Community of Elsewheres: by Alice O'Malley (Back to events)
- Sat, Sep 6th 2008, 6:00pm
- Located at : 140 North Street, Buffalo NY
Over the last seven years, Alice O’Malley has collaborated with scores of downtown New York artists to create a photographic archive of and for those who inhabit the peripheries. Set against backdrops of what seem to be the last empty rooms on the Lower East Side, a neighborhood reeling from takeover, O'Malley's portraits derive from the informal rituals of languid afternoon visits and unhurried conversation. Marks of imperfection lend intimacy to the process.
The exhibition, Community of Elsewheres, was first presented in NYC last Spring and was instigated by Alice's longtime friend and subject, Antony of Antony and the Johnsons. These pictures are a surprising reminder of so many things including the proximity of friendship and fanship. Espousing one’s heroes, a cherished form of bonding that goes back to the 60s film underground of Jack Smith and Andy Warhol, nimbly traverses generations through the sometimes posthumous assemblage of a family tree.
The artists reception for Community of Elsewheres takes place this evening.
September 6, 6PM; FREE
Exhibit through October 8
Nina Freudenheim Gallery
140 North St
716.882.5777
