to come.

Richard Nonas

FIVE MYLES 
558 St. Johns Place
Brooklyn NY 
718 783-4438
Hours: Thursday-Saturday 1-6.
Opening Sat. Dec. 2 6-8PM (with small events at 7PM)    

Directions: 2,3,4 or 5 train to Franklin Ave. Walk two blocks against
the
traffic on Franklin to St. Johns Place. Turn left, walk half a block to
FIVE
MYLES. 
Parking is available next door.


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