Julia Elsas, Detail Chime Choir, 2020
We Become Present
July 9 - 30, 2021
NARS Main Gallery & Project Space
Opening Reception: Friday, July 9th, 6-8 pm
With works by Niamul Bari, Jesus Benavente, Frank Born, Sophia Chizuco, Carole d'Inverno, Julia Elsas, Fred Fleisher, Ji Kim, Hiromitsu Kuroo, Yi Hsuan Lai, Ron Leach, Rachael McArthur, Joyce McKee, Robert Melzmuf, Naomi Nakazato, Richard A Rosenblatt, Andrew Schwartz, Rhonda Weppler.
NARS Foundation is pleased to introduce We Become Present, an exhibition showcasing the works of artists working at the #201 building on 46th street in Sunset Park Brooklyn.
We Become Present centers the attention on works that were created during the pandemic - a time filled with grief, tension, despair and uncertainty. For the artists in this exhibition, a way to cope with world events has been through their artistic practice. Some have focused on the healing processes and refuge present in nature, looking at its cycles and repetitive actions. Others have created pieces that are meant to be activated - by movement, sound or as a form of protest. Several have used their art making to create their own hybrid spaces and fantastic worlds. The studio space has become a shelter, but also a space for transformation and for recording the passage of time.
Either as a continuation of their previous works or as a window to new explorations, these pieces can be read as coping methods, occasions to reach for connection, safe spaces and continuous reaffirmations of a self, existing today.
