Bronx River Art Center presents:

Concrete Domain

Wall paintings and prints by
Billy Colbert & Kelly Towles
Curated by José Ruiz

July 28 – August 31, 2006
Opening reception:
  Friday, July 28, 6 – 9pm

Gallery Hours
Monday-Friday 2:30 – 6pm
Saturday 11 – 5pm

Kelly Towles, The Final Moment, Its Last Breath, 2006, digital prints

Bronx, NY…..Bronx River Art Center is proud to present Concrete Domain, an exhibition of new wall paintings and recent prints by two emerging artists who have based their oeuvre on what most denizens consider to be the mis-en-scene of urban wasteland. From this perspective, these artists have found a graceful visual language to discuss the atrophy of contemporary society: its irony and its maladroit humor. Influenced by the Harlem Renaissance, Pop Art and Graffiti Art movements of the 20th Century, Billy Colbert and Kelly Towles bring forth this generation’s take on the post-urban aesthetic.

ARTISTS:

Billy Colbert is a one-man artist, gallery-owner, provocateur and educator based in Washington, DC. He has received numerous awards, including the Purchase Prize & Best of Show Award at the African American Museum in Dallas, Texas and a Presidential Fellowship from the University of Delaware. He is the founder of Cubicle Ten Gallery in Baltimore, MD and currently serves as an adjunct professor at American University in Washington, DC.

Kelly Towles is an artist and graphic designer. Raised as a graffiti artist, Kelly has curated several prominent exhibitions based on street art, such as Wallsnatchers & Bollocks, which featured an international array of contemporary street artists. Towles’ work has been recently exhibited in New York and Miami, FL and is represented by David Adamson Gallery in Washington, DC.
Sample images from the exhibition are available upon request: jruiz@bronxriverart.org

Travel Directions:
Train: IRT # 2 or 5 to East Tremont Ave. Walk one block east.
Bus: #s 9, 21, 36, 40, 42, or Q44 to East Tremont and Boston Road.
Car: Bruckner Expressway to the Sheridan Expressway and exit at Tremont Ave., or Cross Bronx Expressway to Rosedale Ave. Exit.

Credits:
This program is made possible with public funds from The New York State Council on the Arts a state agency. Additional support is provided by The New York City Department of Youth and Community Development and the Department of Cultural Affairs and it’s Material for the Arts program; Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion Jr. and The Bronx Delegation of the City Council. Corporate and foundation support includes: Time Warner; Youth Media and Arts Fund; The Carnegie Corporation; The New York Community Trust and The Helena Rubinstein Foundation. Additional support is provided by JP Morgan Chase through the New York State Multi Arts Consortium (NYMAC); the Ford Foundation through the Bronx Council on the Arts and the generosity of our patrons. This exhibition is supported in part with funds from the Strategic Opportunity Stipends Program through NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS and NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS, administered in Mid Hudson by Garrison Art Center.




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