Pacs Gallery

PACS at Paloma South

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:43:00 -0400

PACS at Paloma South
95 South 4th Street, Brooklyn NY
Sunday May 12th 2013; 11:30 AM - 6:00 PM

Limited complimentary mimosas
http://www.pacsnyc.com

Taking root on, or above, the ground;
rooting from the stem,
as the trumpet creeper and the ivy.

Sunday afternoon. Mothers Day. Paintings. Collections. Drawings. Ceramics. Artists handle their own sales. Paloma South is an apartment. Stop by on your way to Journal. Come after you visit Southfirst. Take a boat. Take a train. Ride a bike.

Scott Calhoun²
http://scottcalhoun.artcodeinc.com

Ariel Dill²
http://arieldill.com

Ryan Garvey²
http://ryangarveyartist.com

C.F.³
http://www.free-cf.com

Maya Hayuk²
http://www.mayahayuk.com

Cody Hoyt¹
http://www.codyhoyt.com

E.E. Ikeler¹
http://eeikeler.com

Denise Kupferschmidt¹
http://www.papermountains.net

Helmut Smits³
http://helmutsmits.nl

Ben Sisto¹
http://www.bensisto.com

Kim Westfall²
http://westfalleast.tumblr.com

¹ Previously had a solo exhibitions with PACS
² Brand new to PACS
³ From recent solo exhibitions at Beginnings Gallery

03.20.13: Shadow Pests

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 22:35:00 -0400

Shadow Pests
New works by Suzy Coady and Yusuke Okada

+ View photos from this exhibition

Wednesday March 20th, 2013, 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Private location. By invitation only + limited RSVP
Please RSVP to ben.sisto@gmail.com

With the pairing of Suzy Coady and Yusuke Okada, viewers will meet a cast of playful, sometimes awkward and occasionally crass characters who, like those found in the early adult-themed drawings of Shel Silverstein, deal with sex, love, and life with a childlike humor and playfulness.

Coady has been featured in publications such as Apenest, The Drama, and recently contributed to Rookie Yearbook One, published by Drawn and Quarterly. For this show, she will be presenting a large-format collage / installation in Club Sandwich. Okada recently partook in the Baby Harvester (a Babycastles / Slice Harvester collaboration) installation at Clocktower Gallery, and had some super fun works up at Jimmy’s Diner. He’ll be showing a series of works in our Living Gallery.

PACS will provide limited complimentary beverages & snacks; BYOB encouraged.

Please visit the artists’ spots online, too:

Suzy Coady
http://girlyhandwriting.tumblr.com

Yusuke Okada
http://yusuke1234.tumblr.com

12.12.12: APACSMENT SHOW

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 08:16:00 -0500

APACSMENT SHOW

Wednesday December 12th 2012
7:00 PM - 12:00 AM, Facebook Invite

Bushwick Ave & Grand St, Brooklyn
Private location, please contact Ben for more info
Limited complimentary drinks provided

This show happened already.

Featuring:

Leah Beeferman / Pierre Le Hors
Phillip Birch
Reade Bryan
Elizabeth Ebright
Amanda B. Friedman
Garrol Gayden
Kenya Hanley
Cody Hoyt
E.E. Ikeler
Denise Kupferschmidt
Michael Pellew
Ben Sisto
Joshua Smith
Jeffrey Tranchell
Joshua Caleb Weibley

^ We saw her first. PACS Gallery’s own, 2 new murals @ BAM

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:37:54 -0400

^ We saw her first. PACS Gallery’s own, 2 new murals @ BAM

09.29.12: Regression, Zs, Sightings, Drainolith

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:51:22 -0400

LQQK & Bunce Present:

+ Regression (12:00)
+ Zs (11:00)
+ Sightings (10:00)
+ Drainolith (9:00)

PACS Gallery, 70 North 6th St Brooklyn
8:30 PM, 21+ w ID, No BYOB, $10

Private Event

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 23:27:00 -0400

PACS will be closed for a private party on Saturday September 8th 2012
Congratulations to the artists Colene Blanchet & Robert Peavey

PACS, Etc.

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 22:21:00 -0400

PACS Gallery is proud to participate in the 2012 Et cetera festival - a week long celebration of art, talks, lectures and more organized by Public Assembly. Our events are below, and are 100% free.

