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Bronx River Art Center (BRAC) is pleased to present Metastasize, an exhibit of sculpture and painting, that explores the continuing influence of surrealism interpreted and expanded by artists who have come of age in an era defined by popular culture. Metastasize addresses the explosion of late 90’s pop – influenced surrealist art by an emerging generation of artists along side a few of the key figures who have influenced their work.

Twelve artists who deal with growth systems gone awry have been brought together for this exhibit. Their work captures and digests art’s recent past, turning it into the silica of a new coral structure. The intricate build up often resembles a viral explosion in slow motion. There is a predominate continuum of simultaneous accumulation and decay. These various elements feed on themselves and on each other, creating a new system that when sufficiently complex, self organizes at a higher level. The capacity of surrealistic associations to permeate and merge in maniacal meanders, entangles the mind in labyrinthine subsystems and anti-architectonic states.

The artists in the exhibition includes:
Lucky DeBellevue
Gregory Gillespie
Giles Lyon
Christian Schumann
Carl Eckhoff
Adam Henry
Edgar Orlaineta
Mark Dean Veca
JJ Garfinkel
Cotter Luppi
Palma Blank-Rosenblum
Sarah Walker

Curated by Carl Eckhoff