The 6th Annual Small Works Show December 2, 2010

For Immediate Release: November 21,2010

440 Gallery Presents: The Sixth Annual Small Works Show
December 2, 2010 — January 9, 2011
Opening Reception: Thursday, December 2, 2010 6-9 pm

Communication Coordinators: Amy Williams 917.862.3898
Nancy Lunsford 917-957-6356

440 Gallery presents the Sixth Annual Small Works Show beginning Thursday December 2 at 440 Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn. This annual juried exhibition features the work of artists from all over the country, but with the majority of the participants from Brooklyn. All works of art are 12 inches or smaller and of a great variety of media and styles, including painting, photography, sculpture, collage and mixed media. The jurors for the 2010 small works show, Julie Bills and Russell Calabrese, Directors at Gering & Lopez Gallery in New York.

Russell Calabrese is the Founder and co-Director of Editions Fawbush. Calabrese has published editions with artists such as Kiki Smith, Karen Davie, Christian Marclay, Sol Lewitt and Jack Pierson. Editions Fawbush projects have been acquired by the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the New York Public Library, NY; the Museum of Contemporary Art, and others.
Julie Bills, of Pomona College, writes critically about contemporary art. Ms. Bills serves as the Secretary on the Board of Directors of Friends of E.1027, a non-profit devoted to the restoration of Eileen Gray’s villa in Southern France. She is curating a group exhibition at Gering & López next summer with Al Moran of OHWOW, Miami.
The Sixth Annual Small Works Show is on view at 440 Gallery from December 2, 2010 – January 9, 2011. An artist’s reception at the gallery will be held Thursday, December 2, 2010 from 6-9 pm.