October 19- November 24, 2007

opening reception for the artists:
Friday, October 19, 2007  6 to 9PM

Annabel Daou
Sex & Politics

Sex & Politics consists of 101 small drawings, the substance of which is culled from dozens of unsolicited bulk electronic messages. Daou cut and strung together the text to form small tableaus or installments. In each of these drawings, as with her paintings, the abstract mark-making gestures of the linguistic and numeric symbols become thought-scapes of shared and dissonant cultural and political experiences. The show will also include two constructed boxes from which partial readings of the drawings will emanate.

Since 2006, Lebanese born New York artist Annabel Daou has exhibited at; dm.contemporary, Long Island, NY; Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY; Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA; Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, NY; The Tang Museum, Sarasota Springs, NY; The Dreamland Artist's Club, produced by Creative Time, Coney Island, NY and Makor Gallery, New York, NY

left: James Sullivan, Two Figures, 2007, plaster, steel, straw & pigment
right: James Sullivan, Kopf, 2007, spitbite aquatint, galvanized steel plate, 24x18






Stephen Lapthisophon
Writing Art Cinema 1977 2007

The show title Writing Art Cinema 1977 2007 serves as a marker for Stephen Lapthisophon's newest exhibition that will include artworks dating between 1977 and 2007 (the years he lived in Chicago, Illinois) and the subject matter he engages: historical writings, art and artists, and movies. One gallery space will show drawings and collages, mostly text based, dating from 1997 to 2007. A smaller gallery has been constructed for the purpose of the showing a unique body of candle drawings. The candle drawings carry associations of light, knowledge and also serve as a metaphor for the act of reading.

Stephen Lapthisophon studied Comparative Literature and Theory at Northwestern University and received an M.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He spent the next thirty years living and working in the Chicago area. In August of 2007, he relocated to Dallas after spending a residency at the University of Texas at Dallas Artist in Residence program. Exhibitions since 2000 include: Kunstverein Ingan, Berlin, Germany; Corbitt vs. Dempsey, Chicago, IL, the Lincoln Park Conservatory, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; Barrow & Juarez Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconson and Institute for Contemporary Art Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark.

A forty-page catalog documenting the exhibiton will be available for purchase.

left: Joe Mancuso, Dead Flowers, 2007, acrylic on canvas, 62x96"
right: Joe Mancuso, Still Life, Tulips, 2007, acrylic on canvas, 72x96"

PROJECT ROOM

Raul Vincent Enriquez
...and Religion

The Conduit Gallery Project Room will feature a sound and video installation by Raul Vincent Enriquez. …and Religion sets the stage at a five-course meal that has taken place in Brooklyn over six hours. Enriquez unveils how hosts use charm and gestures to moderate the touchy topics of politics, sex and religion. Time and subject simultaneously compressed and expanded. A single iPod imbedded into the wall and headphones acting as speakers will construct an ambiguously seductive relationship between the audible and the visual - in sync, but slightly out of reach of each other.

Born in Los Angeles, California, Enriquez lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. His background in sound, theater, video and performance art have lead to numerous exhibitions including: Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, CA; Scope New York; Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY; The Art Video Lounge, ART BASEL, Miami Beach; Scope London, London; Cal Arts, Los Angeles; New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC; Resonant Wave Festival, Berlin and Prix ARS Electronica 2002, Vienna, Austria.
image: Andy Holtin & Jim Burton, installation, various woods