Donna Huanca: Philosophy of the World

Texas-based artist Donna Huanca’s show “Philosophy of the World†is opening at the Susan Inglett Gallery this Thursday, 22 March 2007 at 7:30pm with a wild performance. Huanca, referencing the feeling of The Shaggs Philosophy of the World, aka "the worst record ever made in the history of music,†will be performing music as she has imagined it will be in the future. Accompanying her …

País de Poetas

BRIC’s Rotunda Gallery presents “País de Poetas: Contemporary Art and Artists from Santiago to Brooklynâ€, curated by Isolde Brielmaier and Omar Lopez-Chahoud which opens Wednesday, 21 March 2007, at 7pm. The show features ten Chilean artists, seven of which who live in Brooklyn (Francisca Benitez, Ivan Navarro with Courtney Smith, Diego Fernandez, Cristobal Lehyt, Felipe Mujica and Nelson Rivas) and three others (Patrick Hamilton, Juan …

Martin and Muñoz Snow Globes

The quaint winter scenes often seen inside traditional snow globes turn deliciously bizarre and sinister in the hands of Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz.  Known for their highly-detailed dioramas of tiny figures exiled in frozen landscapes, past creations by artists Martin and Muñoz have included a horse walking away as a man hangs from a tree, and a man dangling a baby over an open …