BLACK PHENOMENA: On Afropessimism & Camp by Hafizah Geter “Me, we,” Steph says, quoting Muhammad Ali. She points her finger from me to her, turning the history that daisy-chains us into shorthand. We gaze out from Prospect Park’s highest pinnacle. Like the frogs chameleoning in the pond two hundred feet below us, our sentences leap from one conversation to another—art, ancestors, this Hunger Games called America. Gulps of white clouds hover at our waist level, pressed like pennies between a gentrifying Brooklyn…Read More
Aruna D’Souza Pamela Council: Bury Me Loose, Denny Dimin Gallery, 39 Lispenard Street, New York City, through October 23, 2021 At Denny Dimin Gallery, the multidisciplinary artist Pamela Council told me that the work in their new solo exhibition—the first since signing on with the dealer—was “dark, maybe the darkest I’ve done.” That fact is certainly not obvious at first glance. The sculptures, videos, and assemblages here, made over the last decade, evince an exuberant, fit-it-all-in formal and conceptual energy and contain references…Read More
by Cassie Packard, August 31, 2021 Your list of must-see, fun, insightful, and very New York art events this month, including the Armory, Bushwick Open Studios, and the New York Film Festival. Pamela Council: Bury Me Loose Pamela Council, “Red Drink: A BLAXIDERMY Juneteenth Offering” (photo by Ronald Llewellyn Jones, courtesy Denny Dimin Gallery) When: September 10–October 23 Where: Denny Dimin Gallery (39 Lispenard Street, Tribeca, Manhattan) Pamela Council brings together Black vernacular camp, pop culture, horror, and humor in their visceral, ongoing exploration…Read More
Artist Pamela Council Is Building a Joyous, Camp ‘Fountain for Survivors’ in Times Square The sculpture will feature close to 400,000 acrylic nails. Sarah Cascone, August 18, 2021 Pamela Council with the model for A Fountain for Survivors in Times Square, New York. Photo by Alex Webster courtesy of Times Square Arts. Artist Pamela Council is building their largest ever “Fountains for Black Joy” sculpture in New York City’s Times Square. The monumental structure will measure 18 feet tall and be…Read More
Denny Dimin Gallery Announces Representation Solo exhibition Bury Me Loose opens at Denny Dimin Gallery on September 10, 2021 Time Square Arts Announces Major Public Installation A Fountain for Survivors Denny Dimin Gallery is honored to announce the representation of artist Pamela Council. A solo exhibition by the artist, Bury Me Loose, will be on view at the New York location from September 10 to October 23, 2021. Times Square Arts will present Council’s immersive public art installation, A Fountain…Read More
