 Photo: Ted Dewan Brian Dewan I-CAN-SEE Pierogi proudly presents the first one-person exhibition of Brian Dewan's "I-CAN-SEE" Film Strips. Brian Dewan is a latter-day Renaissance man. He is an accomplished visual artist, multi-instrumentalist, and singer / songwriter with two CDs to his credit (Brian Dewan Tells the Story and The Operating Theater). His music has been described as a cross between Burl Ives, Charles Addams and Edgar Allen Poe. His "I-CAN-SEE" filmstrips include "Before the White Man Came", "Deuteronomy", "Grimm's Tales", "Neighbors in the Solar System", and "The Course of Your Research", among others. Filmstrips are a form of projected image, like a sequenced slide show, originally used for public school and religious education from the 1920s through the 70s. The image frames are advanced by hand, frame-by-frame. Dewan's nostalgia-tinted filmstrips are reproductions of his own drawings with accompanying narration and music. This exhibition will feature live filmstrip presentations by Dewan as well as video projections within an idiosyncratic classroom setting complete with pull-down charts, chalkboards, desks and chairs. 23 May - 23 June, 2003 Gallery hours: Fri-Mom 12 am - 6 pm and by appointment PIEROGI 2000 Gallery 2 177 North 9th Street USA-Brooklyn, NY 11211 Telephone 00718 599 2144 www.pierogi2000.com |
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