THE MERZBUSH

THE MERZBUSH:

elegies to Kurt Schwitters
OR an ambitious exhibition of installation art
that 'makes connection between everything in the world.'


OPENING WITH MIMOSAS:
SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 11AM-2PM

featuring commissioned installations by: Phong Bui, Ali Aschman, Michele Araujo, Rico Gatson, Suzanne Goldenberg, Brece Honeycutt, Norman Jabaut, Ellen Letcher, Amy Lincoln, Ryan Schroeder,
and Josette Urso.

This exhibition is held in conjunction with
BUSHWICK OPEN STUDIOS JUNE 5 + 6

Recent Drawings - off to Ohio for a show at William Busta Gallery

I always wanted to show in Ohio. I still have some in-laws that live in the state. And I have not yet been to the Akron Art Museum. So here's my chance. Opening this Friday, I have a show of "recent drawings" at the William Busta Gallery in Cleveland.

The show was organized by my favorite Ohio artist, Hildur Asgeirsdóttir Jónsson. I'll be showing with Brinsley Tyrrell, a soon to be another favorite Ohio artist of mine!!

from the invitation:

p+d

print+drawing room

Austin Thomas

Recent Drawings

June 4 through July 31, 2010

Opening Reception

Friday June 4, from

5-9 pm

Gallery Hours

Wed-Sat 11-5:30

or by appointment

pictured above, over to the side: "Bold Concentric Circles," Collage 14" x 8" 2007

Mama Monday Night @ Famous Accountants 6:30pm

Sneak preview of Norte Maar's MERZBUSH opening: June 4.

Rico Gatson does it again, with tape on the wall. Above is a detail of "Smoke Signals" featuring an image from the Watts Riot of 1965, for Norte Maar's next exhibit: MERZBUSH opening: June 4- 83 Wyckoff Avenue, #1B Brooklyn, NY 11237 USA

Registration and information for Camp Pocket U is now online

Registration and information for Camp Pocket U is now online.

Learn to draw with Matthew Miller (using spit and stick) practice Sumie with Kay Thomas, master chess with Adam Simon, play tennis with Deborah Brown, dance with Julia Gleich, knit with Brece Honeycutt, hike the Adirondacks with Norman Jabaut, do ceramics with Jackie Sabourin, listen to lectures by Kevin Regan, Rico Gatson and Jen Dalton. Be blogged by Sharon Butler and speak Italian with Paul D'Agostino...and much more by
Jason Andrew!

Come Camp July 21st through July 28th 2010 in Rouses Point, NY!

Camp Pocket Utopia grew out of Pocket Utopia in Bushwick. In collaboration with Norte Maar, we (everyone involved) hope to inspire a conversation amongst artists, creative thinkers and the community, empowering participants and observers to think for themselves while offering a free arts camp for the kids
of Rouses Point, NY, and surrounding North Country at the same time, in the same place.

If you can give $10 the free arts program for the kids will become a reality! Norte Maar is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization.

THANK YOU!

accessible by amtrak

Rouses Point in Pictures

The Judd Foundation

Yesterday I attended an event that the Judd Foundation sponsored. It's a secret event held at 5:00 pm on Mondays. To gain access you must bring a sweet.

The sweets were eaten at his house in Soho, which is amazing. It's the type of space that makes you want to change yours (house, life, head, etc.) Judd had strong opinions and sometimes made idiosyncratic decisions. His book, the "Complete Writings" is rare, but his library in online!

I did find this short Judd piece on Youtube. And from the Judd Foundation website, "It's Hard to Find a Good Lamp."

Judd's colors pictured above:

Bildrechte:© (Donals Judd) VG Bildkunst Bonn, 2007 // Foto: K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen