eyewash @ Supreme Trading 213 North 8th St. June 2nd -26, 2006 OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, June 2nd, 7:00-10:00 pm with FREE Performances from 10-12pm BIG STUFF New Brooklyn Installation Art Participating Artists: Peter Barrett Thomas Broadbent Mark Esper David Kramer Eung Ho Park Bob Seng & Lisa Hein William Powhida BIG STUFF is a group exhibition of Brooklyn-based artists who are currently working on a scale that directly challanges the vast confines (63 running feet by 14 foot ceilings) of the project space located at Supreme Trading in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. While this space has dwarfed many traditional exhibitions in this European style exhibition hall the invited artists will utilize height & width in creating memorable artworks that include both traditional materials as well as new technology. BIG STUFF demonstrates the fact that installation art is alive & well & happening in Brooklyn. M-Brane II, Peter Barrett Oil on wood, latex on wall, 15 feet in diameter Peter Barrett is interested in breaking down the boundaries between genres, & attempts to create a tension as to where his work belongs in the painting/sculpture/installation continuum. Thomas Broadbent desires the viewer to become part of his hanging multi-media installation and feels that art-as-entertainment allows the viewer to interact with the art and enjoy. With the installation titled "It's in the air, an uplifting experience" Mark Esper intends to surprise and confound expectations through a visceral experience delivered upon a fragile orb. Narrative artist David Kramer's installation recreating parts of his studio as well as glimpses into his own fragile mental state. Eung Ho Park creates a curtain of dozens of eyes drawn on nine inch discs that refers to everything from the voyeur to the Zen Buddhist contemplative visionary. The installation duo of Bob Seng & Lisa Hein create large-scale banners in the courtyard directly in front of the project space. William Powhida is known for his insulting narrative drawings but here he creates a personal statement, a large coffin like structure in memory of the "passing-away of Williamsburg, Brooklyn as a vital art scene". Lisa Levy performs M.F.A. Misery in Fine Arts Friday, June 2nd, 2006 Participating Performers (in order of appearance) WILLIAM POWHIDA offers up a EULOGY to the neighborhood of Williamsburg, Brooklyn as an art scene. In the Project Room Powhida's installation is a memorial of sorts to this sense of loss. Powhida encourages folks to bring memontos that can be affixed to the installation site. These could be postcard-invites from the galleries that deserted the neighborhood or perhaps receipts from some high-priced art purchase. Although Powhida has spent time scant time in this 'hood he will read lists, name names & generally whine on about everything that displeases him. DAVID KRAMER confesses his shortcomings, aspirations, missed career breaks & his habitual alcohol drinking. As is his formula for several years now Kramer will have us identify with & laugh at his day-to-day foibles regarding the contemporary art world & life in general. LISA LEVY performs M.F.A. (Misery in Fine Arts), an original piece designed for this evening. In a multi-media show Levy recounts battles with her Mother over her involvement as an artist. A video of her interviewing on-lookers at Central Park during Christo's "The Gates" is also featured. Ken Butler Voices of Anxious Objects VOICES OF ANXIOUS OBJECTS with KEN BUTLER Ken arrives with his arsenal of wacky self-made musical instruments. Always the consumate showman look for Ken to play everything from his toothbrush to the zipper on his pants. It's FLUXUS meets WORLD BEAT.

About eyewash Visit eye on Brooklyn blog Starting in January of 2002 eyewash actively returned to the Williamsburg art community with an exhibition at Figureworks gallery located at 168 North 6th Street. This location is only one and a half blocks from eyewashs original home. In February 2002, eyewash opened a group exhibition titled 'TOUCHY FEELY' on Valentines Day at the Front Room exhibition space. Eyewash has organized several exhibitions in Brooklyn and NYC. This was done in a collaborative arrangement with host galleries inviting eyewash to independently curate selected exhibitions. Additionally it organized & hosted the largest public arts exhibition ever in Williamsburg with WINDOW SHOPPING. This six-block long exhibition featured thirty window installations on Bedford Ave. on the northside of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. eyewash also completed an 18 month window installation project showcasing emerging talent at the Girdle Factory Building on North 5th St. and Bedford Ave. eyewash also co-sponsored an evening of performance art at Union Pool with Pierogi Gallery in Fall '02. Additionally eyewash was invited to exhibit their artists at APEX Art in 2001. eyewash was founded in 1998 on the third floor of a residential building at 143 North 7th St. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. In the fall of 2000 the NYC Dept. of Buildings inspected the exhibition space and ruled the rent-stabilzed building off-limits to non-living situations. It was decided to eyewash function as a migratory gallery in collaborations through out NYC.