Two Brooklyn art galleries, the Bishop Gallery and the Richard Beavers Gallery, will be collaborating on the latest group exhibition curated by visual artist Derrick Adams.
Opening on Sept. 7 and Sept. 8, the show, The Stars Are Aligned / The Time is Now, brings together a selection of artists living and working in Baltimore, Maryland. Artists include Roe Vision, Charles Mason, III, Murjoni Merriweather, Kim Rice, Jeffrey Kent, Nicholas Wisnieski, Destiny Branay, Brandon Hill, Ernest Shaw and Amy Boone-McCreesh, according to a press release.
“As an artist born in Baltimore now living in Brooklyn since 1993, I see parallels in the ways artists who work within the market and without market visibility thrive and survive," said Adams. "I’ve been fortunate to witness the under-recognized creative community of my hometown, unable to reach audiences beyond the city limit simply due to the lack of support on a local level, but never lacking support within their community. For the past seven years I have been taking notice of the growing artists community in my hometown, and have become most invested in using my platform to highlight the work I find engaging and reflective of the environment that informed the artists’ practices.”
The title of the show The Stars Are Aligned / The Time Is Now speaks to the readiness for the world to witness voices in contemporary art outside of cities with infrastructure known for building artists’ careers. Despite Baltimore’s challenges, local artists remain steadfast in their creative output, the press release said.
Each artist and artwork chosen for this presentation is a testament to the unyielding influence of the city on its inhabitants, but also to these particular artists' ability to transform their shared lived experiences into works that mirror both their individuality and the ways they each view their surrounding source of inspiration.
Both the Bishop Gallery and Richard Beavers Gallery have played a part in representing and assisting in artists' development, at both early and late stages of their careers, on an institutional level. They share a committed investment in the artistic community and are considered to be pioneers and advocates for supporting art and artists engaged in broadening the discourse associated with contemporary art making.
The Stars Are Aligned / The Time Is Now will open in two locations: The Bishop Gallery, at 630 Flushing Ave., on Saturday, Sept. 7 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm, and at the Richard Beavers Gallery, at 408 Marcus Garvey Blvd., on Sunday, Sept. 8 from 4:00pm to 7:00pm.