More info on the fest here: http://etcbk.tumblr.com

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Presentation Party Night
Presented by PACS Gallery
Sunday Sept 16th 2012, 7:30 PM, PACS Gallery, 21+, Free
presentationpartynight.com, pacsnyc.com

Presentations From:

+ Shannon Coffey - Mystery

+ Ryder Ripps - How to Design an e-Commerce Website

+ Erik Bergstrom - The French

+ Melissa J Frost - Architecture Out of Order

Presentation Party Night is a monthly lecture series combining a love of community and education with a taste for beer. Based in Bushwick, Brooklyn, they meet on the 3rd Sunday of each month to share and discuss various topics spanning history, pop culture, current events, and the utterly indescribable. Aesthetically, PPN is a bit closer to a DIY loft party than it is say, Ignite or TED talks. Presenters range from local pro’s to first-timers and there’s a healthy mix of laughing, factoids, and open-ended Q&A. Limited complimentary beers from our good friends at Asahi.

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Christine
Presented by PACS Gallery
Monday September 17th 2012, 7:00 PM - 12:00, PACS (Floor 2), 21+, Free
pacsnyc.com, seanmicka.com

+ Photos of the show

Christine is a character based in New York City. She sets up situations that invite viewers to contemplate, interrogate and/or negotiate various ways in which art and finance function within a political economy. For better or for worse, her work focuses its attention on auctions, examining artworks, antiques and precious jewels i.e., as objects of financial speculation. She also is frequently concerned with the phenomena of “the contemporary” as an ambiguously defined idea in modern art, i.e., periodization of the present. Christine is frequent collaborator with artist Sean Micka.

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E.E. Ikeler: KISS/KIZZ
Presented by PACS Gallery
Tuesday September 18th 2012, 7:00 PM - 12:00 AM, PACS (Floor 2), 21+, Free
http://eeikeler.com

+ Photos from the show

Drawing on the history of abstraction within Western Modernism, Brooklyn-based artist E.E. Ikeler’s work, as exemplified with KISS/KIZZ, inserts feminist and queer content through nontraditional materials while maintaining a level abstraction. It’s a task that the artist feels has often been assumed to lack legibility in mainstream art criticism. In response, various experimental strategies assert that form and content are not discrete characteristics of art works, but rather, like our minds and bodies, are one in the same.

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Permanent Collection
Presented by PACS Gallery
Wednesday September 19th 2012, 7:00 PM - 12:00, PACS (Floor 2), 21+, Free
pacsnyc.com, papermountains.net

+ Here are some photos from this show

Artists come to own work by other artists in a myriad of ways. Sometimes it’s bought, often it’s in trade, as payment for general labor, and here and there it’s rescued from a trash can. Sometimes it’s a piece that’s been long-desired, other times a bit of a white elephant. Since we’re all struggling for space to store all this stuff, not all works “make the cut” as they say, when artists move between studios and dwellings. But for this one-night exhibition, 10 artists reach into our personal collections and display works that have made the cut. Works we love, that influence our practice and decorate our homes. Curated by Ben Sisto (PACS) and Denise Kupferschmidt (Apartment Show). Participating artists list TBA.

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Artypes Salon 3: “Portrait”
Presented by PACS Gallery
Thursday September 20th 2012, 7:00 PM - 12:00, PACS (Floor 2), 21+, Free
artypes.org.uk, pacsnyc.com

+ Photos from the show

Artypes is a series of Art Salons. For each Salon, a variety of contemporary artists are asked to make work prompted by a type of art. Salon No. 3 will include “Portraits” by well over 60 artists, which will be Artypes’ largest Art Salon to date. Art Salons are free to the public. Art can be purchased from the Artists, and Drinks from the Bar. (photo above from a previous salon)

Man Forever: Video is Done!

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Our buddy Sto of Cinders Gallery was here recently, painting away. PACS hosted a music video shoot for Man Forever, who recently signed to Thrill Jockey. MF is the brainchild of John Kid Millions Collpits, who’s best known as the drummer for Brooklyn’s own Oneida. The live lineup is always in a state of flux, but members of Vampire Weekend, Blues, Yo La Tango, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and more have stopped in on previous engagements. Here’s some photos from the shoot, and you can see the video / read more via Impose TV.

New Mural! Kill Your Crude Idols

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400

^ Before & After

PACS Gallery has once again teaming up with Public Assembly to commission a mural by Denise Kupferschmidt. The work is part of her Kill Your Crude Idols series, and transforms 17’x5’ of previously boring, unfinished drywall on North 6th St into a beautiful, iconic work of art. View more photos of the install here.

