On view March 14th-April 12th, 2009
Gallery Hours: Saturdays and Sundays, 12-5pm (March 15th-April 12th)
Dabora Gallery and Phantasmaphile's Pam Grossman are proud to usher in the spring season with the group show "Fata Morgana: The New Female Fantasists," on view from March 14th through April 12th, 2009. It features fourteen of the most vital and visionary women artists working in the US today.
In literal terms, a fata morgana is a mirage or illusion, a waking reverie, a shimmering of the mind. Named for the enchantress Morgan le Fay, these tricks of perception conjure up a sense of glimpsing into another world, whether it be the expanses of an ethereal terrain, or the twilit depths of the psyche. The artists of "Fata Morgana: The New Female Fantasists" deftly utilize the semiotics of mysticism, fantasy, and the subconscious in
their work, thereby guiding the viewer through heretofore uncharted realms - alternately shadowy or luminous, but always inventive.
Participating Artists:
Carrie Ann Baade
Lori Field
Katy Horan
Tina Imel
Susan Jamison
Karena Karras
Fay Ku
Adela Leibowitz
Rene Lynch
Alexis Mackenzie
Lynda Mahan
Amy Ross
Judith Schaechter
Madeline von Foerster
About the Curator:
Pam Grossman is the creator and editor of Phantasmaphile,
the premiere online destination for art aficionados with a passion for
the surreal and the fantastical. An internationally beloved art and
culture web log, it features daily spotlights on artists and events, as
well as interviews with such visual luminaries as Thomas Woodruff, Nils
Karsten, and Richard A. Kirk. Phantasmaphile was written up two years
in a row on the Manhattan User's Guide Top 400 New York Sites list, and
has also fostered rich relationships between Pam and numerous artists
who have been promoted on the site. "Fata Morgana" is Pam's first curatorial effort. http://www.phantasmaphile.com/
About the Gallery:
Dabora Gallery
is a unique and luxurious gothic art salon in Greenpoint, Brooklyn,
replete with taxidermy, velvet curtains, and Victorian furniture. It
is located at 1080 Manhattan Ave between Eagle and Dupont, and open on
Saturdays and Sundays from 12pm - 5pm. Take G train to Greenpoint Ave. Phone: 718-609-9629 The opening reception for "Fata Morgana: The New Female Fantasists" will be on Saturday, March 14th from 8pm-11pm, and will feature complimentary absinthe courtesy of La Fée Absinthe. http://www.daboragallery.com
To see Dirk Staschke, Judith Schaechter, Dabora Gallery and a reference to Julie Heffernan within 2 paragraphs makes life all worth living..Great site and thanks.
Posted by: David in Toronto | March 05, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Awww shucks. Thanks for the kind words!
Posted by: Pam | March 06, 2009 at 10:12 AM
Thank you so much for all you are doing and have done for others. you are a most amazing woman Pam.
Posted by: Karena A Karras | March 10, 2009 at 08:25 PM
Awww shucks, thanks Karena! I wish you could be there in person, but at least your beautiful painting can act as your proxy. XO
Posted by: Pam | March 11, 2009 at 05:52 AM