Imbedded

GalleryBar and Salon Ciel presents "Imbedded"

With this exhibition, Salon Ciel sent a challenge to circles of emerging artists around town: reinvent your landscape by depicting and prying loose its static elements. The extraction itself activates; the re-presenting of fixed ideas changes their meaning, or at least, reminds us that they are here. With us. Still.

The visual experience of Imbedded brings together eight artists' analyses of a mental, physical, or metaphysical landscape. The artists approach their spaces differently - some works comment on a state-of-affairs through sequestering it or fictionalize a moment to make its assumptions more noticeable. Others reflect a reality to remind us it exists, to show its absurdity, or to complicate our expectations.

By fixating on a taken-for-granted moment, concept, or state of being, each artist challenges our own practices and perceptions, daring us each to expose the imbedded, cut it loose, set it free.

Located in the booming Lower East Side art district, GalleryBar is no mere lounge. Reflective of its neighborhood, GalleryBar is also an art gallery featuring established, local and up-and-coming artists. Created by Darin Rubell (cousin of the legendary late Studio 54 co-owner Steve Rubell), Plan B owner Joshua Boyd and newcomer Derrek Vernon, and designed by architect Robert Stansell III, GalleryBar is inspired by a shared passion for art and a legacy in nightlife. For further information contact Sarah Ivory, 917.400.6242, sarah@sarahivory.com

Salon Ciel is an exclusive monthly exhibition series designed to promote and showcase the work of cutting edge, emerging photographers and visual artists. Each Salon provides the featured artist with a one-night solo show, opportunity to display and sell artwork, and a reception with select New York City curators, gallery owners, media art reviewers, art collectors, and art enthusiasts. The goal of Salon Ciel is to promote and support outstanding photographers, painters and other visual artists. The Imbedded exhibition is Salon Ciel's first collaborative artistic project with another art space. For more information, visit www.saloncielny.org."

Imbedded features the artwork of Choichun Leung, MyronChristian Macauley, Paul Grand, Sarah Kaufman, Marsha Pugachevsky, Nathaniel M. Quinn, Lauren Sandler, and Emily Jane Wall. The exhibition was curated by Lyndsey Beutin with the help of Salon Ciel producers David Rheingold and AM Stromberg.