Mixed Greens Gallery Located in the landmark
Starrett-Lehigh Building, in the heart of Chelsea’s gallery
district.
601 West 26th Street, 11th Floor (between 11th and 12th
avenues) New York, NY 10001 (212) 331-8888, info@mixedgreens.com Hours:
Monday–Saturday, 11am–6pm
OCTOBER 15—NOVEMBER 20,
2004 Opening reception, October 15, 6-8pm
Gallery 1: Zoe
Pettijohn Try Your Luck
In her first solo show with Mixed
Greens, Zoe Pettijohn
investigates luck, chance, fortune and the anticipation of these
things combined with the blurred line between real or imagined memories.
Pettijohn utilizes icons associated with gambling as well as the metaphor of the
slot machine to shape her most recent body of gouache drawings and a large
semi-transparent fabric installation made of hand-cut and printed
organza.
Gallery 2: Rudy Shepherd The Black
Bourgeoisie
Mixed Greens is pleased to announce their first show with
Rudy Shepherd. In his
first solo exhibition in New York, Rudy will show both drawing and video in and
around Gallery 2.
Rudy’s latest drawing project consists of over one
hundred black and white ink portraits. Mainly African-American icons, the
portraits represent public figures that not only influenced Rudy’s own life and
aspirations, but also changed public perception of what it means to be black in
America. Fela Kuti, Thelonious Monk, Kerry James Marshall, Cornell West and
Snoop Dogg are only a few of the diverse figures that make up the tapestry of
this project.
In his videos, Rudy pays homage to his neighborhood in
Harlem. Through four single-channel videos, Rudy focuses on his immediate
landscape and a theme common to his work — what it means to be
home.
