My painting Crony was chosen for the “Politics of Power” show at the BAG Gallery at Brooklyn Artists Gym.

Politics of Power
November 19 to December 8, 2007
Reception: December 1, 6:00-9:00 pm

BAG Gallery
Brooklyn Artists Gym
168 7th Street, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, NY

From the call for submissions: It is interesting if you Google “politics power,” the first site is a document from the National Defense University, the second is Wikipedia’s hit on “Machtpolitik,” and the third is a 2005 Harvard International Review article, “The Politics of Power,” about nation-state power. Mostly, the phrase “politics of power” seems to move people to think of how power is used to manipulate and coerce in the political or national and international arena. In this show, we are looking to expand how politics and power are connected, or even what they are. We are casting a wide net, in the hopes of bringing in new, original, and fully-felt insights and images about the politics of power.

From the Tucson Weekly, published October 4th, 2007:

Mixed-media works at Conrad Wilde highlight Saturday’s downtown ‘Big Picture’ celebration

“Parts of the Whole, a show of collage and assemblage opening this Saturday during The Big Picture, a free gala evening of multiple receptions sponsored by the Central Tucson Gallery Association… Of all the Parters, New Yorker Greg Stephens sticks closest to painting, but look closely, and you’ll see printed pictures glued in between layers of bumpy, rusty-colored acrylics. “Detained” has a sensuous St. Sebastian pushing at the rafters that rein him in, and nearby, a pair of 1950s gents in crewcuts.”

Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 2007
I have four works appearing in the Parts Of The Whole show, October 6th – 26th, 2007 at the Conrad Wilde Gallery.

From the press release: “Conrad Wilde Gallery is pleased to present our season-opening exhibition, Parts of the Whole featuring five artists working in collage and assemblage. The exhibition opens in our Main Gallery with a reception Saturday, October 6th from 6-9 pm in conjunction with the Central Tucson Gallery Association’s gallery walk – The Big Picture… Parts of the Whole is a celebration of the interconnectedness of that which seems fragmentary, unworthy of notice, lost or elusive. Tucson favorites David Adix, Catherine Nash, and Margaret Suchland will be featured along with New York artists Greg Stephens and Jeff Sundheim.”

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