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3/4/2012

This Side of Paradise

Andrew Freedman Home, New York

Curatorial team is Manon Slome, Charlotte Caldwell, Keith Schweitzer and Lucy Lydon

On April 4, 2012, the gates of the Andrew Freedman Home will open to the public. The Home was once built to be a haven, a paradise, for the rich elderly who had lost their fortunes. Bequeathed by millionaire Andrew Freedman, the Home provided not only food and shelter but all the accoutrements of a rich and civilized life style – white glove dinner service, a grand ball room, a wood-paneled library, billiard room and a social committee who organized concerts, opera performances and the like.

Referencing this quixotic history, "This Side of Paradise" will reference the past and reconnect the vision of Andrew Freedman to today’s Bronx and its realities. The exhibition and its extensive public programming onsite and offsite will draw together the economic and social history of the Home with the present day realities of the Bronx and its residents.

The selected artists' will work in a site-specific manner and will respond to such issues as memory, immigration, storytelling, aging and the creation of fantasy that the original concept of the Home “being poor in style” suggests. This Side of Paradise will celebrate human ingenuity, the strength of the human spirit and the resilience needed to fashion beauty, hope and rejoicing.

Artists:
John Ahearn
Guido Albi-Marini
Jones Art
Alina and Jeff Bliumis
Mario Chamorro and Daniel Paluska
Mel Chin
Melanie Crean
Linda Cunningham
Daze and Crash
Nicky Enright
Martine Fougeron
How and Nosm
Lisa Kahane
Justen Ladda
Abigail Lazkoz
Sofía Maldonado
Esperanza Mayobre
Laura Napier and Carmen Julia Hernández
Sylvia Plachy
Cheryl Pope
Alejandra Prieto
Hatuey Ramos-Fermin and Elizabeth Hamby
Bruce Richards
Tim Rollins and KOS
Gian Maria Tosatti
Federico Uribe

Bronx Arts Alliance is a partner for This Side of Paradise either installations, events or general cross-promotion of Bronx Arts. Partnering organizations are: Bronx Documentary Center | Casita Maria | Hebrew Home at Riverdale | Lehman College Art Gallery | Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos College | The Bronx Children’s Museum | The Bronx Council of the Arts | The Bronx Museum of the Arts | The Bronx River Art Center | The POINT | Wave Hill

Collaborative Organizations are Wave Hill - Installation by Adam Parker Smith; The POINT - Designed by Carey Clark, Alejandra Delfin, Danny Peralta, Lady K Fever, Sharon de La Cruz, Tats Cru, David Yearwood among others; The Bronx Museum of the Arts - Works by artists in the AIM Program; Bronx Documentary Center -Film by Tim Hetherington; Lehman College Art Gallery - Works by Scherezade García, Shifting Communities Roundtable Series by The Bronx River Art Center (BRAC) and The Bronx Children's Museum.

Video and Production Support: BronxNet

This Side of Paradise is a collaboration with the Mid Bronx Senior Citizens Council, one of the largest nonprofits who has been providing community services in the South Bronx. Contact wpuryear@midbronx.org for more information.

Opening Reception will be Wednesday, April 4 from 6 to 8pm followed by the Speakeasy After Party Fundraiser sponsored by St-Germain starting at 8:30pm. Support NLE by purchasing tickets here. (you can still enjoy the performances and party without a ticket- you just pay for individual drinks)

Andrew Freedman Home
1125 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10452
Exhibition Hours: Thursday to Sunday, 1pm to 7pm (extended hours when events are hosted).

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