May: Phillip Birch's Wordless on a Wire Part 1

Thu, 03 May 2012 13:00:00 -0400

Phillip Birch
Worldless on a Wire Part 1

Monday May 21st 2012, 7pm-12am
PACS Gallery, 70 North 6th St @ Wythe
Brooklyn New York, Bedford L Train

View photos from this exhibition on Flickr.

What is authentic? How do we experience a thing? What is thingness versus thinghood?Can a thing be in itself? What makes one a radical? How do you define yourself as a radical? Can we place ourselves in the role of the other? Is there an other? What is necessary and what is enough? Is there enough? Is there a difference between transcendent and pedestrian? Is there a crisis? Are there infinite Earths? Who is your service provider? Is this relatable?

Phillip Birch lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He has exhibited at Cleopatra’s, Clifton Benevento, Artists Space, Envoy and Apartment Show. He is currently attempting to learn to juggle. He has been attempting this for years now.

The Next 50 presents: Long Distance Poison

Tue, 01 May 2012 16:50:00 -0400

The Next 50 presents:
Long Distance Poison
Broadcasting live from PACS
Monday June 11th 2012, 8pm
Private Event

*Event’s Done! Broadcast was awesome. A few photos here..*

Long Distance Poison, with the help of Matthew Caron and ESP TV, will be producing a new work in Brooklyn at the PACS Gallery that will be simultaneously transmitted via HAM radio into outer space, projected before a live audience at the PLAYHOUSE/INTIMAN Theater in the Seattle Center, and broadcast live on the internet. The work is called A Third Signal to A Habitable Zone.

The Next 50 is a six month city wide celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Seattle World’s Fair. As part of the celebrations, The Next 50 and Fin Records will be presenting a special electronic music performance hosted at the historical PLAYHOUSE/INTIMAN theater in the Seattle Center:

The Oscillating Human :
Electronic Music as an Innovating Force in The Future

PERFORMANCES:

Long Distance Poison, performing from Brooklyn
David Hahn
Ghostfeet
DJ AO

PANELISTS

Steve Fisk (Producer)
Aaron Meola (Label head for Dropping Gems)
William Brown (AKA Dj Not So Good - Producer and Engineer)
Dave Segal (Journalist for Seattle’s The Stranger)

The Brooklyn LDP performance and ESP TV taping is private, but limited seated is available. Please contact us for more information. Info will be announced soon concerning the web broadcast.

03.27.12 - Cody Hoyt "

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 22:02:00 -0400

Cody Hoyt, Greeting Disorder
One Night Only!
Tuesday March 27th 2012, 7pm-11pm
View some photos from this show…

PACS Gallery is located at
70 North 6th Street, Brooklyn New York

Facebook Invite
codyhoyt.com
codyhoyt.tumblr.com

Get Rich or Die Mayan #3

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:19:17 -0400

Get Rich or Die Mayan 3
aka The Maze Benefit

PACS Gallery
70 North 6th Street Brooklyn
Sunday March 18th 2012, 9pm, 21+, No BYOB!
Curated by Sam Hiller of Z’s & Duncan Rich of Bunce Booking

Featuring:

The Dreebs
Bachanalia
Diamond Terrifier
Tetryl Red
DJs Cool Places Sound System
DJ Black Helmet
Projections by Trouble

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Facebook Invite
Trouble Stuff blog

March 2012: Amanda B. Friedman

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Amanda B. Friedman
Thought-forms
March 26th 2012, 7pm-11pm
View photos from the install and show here

PACS Gallery
70 North 6th Street, Brooklyn
Btwn Kent & Wythe, floor 2

Amanda B. Friedman explores cognition, perception, and the distance between self, others, and the world. Her paintings, paper constructions, and drawings are informed by research on mental space - both inside and outside of the head. Friedman has participated in residencies at Vermont Studio Center, VT; Millay Colony for the Arts, NY, and at Virginia Commonwealth University, VA. Selected group exhibitions include Backyard Projects, NYC; Clifton Benevento, NYC; St. Cecilia’s Convent, Brooklyn; and with Apartment Show, Brooklyn. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Also, this show marks the 1-year anniversary of PACS exhibiting visual arts. Thanks so much to everyone who’s come out and supported! Let’s do another year, eh?

http://www.amandabfriedman.com

Get Rich or Die Mayan pt. 2

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Round 2! Sam from Z’s, Duncan from Bunce, and many friends are coming together monthly for “Get Rich or Die Mayan”, our series of parties benefiting the You Are Here Festival, aka THE MAZE, which will be taking place in July 2012 at Secret Project Robot in Brooklyn, as well as in October 2012 in Berlin, DE.

