BLOOM PROJECTS was conceived as project space
devoted specifically to the exhibition of an emerging artist.
Named Bloom, in honor of the Charles Bloom Foundation Gallery
where it is located, the word also connotes the creative development
that fulfills our mission to cultivate the artists of our time.
CURRENT EXHIBITION
IN THE BLOOM
PROJECTS SERIES:
Mickalene Thomas
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March 1 – May 11, 2008
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What's Love Got To Do With It?
Thomas depicts African American women in intimate household settings using acrylic paint, enamel, and rhinestone. The many decorative patterns of the clothing, blankets, wall coverings and upholstery are mainly inspired by the artist’s cultural identity and her memories of growing up in the 1970s. Other sources of inspiration for Thomas’ work are women, including her mother, 70s icons, and those depicted in print advertisements, album covers and art history. Thomas investigates these themes of self-image, eroticism, black female celebrity, and the marketing of black urban identity to celebrate and critique the black narrative.
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Mickalene Thomas A Little Taste Outside of Love, 2007
Rhinestones, Acrylic, Enamel, on Wood Panel
108 x 144 inches
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press release
UPCOMING EXHIBITION
IN THE BLOOM PROJECTS SERIES
Blaise Drummond
The Best I Can Do
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May 31 - August 10, 2008
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press
release coming soon
PAST EXHIBITIONS IN THE BLOOM PROJECTS
SERIES:
Bruce Yonemoto, Sounds Like the Sound of Music, January 26 - February 9, 2008 • more info
Graham Caldwell,
Ejecta , November 17, 2007 - January 13, 2008 • more info
Jane Callister, Velocity, September 8 - November 4, 2007 • more info
James Van Arsdale,
(Safe Inside My) Green Zone, July 14 - August 26, 2007 • more info
Delia Gonzalez & Gavin RussomTomorrow Belongs to Me, April 28 -
June 24, 2007 • more info
Emilie Halpern, Overcast, February 24 -
April 15, 2007 •
more info
J.
Shea (aka 9) and Tanner Goldbeck (aka Racecar 13), 9
vs. 13, September 2 -
October 29, 2006 •
more info
Amy
Gartrell, Growing Flowers By Candlelight (Pt. II),
July 1- August 27, 2006 •
more info
Jesse
Bransford, Of
Two and Three, April
22 ,
2006 - June 18, 2006 •
more
info
David Florimbi, Imminent
Domain, February 18, 2005 - April 7, 2006 •
more info
Jude Tallichet, Diluvian, December
10, 2005 - January 22, 2006 •
more info
Francesca Gabbiani, Les
Fluer du Mal, October 15 - November 27, 2005 • more
info
Chris Ballantyne, Out
of Place, August 10 - September 7, 2005 •
more info
Rob Fischer, Accidental/Intentional,
June 18 - July 31, 2005
