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Away From The Numbers
Curated by Jordin Isip
Group Exhibition

Opening reception - November 1st, 7-9pm

November 1st through November 24th, 2013

BROOKLYN, NY (RELEASE October 15th, 2013) — Bunnycutlet Gallery is pleased to present Away From The Numbers, a group exhibition curated by New York-based artist Jordin Isip, featuring seven New York and Rhode Island-based artists.

Away From The Numbers brings together a mix of established and emerging artists who break artistic formulas with their work. To pursue a path that is "not by the numbers" is to deliberately rebel against a system that isn't working. However to simply move away from "the numbers," as Isip carefully titled it, implies a softer, more intuitive inclination to explore new options, as if unintentionally led astray by a wayward artistic preoccupation.

Paula Searing's ink drawings are jubilant; her gestural figures are set in satirical situations as they masterfully rush across paper. Her work for Away From The Numbers is a departure for the artist as she transforms her work into "wearable" objects. By endeavoring to camouflage her drawings as everyday items, Searing seeks to expose the passively familiar with expressive and eye-catching imagery, altering visual expectations in a playful way.

Hazel Lee Santino's work also plays with observation and perception with her mixed-media moth sculptures, constructed with copper, aluminum, and paper, and painted with imagery from well known historical paintings. The artist, fearing that "representations of nature [are] more prized than living specimens," produces these creatures as a hypothetical evolution -- nature protecting itself by taking on the appearance of things we safeguard and deem priceless.

Hannah Lee's delicate illustrator's hand can be deceiving. Her careful and controlled rendering approach gives way to offbeat and surreal imagery, breaking thematic expectations in a disarming way. Kristen Liu-Wong's work, by contrast, is an aggressive visual declaration of color, graphic shapes, and kinetic figures, yet it is her subject matter that playfully disarms. Also breaking visual expectations are Franca Barone's tightly rendered drawings, as humorous as they are disturbing, William Buzzell's mixed media paintings, work that obsessively seeks to convey precision out of imperfect found objects, and Gregory Benton's stunningly dreamlike and mischievous collaged renderings.

Exhibiting their work together for the first time, these artists unselfconsciously convey an offbeat point of view. In the curator's own words, "I was listening to a record by The Jam and "Away from the Numbers" came on... the song is basically about individuality and going against the grain. These artists are not paying particular attention to what is popular or what is in style... [but are making] compelling, thoughtful, beautiful and memorable work."

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS
Franca Barone
Gregory Benton
William Buzzell
Hannah Lee
Kristen Liu-Wong
Hazel Lee Santino
Paula Searing

ABOUT THE CURATOR
Jordin Isip is from Queens, NY, and has a BFA in Illustration from RISD. His work has appeared in numerous publications including Atlantic Monthly, Business Week, GQ, Juxtapoz, McSweeney’s, New York Times, Newsweek, Plan Sponsor, Rolling Stone, and Time, as well as on book covers, posters, t-shirts, and cds. Jordin has received recognition from American Illustration, The Art Directors Club, Communication Arts, Print, and Society of Illustrators. His art has been exhibited throughout the U.S. and in Berlin, Hong Kong, Kilkenny, London, Manila, Paris, and Rome. He has curated over a dozen group exhibitions including “Mystery Meat” at Future Prospects (Philippines), “Scab On My Brain” at Space 1026 (Philadelphia), and “Panorama Project 3” at Jonathan LeVine Gallery (NYC). Jordin teaches illustration at Parsons The New School for Design and Pratt Institute. He is the Chairman of the Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Competition. Jordin lives and works in Brooklyn.

PREVIEW OF ARTWORK
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Franca Barone Camel Graphite Pencil on Paper 22 x 30 Inches	Franca Barone Castle Monoprint and Graphite Pencil 22 x 30 Inches	Franca Barone Dog Shadow Lithography and Watercolor 22 x 30 Inches

Franca Barone Duck Graphite and Pencil on Paper 22 x 30 Inches	Franca Barone Ghost Monoprint 22 x 30 Inches	Franca Barone Untitled #1 Graphite Pencil on Paper 11 x 13 Inches

Franca Barone Untitled #2 Graphite Pencil on Paper 11 x 13 Inches	Gregory Benton An Unruly Harvest Ink on Duo-Shade Board 10.5 x 16 Inches	Gregory Benton B + F p.6 Ink on Duo-Shade Board 10.5 x 15.75 Inches

Gregory Benton B + F p.41 Ink on Duo-Shade Board 10.5 x 15.75 Inches	Gregory Benton B + F Scratch Page Ink on Duo-Shade Board 11 x 16.25 Inches	Gregory Benton B + F Test Page Ink on Duo-Shade Board 10.5 x 15.75 Inches

Gregory Benton The Climb Collage and Mixed Media 10.5 x 15.75 Inches	Gregory Benton The Gift Collage and Mixed Media 10.5 x 15.75 Inches	Gregory Benton Pest Control Collage and Mixed Media 21 x 15.25 Inches

