Bread and Circuses
After a successful stint at Project Storefronts Popup55,
longtime collaborator Gordon Skinner was introduced to EleMar Stone Distributer
owner Mark Krueger. For over the past year Krueger has been carving out a piece
of his storefront for an art gallery of the same name. After their first
meeting a partnership was born and Skinner’s show, Bread and Circuses: Portraits and Collages by Gordon Skinner will
open on September 20th.
"The artists I seek to work with” says
Kruegar, “at my gallery are all committed to advancing their enterprises as
businesses. Intelligent partnership increases the possibility and
probability of success."
In addition to being a gallerist and a
businessperson, Mark Krueger is also an artist in his own right. "For
me, its immediate application is inside people’s houses where I install
decorative stone interiors. In the last three or four years I’ve started
to use stone to create artwork."
EleMar Gallery is located at 99 Shelton Ave New
Haven, CT. The exhibit will open on September 20th with an opening
reception from 6-8pm, and will run until October 18th with a closing
reception on that date. The event is free of charge with refreshments. Skinner
will also be in attendance discussing his work. All artwork and prints will be
available for purchase.
For more information visit the Project Storefronts on Facebook and RSVP for the opening reception.
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About Project Storefronts:
Project Storefronts is a program that fuses the
city’s creative sector with small business development. It grew out of the
Department of Arts, Culture and Tourism efforts to diversify how they engage
with artists and the community. DACT
partners with the Economic Development Corporation of New Haven and the city’s
Office of Economic Development along with the State of Connecticut's Department
of Economic and Community Development Office of the Arts to bring this project
to life. Project Storefronts works with property owners
to secure free access to their vacant retail spaces. The program has been
successful in helping landlords to rent their empty spaces. Meanwhile, the
donated space helps creative entrepreneurs to test the viability of new,
innovative business and retail initiatives while also educating themselves
about what it takes to be a successful businessperson. Project Storefronts is
actively seeking new applicants and properties in various neighborhoods.
About Gordon Skinner:
Gordon Skinner’s work
has been exhibited throughout galleries in Connecticut and NYC including the
international Outsider Art Fair in NYC and a number of solo exhibitions
including Yale University’s Afro-American Cultural Center Gallery. The listing
to his first solo exhibition was a featured listing in New York Times print
edition. His work has been published as the cover for Fairfield University’s
annual literary journal “Dogwood Journal” as well as the cover story for Yale
University’s The New Journal. In addition to being the subject of a short
documentary on his art titled “Stolen I.D., Fragmented, Colonized and Lost”,
Skinner was commissioned to create a painting that is used for the documentary
film “The Invisible Ones”, directed by an Emmy award winning filmmaker. Skinner’s
artwork is archived at Vanderbilt University for research and art history and
has many original works in private collections. Skinner is based in the Greater
New Haven, CT area. For more information on Skinner’s work go to http://gordonskinnerart.com/ or scan the QR code
below to watch his documentary.
