WINDOW PROJECTS AT THE WAREHOUSE GALLERY
WINDOW PROJECTS AT THE WAREHOUSE GALLERY
THE WAREHOUSE GALLERY offers artists from Central New York an opportunity to create a commissioned installation for a very unique exhibition space. Reaching morning commuters and last-call revelers, the street-level windows on the busy intersection of W. Fayette and S. West streets are lit through the night to display the one-of-a-kind installations.
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KEWPIE KARMA/80What does a Kewpie doll have to offer the world?
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THE WAREHOUSE GALLERY presents KEWPIE KARMA/80, an installation in the Window Projects Gallery by Yoshiko Miki. The exhibition opens April 15th and runs through June 7th. An artist reception will take place on April 24th, from 5—8 p.m. in the main gallery. This exhibition is accessible via the Connective Corridor free shuttle, which stops just outside the gallery on W. Fayette St. Admission is free and open to the public. |
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ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
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Yoshiko Miki’s work addresses issues of death and rebirth. The death of her mother three years ago caused Miki to search for answers as to why some people leave life at such a young age. She found that the only way to address this was to disregard the idea of life having an ending point and instead to view life as a continuation. Influenced by her Buddhist background, Miki wondered who her mother might have been re-born as: “A man? Or a woman?” and where she could be: “Here in America with me? Or back in Japan with my father and my little sister?” In reincarnation, the karma of a person continues into the next life; no matter what form they are reborn. Miki depicts her mother’s reincarnation through Kewpie dolls—an iconic image of happiness and love, words that also describe her mother’s approach to life. The subject of rebirth is reinforced by the infantile nature of the dolls and by their number. The 80 dolls signify the importance of the numbers 8 and 0 which represent endless life; when drawn out, there is no beginning or ending point for either number. Significantly, when the number 8 is rotated 90 degrees in either direction, it becomes , a symbol for infinity. KEWPIE KARMA/80 deals with themes of death, rebirth and karma through an iconic medium. 
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
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YOSHIKO MIKI (1987) was born in Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan. At the age of sixteen she moved to the United States and lived in Lancaster, PA and would remain there for a year before moving to Syracuse, NY. She graduated from Manlius Pebble Hill School in DeWitt, NY and currently is enrolled at the Pratt Institute at Munson-Williams-Proctor in Utica, NY where she is studying fine arts with a concentration in sculpture. |
PREVIOUS PROJECTS BY YOSHIKO MIKI 
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The Partnership for Better Education is a collaboration between the Syracuse City School District and Syracuse University initiated by Chancellor Nancy Cantor and SCSD Superintendents to improve and enrich classroom instruction. The partnerships goals are to support programs with the themes of literacy, technology, the arts and inclusion; to improve high school graduation rates; and to slow the ninth grade drop out rate. The College of Visual and Performing Arts and Lightwork/Community Darkrooms partnered with Henninger High School's ninth grade smaller learning community art academy in an exciting new initiative called Art, Literacy, Technology at the Warehouse generously funded by the Verizon Foundation.
For photos of the reception click [here]. Original artwork still on view in the Atrium and The Cafe Exhibit Spaces. |
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High school identities are blurred by memories into teen archetypes1989 is an installation of that launches the second season of The Warehouse Gallery's unique showcase for regional artists, The Window Projects. Cazenovia artist Emily Farranto's grid of loosely rendered portraits is viewable all day and night on the busy street of W. Fayette in downtown Syracuse. The blurriness of the faces based on yearbook photographs suggests the muddled realism of memory. Each teen looses her or his individuality, but becomes emblematic of a familiar adolescent type: "Sullen, hopeful, popular, rejected, shy, overweight, pretty, etc.," describes the artist. Moments of collective anticipation and past hopes are presented in these gentle paintings. Artist Statement: "I recalled pouring over the pages of faces, pausing on unrequited crushes, friends, the occasional tragic photograph of a student who had died sometime after the photograph was taken. I wonder if the institution of the yearbook still exists: With the prevalence of digital cameras, camera phones, Myspace and Facebook pages, has the yearbook lost its status in the world of high school? " – E. Farranto About the Artist: Emily Farranto received her MFA from Syracuse University in 2003 and currently resides in Cazenovia, NY. She has exhibited her work in solo and group shows in the United States and abroad. Her work is included in the curated registries at the Drawing Center in New York City and the Pierogi2000 Flat Files in Brooklyn. |
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Blue Cells, an installation of ceramic, nylon, and light, oscillates between ethereal and eerie, soft and solid, heavy and light. The artist, Syracuse-based Erin Lyden Murphy, capitalizes on the ever-changing lighting unique to The Warehouse Gallery’s Window Projects space: Daylight shines upon an airy web of delicate white membranes, while the nighttime reveals the cavernous architecture of a strange organism bathed in dramatic blue light. Artist Statement: "Containment, color, form, space, perception, and materiality are all integral tools used to facilitate my exploration of the body and human experience. The premise of Blue Cells is understood within a person’s disengagement with one’s self. I exam the cell as the primary element of the body and utilize an abstracted representation to engage the viewer in an alternate understanding of the human body in conjunction with the physical environment.” About the Artist: Erin Lyden Murphy was born in Syracuse, NY, where she currently lives. She received a BFA in Ceramics from Syracuse University and an MFA in Ceramics from the University of Tennessee. She has exhibited widely across the United States, as well as in Jingdezhen, China and Cortona, Italy. |
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LOGOS by Utica-based artist Jason Nickel.
Artist Statement: “The title of this work, LOGOS, is Greek for ‘word’ or ‘language’, but also connotes thought, reason, proportion, principle, standard and logic. The impetus is my meditations on the creation of language from abstract sounds and utterances, and the center for contemporary art manner in which these sounds create meaning. It is commonly thought that a particular language leads to a particular conception of the world. “The formal construction of the piece is related to my interests in music, particularly improvisational jazz. I sometimes view this work as visual music. Evidence of this is apparent in the manner by which I rethink it and install it in a new way each time—I improvise on the spot, creating a new version of the piece each installation. “Installing this piece in the Window Projects adds a new layer, as outside spectators have a broken view of the work across several windows. This new framing is similar to comic book panels.” About the Artist: Jason Nickel was born near Buffalo and grew up in Scranton and Philadelphia, PA, and Rochester, NY. He earned a B.F.A. at the Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio in 1994 and an M.F.A. at Stony Brook University in 1997. He has exhibited in solo and group shows at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Albany Center Galleries, Artemesia Gallery in Chicago, Cynthia Broan Gallery in New York and the Everson Museum of Art Biennial, and has work in several private and corporate collections. Nickel works with themes of spirituality and metaphysics. His media have included painting, printmaking, sculpture, webcomics and installation art. For more information on the artist, visit www.JasonNickel.net |