William Buzzell Cadillac Dreams Audiovisual Materials Latex House Paint on Wood 6 x 3.5 Inches	William Buzzell Club Super Wet Destination Resort Inclusive Spraypaint and Latex House Paint on Wood 23 x 25 x 2 Inches	William Buzzell Crack: The Big Lie Audiovisual Materials Latex House Paint on Wood 6 x 3.5 Inches

William Buzzell Choices Audio Visual Materials Latex House Paint on Wood 6 x 3.5 Inches	William Buzzell Lost Angeles Projected Birth Rates Latex House Paint on Wood 10 x 10 Inches	William Buzzell Night Ski North America Spraypaint and Latex House Paint on Wood 23 x 22 Inches

William Buzzell Old Work Craftsmanship: Clock Block Latex House Paint on Wood 25 x 23.5 x 2.25 Inches	William Buzzell Soft Core Curriculum Grant Writing Workshop Latex House Paint on Wood 26 x 25 x 2 Inches	William Buzzell Step Parenting Audiovisual Materials Latex House Paint on Wood 6 x 3.5 Inches

William Buzzell Twitch and Shout Audiovisual Materials Latex House Paint on Wood 6 x 3.5 Inches	William Buzzell Teenage Runaways: Clean, Clear, And Under Control Latex House Paint on Wood 16 x 14 x 1.5 Inches	Hannah Lee Grid (03) Gouache and Graphite on Wood Panel 4 x 4 Inches

Hannah Lee Grid (04) Gouache and Graphite on Wood Panel 4 x 4 Inches	Hannah Lee Grid (07) Gouache and Graphite on Wood Panel 6 x 6 Inches	Hannah Lee Hair Dryer Gouache and Graphite on Wood Panel 10 x 8 Inches

Hannah Lee Pouches Gouache and Graphite on Wood Panel 10 x 8 Inches	Hannah Lee Stripes (04) Gouache and Graphite on Wood Panel 10 x Inches	Hannah Lee Stripes (01) Gouache and Graphite on Wood Panel 4 x 4 Inches

Hannah Lee Swept Gouache and Graphite on Wood Panel 8 x 10 Inches	Hannah Lee Trapped Gouache and Graphite on Wood Panel 8 x 8 Inches	Hannah Lee White Shoes Gouache and Graphite on Wood Panel 8 x 8 Inches

Hazel Lee Santino Courbet Oil and Mixed Media on Paper 4 x 2 Inches	Hazel Lee Santino I Am the Moon Mixed Media 22 x 28 Inches	Hazel Lee Santino Magritte Mixed Media 11 x 6 Inches

Hazel Lee Santino Make My Flesh Yours Mixed Media 22 x 30 Inches	Hazel Lee Santino Monet Oil and Mixed Media on Paper 2.75 x 1.5 Inches	Hazel Lee Santino Moth No. 1/ Kahlo Oil and Mixed Media on Paper 6 x 4 Inches

Hazel Lee Santino Moth No. 2/ Rothko Oil and Mixed Media on Paper 4 x 2 Inches	Hazel Lee Santino Moth No. 7/ Artist Unknown Oil and Mixed Media on Paper 25 x 18 Inches	Hazel Lee Santino Shit On Me Oil and Mixed Media on Paper 38 x 52 Inches

Hazel Lee Santino Van Gogh Oil and Mixed Media on Paper 9 x 4.5 Inches	Kristen Liu-Wong Aboveground Murder Acrylic, Fabric and Resin on Wood Panel 6 x 8 Inches	Kristen Liu-Wong Adelbert Acrylic, Fabric and Resin on Wood Panel 6 x 8 Inches

Kristen Liu-Wong Area 451 Acrylic, Glitter and Resin on Wood Panel 8 x 8 Inches	Kristen Liu-Wong Atrium Acrylic and Resin on Wood Panel 10 x 8 Inches	Kristen Liu-Wong Bather Acrylic and Resin on Wood Panel 5 x 7 Inches

Kristen Liu-Wong Buffalo Balloons Acrylic, Glitter and Resin on Wood Panel 6 x 6 Inches	Kristen Liu-Wong Burn Pigs Burn Acrylic and Resin on Wood Panel 10 x 8 Inches	Kristen Liu-Wong Bushwick Acrylic and Resin on Wood Panel 11 x 14 Inches

Kristen Liu-Wong Destructive Weather Acrylic and Resin on Wood Panel 6 x 6 Inches	Kristen Liu-Wong Floating House Acrylic and Resin on Wood Panel 11 x 14 Inches	Kristen Liu-Wong Happy Girls Acrylic and Resin on Wood Panel 18 x 24 Inches

Kristen Liu-Wong Little Town Acrylic and Resin on Wood Panel 8 Inch Diameter	Kristen Liu-Wong Mountain Grids Acrylic, Glitter and Resin on Wood Panel 8 x 10 Inches	Kristen Liu-Wong Night Sky 2 Acrylic and Resin on Wood Panel 6 x 6 Inches