Sunday, February 19th 2012

+ Hubble
+ Diamond Terrifier
+ White Suns
+ GDFX

with DJ Marty McSorely
projections by TROUBLE

$10 | 9pm | 21+

http://diamondterrifier.com/
http://www.infinitelimbs.com/
http://pacsgallery.tumblr.com/
http://troublestuff.tumblr.com/
http://whitesuns.blogspot.com/
http://missionhubble.blogspot.com/

And this one’s on Facebook, too.

February 2012: Joshua Smith

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Monday Night February 27th, 7pm-11pm
PACS Gallery, 70 North 6th Street, Brooklyn NY
A few photos from the show

Joshua Smith is an internationally exhibited painter. He was cofounder, with Denise Kupferschmidt, of the itinerant group-show Apartment Show. He was born in Texas, raised in Michigan, and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

January 2012: Jeffrey Tranchell

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Jeffery Tranchell (one night only solo show)
Monday January 30th 2012, 7:00pm-11:00pm
View some pix: (lower res, sorry!)

Born in Owosso Michigan, Jeffrey Tranchell lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He earned his BFA in 2005 at College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan. An art-handler by day, Tranchell is exposed to a lot of waste - from bubble wrap & foam being tossed into dumpsters to hydrochloric acid poured down drains. A fan of Maciunas’ use of “waste”, all that pure-tossing doesn’t sit well with him.

In his solo show at PACS, Tranchell displays about a dozen paintings which re-purposse materials such as torn coat linings, plastics, and broken canvas stretchers to suggest that all objects have potential, some purpose that consumes objects apart from their intended use or despite their “broken” state. Most artistic activity unavoidably generates a little trash, and Tranchell’s intent is not to condemn artists who fail to use every part of the buffalo….he’s just trying to find a place for all thisstuff.

http://jeffreytranchell.com

Denise Kupferschmidt: 17-Foot Mural!

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Past Event! View the install and mural photos here!

At the invitation of PACS Gallery, Denise Kupferschmidt has installed a permanent mural in the front room of Public Assembly. Occupying approximately 5 x 17 feet of estate above the venue’s front interior window, Kill Your Crude Idols references Kupferschmidt’s own Crude Idols drawing series, while serving as a nod to the NYC rock & no-wave documentary Kill Your Idols. The mural provides comfort and warmth to a raw, industrial garage.

The mural’s footer text was generated by the artist’s friend Ben Sisto, who did so by processing a cappella versions of popular songs with an Apple iPhone S4’s voice-to-text translator. The first line/phrase was selected from a translation of Jay-Z’s Izzo; the remainder from Wu Tang Clan’sC.R.E.A.M.

Recently named in Modern Painters’ “100 Artists to Watch”, Denise Kupferschmidt has been included in exhibitions in New York at Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, Marvelli Gallery, Eleven Rivington, and the Horticultural Society of New York, as well as at Western Exhibitions in Chicago, and CAVE in Detroit. She has had solo exhibitions in Chicago, Boston, and New York. In 2010 she was featured as a NADA Emerging Artist in The L Magazine. Denise was co-organizer, with Joshua Smith, of “Apartment Show”, a series of roving group shows featuring artists in New York City.

Opening Reception Was On: Monday January 16th 2012, 7pm - 10pm
Limited complimentary wine was provided by Hob Nob Wines for 21+

Denise Kupferschmidt’s Website

Public Assembly
70 North 6th Street, Ground Floor
Between Kent & Wythe, Brooklyn NY

Skeleton$ & More, 12.19.11

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Monday December 19th 2012
PACS Gallery, 70 North 6th Street
9pm, 21+, $7.00

Live Sets:

DJ Sets:

The Oracle
Marty McSorely (WFMU)
Dutch E. Germ

December 2011: Reade Bryan

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Reade Bryan, Oomph
One Night Only Show!
Tuesday December 20th 2011
7pm-12am, No BYOB
Video stills from install
Video clips from install

Houstonian turned Brooklynite Reade Bryan received a BFA in FIne Arts from the New School for Design in 2006. Over the past four years he’s toured the local woodshop & construction circuit, helping bring the city gems like Brooklyn Fireproof. In terms of form & fabrication his works draw upon those methods and materials associated with said day-jobs. Tile, brick, plywood, foam an in this show’s case, fiberglass insulation. The works on display were created on site from about 12pm-6pm, just prior to opening. Bryan’s spontaneity evokes a Guston-like humor, presenting the viewer with two clear options: take the works seriously, or laugh along.