Since last weekend was such a success, CENTER has decided to extend "The Big Reveal: Telling Truth in an Age of Fiction" to this weekend, too! A selection from Ezy Ryders will be shown & there are many other exhibitions & installations nearby as part of Currents New Media Festival.
// When: Friday, June 14 & Saturday, June 15, 8:30 – 10pm
// Where: El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, East side of building, outside at the Santa Fe Railyard
// How: Free & Open to the Public
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The Big Reveal: Telling Truth in an Age of Fiction
From the press release:
Photography today can feel invisible. It saturates the news, social media, advertising, and vernacular uses in everyday life. Yet, photography’s ubiquitousness gives it a quiet power in numbers. It aids in the telling of important truths and lies; reinforcing rhetoric and debunking myths. Photography has the power to tell a story from an individual perspective and to be understood by the masses. The Big Reveal: Telling Truth in an Age of Fiction explores how photographers today are revealing truths and addressing the roles of fact and fiction in contemporary society.
El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe / East side of building, at the Santa Fe Railyard
Friday, June 7th, & Saturday, June 8th / 8-10PM
Free & open to the public
Photographs from Ezy Ryders will be included in the outdoor projection. Selections from thirty-eight artists will be played on a continuous loop throughout the evening. Light drinks & refreshments served.
"The "Big Reveal" photographers created fantastical worlds in their images as they sought out fictional narrative as the antidote to a harsh reality. Many projects faced social issues head on and documented the problems of humanity or brought light to the un-seen. For some, revealing truths meant looking inwards and expressing a personal truth through self-portraiture or collaborations with family. These projects emphasize the unique relationship between photography and the idea of ‘truth.’"
~ Juror Angie Rizzo, Exhibits & Programs Manager, CENTER
My series on New York City's black bikers, Ezy Ryders, will be projected for one week in downtown LA as part of the Lucie Foundation's Month of Photography Los Angeles. Find the four-story LCD screen at the corner of Francisco Street and Olympic Boulevard:
April 8-14, 2019
Top of each hour
Marriot Courtyard Hotel exterior
901 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90015
The work of Hyung Kim, James Lattanzio, Joel Redman, & Wray Sinclair will also be shown.
As a huge believer in making art accessible for all, I'm grateful to be able to share Ezy Ryders in this free, public venue.
Happy to share this interview that Miss Sara Rosen did with me for Crave Online about the wheat paste exhibition of Ezy Ryders that will open tomorrow. I love her writing style—check out her other photography reviews/interviews as well!
Ezy Ryders will be on view for one day only, July 10, 2016, in an interactive outdoor installation at the Steel Horses Motorcycle Club in East New York, with select photographs remaining on the walls until weather deteriorates them. The opening on July 10 will be during the Steel Horses MC bike blessing, an annual event that draws thousands of local riders for a block party-style celebration with food, music, and a prayer to keep the riders safe on the road for the upcoming year.
Ezy Ryders is an ongoing body of work spanning two years about the black motorcycle club culture in New York City. Formal portraits highlight the individuality of the riders, and photographs from bike blessings, trophy parties, and road trips depict the strong community both within the clubs and between clubs from all over the city.
The exhibition is comprised of photographic wheatpastes, large-format black & white prints pasted to exterior walls in two different locations, Steel Horses Motorcycle Club (740 E 98th St, Brooklyn), and Black Falcons Motorcycle Club (523 Bruckner Boulevard, Bronx). The full show can only be viewed the day of the opening, but some photographs will remain on the walls in both locations to weather and fade with the elements. Viewers are encouraged to visit the Bronx to see the photographs pasted up at the Black Falcons Clubhouse, for a joy ride between boroughs similar to ones the clubs make frequently themselves.
This event is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC). This event would not be possible without the Black Falcons MC & the Steel Horses MC- huge thanks.
TRANSPORTATION:
MTA: Take the 3 train to Rockaway Ave. Right outside the station, take the B60 bus to Rockaway/Ditmas Ave. Walk 2 blocks west.
OR, Take the C train to Rockaway Ave. Right outside the station, take the B60 bus to Rockaway/Ditmas Ave. Walk 2 blocks west.
Formerly Steel Riders, my series on the NYC biker community, Ezy Ryders, will be exhibited July 10 at the Steel Horses MC clubhouse, thanks to support from the Brooklyn Arts Council. More information to come!