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4 Heads Art Fair Opens This Weekend

Aug 30, 2011 7:15 pm

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The 4heads jury has cho­sen 120 inde­pen­dent artists of mer­it and a select num­ber of inno­v­a­tive gal­leries to par­tic­i­pate in the fair, which runs every week­end in Sep­tem­ber. Each par­tic­i­pant is grant­ed space in Build­ing 12, a for­mer mil­i­tary bar­racks on the Island’s east­ern shore, and is giv­en free reign to design his or her own exhibition.

The epic scope of the 2011 fair includes 116 rooms of sculp­ture, pho­tog­ra­phy, paint­ing, video, sound, and object instal­la­tions. While fea­tur­ing artists from as far away as Switzer­land and Moroc­co, the fair will also pro­vide a unique venue for a large num­ber of New York tal­ents. High­lights this year will range from Jonathan Smith’s pho­tographs of eeri­ly qui­et night­time cityscapes, to Susan Camp’s sculp­tures made from gourds grown in moulds, to a group exhi­bi­tion by NYFA’s Artist as Entre­pre­neur Boot Camp, to Nao­mi Campbell’s work, made from x rays and light.

Each week­end there will be dif­fer­ent events and pro­grams in and around Build­ing 12 as a part of the Fair. Be sure to stop by when you come out this week­end and through­out September!