Art 101: BWAC's Fall 2009 Show: The Words of Color

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In previous articles last May and July I discussed Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition's (BWAC) Spring and Summer exhibits noting the mixed but generally quite good quality of the art, its affordability, the diversity of styles and backgrounds of the artists, and that Jewish artists are somewhat overrepresented. All of which is also true of BWAC's Fall 2009 Show: The Words of Color that opens on Saturday and which I previewed on Sunday. 

In the 1980s many artists incorporated texts into their visual art in ways that were sometimes self-indulgent, often polemical, and sometimes both. In this exhibit some artists integrate texts into the work and others place the text on the side as a kind of commentary reminiscent of our sacred texts.

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http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m9d10-Art-101-BWACs-Fall-2009-Show-The-Words-of-Color#

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Art 101: BWAC's Fall 2009 Show: The Words of Color

via examiner.com

In previous articles last May and July I discussed Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition's (BWAC) Spring and Summer exhibits noting the mixed but generally quite good quality of the art, its affordability, the diversity of styles and backgrounds of the artists, and that Jewish artists are somewhat overrepresented. All of which is also true of BWAC's Fall 2009 Show: The Words of Color that opens on Saturday and which I previewed on Sunday. 

In the 1980s many artists incorporated texts into their visual art in ways that were sometimes self-indulgent, often polemical, and sometimes both. In this exhibit some artists integrate texts into the work and others place the text on the side as a kind of commentary reminiscent of our sacred texts.

Read the full article here:
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-2807-NY-Jewish-Culture-Examiner~y2009m9d10-Art-101-BWACs-Fall-2009-Show-The-Words-of-Color#

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