The Gallery at Artists & Fleas will
celebrate its grand opening this Saturday, June 5. The new Williamsburg
gallery is a rotating "show and sell" space created
exclusively for Brooklyn artists, according to curator Jess Levey.
The gallery exhibits will feature the works of eight to 10 emerging
visual artists (painters, photographers and multimedia artists)
on its walls with additional space to shelve and display smaller
works. The artists on display this weekend include Crown Heights
resident Kit Kaplan (whose 2004 photograph "Cycle Diner"
is pictured at left), as well as Levey, Hayley Hara, Kimberly
Ng, Rondall Reynoso, Miranda Hellman and Lara Robby. New artists
will be featured every two to four weeks.
The "casual gallery" is inside an existing 4,000-square-foot
flea market, which opened in December 2003, said Levey. The gallery
will not be taking a commission for large works, she explained,
resulting in affordable prices for collectors.
Artists & Fleas is located at the M&V Warehouse, 146
N. Sixth St. between Bedford Avenue and Berry Street. The gallery
is open June 5, from noon to 7 pm, with a reception from 7 pm
to 10 pm, as well as during Artists & Fleas market hours:
Sundays, from noon to 7 pm. For more information, visit www.artistsandfleas.com.
Lisa J. Curtis
