Current Exhibition:
Sigils & Signs, a group art show
Curated by Phantasmaphile’s Pam Grossman
April 27th - June 17th, 2012
Opening reception: Friday, April 27th, 7-10pm
Gallery Hours: Thursdays & Fridays 3-6pm, Saturdays & Sundays 12-6pm
Show images viewable here
The fibers of art and magic are woven so tightly together, it’s often said that they are one and the same. Images are imaginal pictures. When we see something, a constellation of synapses fires, associations swirl, and new thoughts are born. We are altered - and what is magic, if not this?
That said, there is a long lineage of artists who, quite literally, created spells via drawings on the floor, scrawls in books, lines cut into wood or stone. Though the featured players of this story are often English magicians from John Dee to Austin Osman Spare to Alan Moore, symbol-based magic can be traced back through the ages and across cultures. By using occult symbols from various traditions and times, each artist in Sigils & Signs explores what it means to be a magician in the modern age: to emblazon sigils upon the energy field; to make magic marks.
You can find out more about this exhibition by clicking here.
Previous exhibition: THE POP-UP MUSEUM of the Gowanus Canal
Upcoming Events
MAY
May 3: Time Machines: A conversation on art, photography, and the scientific infrastructure of the world with photographer and author Stanley Greenberg
May 5 & 6: Comparative Anatomy: Animals and the Fundamentals of Drawing Weekend Workshop: With Chris Muller, NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts
May 7: The Odditorium: The Architecture and Allure of Extremes: Illustrated lecture and booksigning with Melissa Pritchard, author of The Odditorium
May 8: Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy Class with Susan Jeiven *** Sold out; Click here morbidanatomy [at] gmail.com to be added to wait list
May 10: Blaschka: Glass creatures of the Ocean – An Illustrated History of The Natural History Museum, London collection with Miranda Lowe, NHM Curator
May 12: Anthropomorphic Insect Shadowbox Workshop: With former AMNH Senior Insect Preparator Daisy Tainton ***Must RSVP to morbidanatomy [at] gmail.com
May 14: A Most Unexpected History of Blood Transfusion (1660 - 1820s): Illustrated lecture with Paul Craddock, The London Consortium
May 18: The Hidden River Expedition: A Re-Exploration of the Post-industrial Wilderness along Philadelphia’s Rivers: An Illustrated Lecture and Film Screening with Allen Crawford (aka Lord Whimsy)
May 20: Over the Rainbow, Under the Radar: Electromagnetic Infrastructure and Outpost Architecture in the Arctic: Lecture and audiovisual presentation by Charles Stankievech
May 21: “The Secret Life of Mushrooms” — Screening and Q and A with the Filmmakers
May 22: Terrarium Making Workshop - with Twig Terrariums
May 25: Lab and Field Reports for the Organism for Poetic Research on the Skin of Space/Pelt No. 1 Release
May 29: Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy Class with Susan Jeiven *** Sold out; Click here morbidanatomy [at] gmail.com to be added to wait list
May 30: The Mind Behind the Theremin: An evening of live Theremin music, bad judgment, and genius gone haywire with Kip Rosser. ***At Cornelia Street Cafe in Manhattan***
May 31: “Powder House” A Film about Jell-O: Screening Q and A with the filmmakers
JUNE
June 1: Magic Circles in the Grimoire Tradition with William Kiesel of Ouroboros Press
June 3: Life and Death Mask Making Workshop with Artist Sigrid Sarda *** Must RSVP to morbidanatomy [at] gmail.com
June 3 (PLEASE NOTE: DATE CHANGE FROM JUNE 4): Erik Jan Hanussen: Hitler’s Jewish Clairvoyant: An illustrated lecture and screening with Mel Gordon, author of Erik Jan Hanussen: Hitler’s Jewish Clairvoyant and Grand Guiginol: Theatre of Fear and Terror
June 8: Tom Stathes Cartoon Carnival #10: Made in NYC: An Evening of Cartoons with Tom Stathes ***ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE***
June 10:Symbols & Spells - A workshop with Judika Illes ***You must RSVP to phantasmaphile [at] gmail.com to attend
June 19: Finding History in Sewers: The Lost Streams and 19th-Century Sewer Tunnels Beneath Brooklyn An illustrated lecture with historian and urban explorer Steve Duncan ***ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE***
June 24: Anatomical Wax Votive Workshop with Artist Sigrid Sarda ***Must RSVP to morbidanatomy [at] gmail.com
June 25: Class: Drawing from the Bestiary: Animal Anatomy of Real and Imagined Creatures: 4-Part Class with Artist Saul Chernick, M.F.A., Rutgers University
June 26: Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy Class with Susan Jeiven *** Sold out; Click here morbidanatomy [at] gmail.com to be added to wait list
June 30: Anthropomorphic Insect Shadowbox Workshop: With former AMNH Senior Insect Preparator Daisy Tainton ***Must RSVP to morbidanatomy [at] gmail.com
June 30 (PM): Morbid Anatomy Library Post-Disaster Benefit SAVE THE DATE
JULY
July 1: Speakeasy Dollhouse: Solving Murders With Diorama Crime Scenes A lecture and workshop with the creator of the Speakeasy Dollhouse book series and off-Broadway immersive play. ***ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE***
July 2: Class: Drawing from the Bestiary: Animal Anatomy of Real and Imagined Creatures: 4-Part Class with Artist Saul Chernick, M.F.A., Rutgers University
July 7: Anthropomorphic Insect Shadowbox Workshop: With former AMNH Senior Insect Preparator Daisy Tainton ***Must RSVP to morbidanatomy [at] gmail.com
July 9: Class: Drawing from the Bestiary: Animal Anatomy of Real and Imagined Creatures: 4-Part Class with Artist Saul Chernick, M.F.A., Rutgers University
July 10: Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy Class with Susan Jeiven *** Sold out; Click here morbidanatomy [at] gmail.com to be added to wait list
July 13: Anatomical Venuses, The Slashed Beauty, and Fetuses Dancing a Jig: Illustrated lecture by Morbid Anatomy founder Joanna Ebenstein, followed by afterparty featuring thematic music and specialty cocktails by Friese Undine
July 16: Class: Drawing from the Bestiary: Animal Anatomy of Real and Imagined Creatures: 4-Part Class with Artist Saul Chernick, M.F.A., Rutgers University
July 21: Anthropomorphic Insect Shadowbox Workshop: With former AMNH Senior Insect Preparator Daisy Tainton ***Must RSVP to morbidanatomy [at] gmail.com
July 24: Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy Class with Susan Jeiven *** Sold out; Click here morbidanatomy [at] gmail.com to be added to wait list
AUGUST
August 7: Anthropomorphic Mouse Taxidermy Class with Susan Jeiven *** Sold out; Click here morbidanatomy [at] gmail.com to be added to wait list
August 11: Anthropomorphic Insect Shadowbox Workshop: With former AMNH Senior Insect Preparator Daisy Tainton ***Must RSVP to morbidanatomy [at] gmail.com