Kristen Liu-Wong Nun Acrylic and Resin on Wood Panel 14 x 11 Inches	Kristen Liu-Wong Orangeman Acrylic and Resin on Wood Panel 5 x 7 Inches	Kristen Liu-Wong Poolhouse Acrylic and Resin on Wood Panel 11 x 14 Inches

Kristen Liu-Wong Tile Acrylic and Resin on Wood Panel 6 x 6 Inches	Paula Searing Cat Ink on Paper 19 x 24 Inches	Paula Searing Cons Mixed Media 10 x 11 x 3 Inches

Paula Searing Dog Ink on Paper 19 x 24 Inches	Paula Searing Dolphin Ink on Paper 19 x 24 Inches	Paula Searing Half Pony Hell Ink on Paper 14 x 17 Inches

Paula Searing Hope Ink on Paper 19 x 24 Inches	Paula Searing Iced Coffee in a Carton Acrylic, Fabric and Resin on Wood Panel 9 x 12 Inches	Paula Searing I Got These For You Ink on Paper 14 x 17 Inches

Paula Searing Lady With Hat 1 Ink on Paper 14 x 17 Inches	Paula Searing Lady With Hat 2 Ink on Paper 14 x 17 Inches	Paula Searing Lady With Hat 3 Ink on Paper 14 x 17 Inches

Paula Searing Leopard Print Boots Mixed Media 10 x 11 x 5.5 Inches	Paula Searing Little Love Bug Ink on Paper 9 x 12 Inches	Paula Searing Local Ink on Paper 14 x 17 Inches

Paula Searing The Mamas and The Papas Ink on Paper 19 x 24 Inches	Paula Searing Mars Ink on Paper 19 x 24 Inches	Paula Searing Moby Ink on Paper 14 x 17 Inches

Paula Searing The Pope Asked Me Mixed Media 19 x 24 Inches	Paula Searing Race Car Ink on Paper 7 x 8 x 3 Inches	Paula Searing Six Dollars Ink on Paper 9 x 12 Inches

Paula Searing Standard Faith T-Shirt Ink on Paper 19 x 24 Inches		Paula Searing Tea Cup Ink on Paper 9 x 12 Inches

Paula Searing Thank You Mug Ink on Paper 9 x 12 Inches	Paula Searing Twinkle Kote Ink on Paper 19 x 24 Inches	Paula Searing Violation Is Blank Ink on Paper 19 x 24 Inches

Paula Searing What Are Your Objects Worth? Ink on Paper 19 x 24 Inches	Paula Searing Yeah Sneakers Mixed Media 10 x 11 x 7 Inches

Kristen Liu-Wong
Nun
Acrylic and Resin on Wood Panel
11 inches x 14 inches

Music/DJ Nithya Rajendran

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Franca Barone is from Buenos Aires, Argentina. She studied Illustration at Parsons The New School for Design receiving her BFA in 2013. Franca works in a variety of media but is currently focussed on drawing and printmaking. In 2013, she won the Van Lier Fellowship and her work was selected for the the annual juried book American Illustration 32. Franca has exhibited in several group exhibitions in the United States as well as her home country of Argentina. She currently lives and works Brooklyn, New York.

Gregory Benton lives in Manhattan, NY and has been writing and illustrating comic-books since 1993. He got his start with the political anthology World War 3. His work can be seen on Nickelodeon, Vertigo, DC Comics, Disney Adventures, Watson-Guptil, Entertainment Weekly, as well as numerous alternate-press comic anthologies. His illustrations have appeared in The New York Times, The Village Voice, Fortune, and Hummingbird, a graphic novel. His book "B+F" was awarded the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art’s inaugural Award of Excellence at MoCCAFest 2013.

William Buzzell creates highly detailed paintings that incorporate found objects. His work evokes a sense of the "exhibition of information," as seen in scientific or historical displays. He has exhibited at Galeri Loyal (Sweden), New Image Art (LA), Space 1026 (Philadelphia), Cooper Cole(Toronto, ON), amongst others. Buzzell currently lives and works in Rhode Island, USA.

Hannah Lee is a Brooklyn-based artist from Madison, Wisconsin. Primarily using gouache on wood as her medium, she depicts situations and events that may or may not have happened in real life.Hannah graduated from the Illustration department of Parsons The New School for Design. Her work has been exhibited in several shows in Brooklyn, New York, and San Francisco.

Hazel Lee Santino is a New York-based artist from the redwood forests of the Pacific Northwest. She has degrees in both Illustration and Literary Studies from Parsons and Eugene Lang. Her work includes painting, sculpture and video production design, and has been exhibited in California, New York and the Philippines.

Kristen Liu-Wong is a Brooklyn based artist from San Francisco, CA. She studied at Pratt Institute and is influenced by altered states of reality. Wong uses her art as an escape from the everyday life.

Paula Searing is a Brooklyn Based artist, born in 1989 in Oceanside, NY. She received a BFA from Parsons The New School for Design. Her illustrations, primarily black and white, are satirical in nature. Searing has exhibited in groups shows in Philadelphia, New York, Amsterdam and Mandalyuong and has been featured in American Illustration, CRED and 3x3.



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