Anarchy of the Imagination  organized by Ryan Foerster
June 26 - July 30, 2021

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painting made of thin pieces on degwith empty center
wood and felt large chair
watercolor with blue on two figures
abstract photograph of fabric dark red
drawing on felt coasters of figure and man
metal, string, wood, found materials
complex pen drawing with female figure in landscape
cement two headed duck
two photographs of a young boy smoking
abstract eye ball on black ground
black & white flash photo of man in back of car
white lamp with writing Chicken Soup
mixed media collage with silver
abstract black trees on green ground
collage with woman and macarones
blue ceramic bird
hanging colorful plant forms in wood frame box
painting of space ship with red rays
oval painting of red torso on white
collage of figures and targets
wood mixed media
collage painting of white glove on linen
clock drawn with crayons on paper and cardboard
five small white glazed on shelf
gray woven corner sculpture
pencil drawing of large face with stars
black paint on cream ground of man with watch above head
watercolor of man on the ground
necklace sculpture
collage on wood
delicate brass sculpture of woman
abstract photo
photo of bird on tree with blue sky
yellow sun form in circle
folk painting of two figures
 plastic bag with paper and plastic
upside down female nude on blue ground
gray print of flowers
black and white small drawing with figure
small painting of airplane with PEACE
figure in  abstract landscape
abstract painting of a leafy vine in black paint
tiny white clay figures in landscape
Fish on a Line aqua resin with steel bracket and chain
drawing of rat with ball point pen
abstract photograph two circles
color drawing of large tree with blue background
circle burnt in wood square placed on floor
pink and yellow abstract painting of a heart
collage of flowers in vase
soft focus oil painting of face in gray
black and white op painting
abstract shapes printed on white ground with dots
figure in multi colored abstract landscape
doll with blonde hair laying on windowsill
expressionistic face with teeth
silver painted textile on steel post leaning on wall
underneath bridge gray detailed painting

Press Release

Anarchy of the Imagination 
 
June 26 - July 30
 
organized by Ryan Foerster
 

Summer Hours:

Wednesday - Friday, 12 - 6 PM

or by appointment

 

Anonymous, Mitchell Algus, Harold Ancart, Alex Bag, Leland Bell, Aaron Birnbaum, Josh Brand, Freddie Brice, Douglas Brown, Hannah Buonaguro, Robin Cameron, Mary Carlson, Matt Creed, Derrick Alexis Coard , Ele D’Artagnan, Pete Deevakul, Anne Doran, Dylan Eastgaard, Josh Feigin, Nadia Foerster, Glenna Foerster, Monica Forrestall, Silvianna Goldsmith, Robin Graubard, Ray Hamilton, Rand Hardy, Dmitri Hertz, Eric Hoyles, Chip Hughes, Hunter Hunt Hendrix, Miles Huston, Daniel Innes , Ken Johnson, Jamian Juliano-Villani, Kate Levant, George Mandel, Adam Marnie, Billy Miller, Zoë Mpeletzikas, Sophy Naess, Eric Palgon, Steven Parrino, PAZOS, Nikholis Planck, Adam Revington, Penny Rimbaud, Sven Sachsalber, Rafael Sánchez, Ben Schumacher, Max Schumann, Kerry Schuss, Will Stewart, Steel Stillman, TARWUK, John Tremblay , Janice Turner, Jocko Weyland, Ma Yo

 

Anarchy of the Imagination is the title of a book of interview notes written by Fassbinder. This show is not a tribute to him even though I like his movies. And I definitely like the energy he had to make stuff. This show is a celebration of the Imagination! This 69 work show mixes friends and family of mine with artists I met through Kerry - whose work I admire. This show mixes different scenes together trying to connect different imaginations and creations to show different stuff I’m interested in. I thought to install the show like a “wave." I swim everyday now in the morning and like the feel of the ocean and the current. This huge force that you're not in control of but you can move your way through. I like when my imagination over takes me and comes in like a wave and something comes from it. It’s indescribable but a great feeling—a rush. It’s exciting to see so much work together created by people from different places, showing their imaginations. Kerry and I worked lots on trying to lay this all out—showing things ping-ponging off each other. I think it worked out really good! I wanted the feeling of an uncontrollable force of energy with planets and waves and air all moving around. So that is what this is.

 

Funny—a side thing. When I was a teenager in Newmarket, Ontario, there was a free newsprint publication a guy started called "Imagination Magazine." This was extremely exciting because it was a free paper, like NOW and EYE that you could get in Toronto, which were just amazing—full of content and sources of information, like the VOICE—and it seemed very exciting that Newmarket was getting something like that. Ha! It only lasted maybe a couple issues—I hope I still have them. I tried to intern with the guy. Didn’t go anywhere, but I did steal a newspaper box for him that we painted and put back on the street so he could have a box for his paper. I was making zines then and really wanted to get into the magazine world—that never really happened. I do have my press RATSTAR now, that's a mix of different artists and many are in this show. -Ryan Foerster

 click on link below to read a poem by Hannah Buonaguro.

 

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