ASPECTS: SUBJECTIVITY Art Show

ASPECTS ART INSTALLATIONMonday, May 16 at 6:00pm - May 20 at 9:00pmLong Island University Brooklyn Campus1 University PlazaQ,B,R Train to Dekalb street.Brooklyn, New York6 Artists, 6 mediums & 1 subjectASPECTSMay 2011: SUBJECTIVITYFeaturing:Painter/Installation artist- Betty T. KaoPhotographer-Rodney JamesComposer/Musician-Chuck JonesPlaywright-Ed MalinInteractive Installation Artist-Ed Stone FrenchFilmmaker/Animator-Kristina Leath-Malin (KLM).Opening reception Monday May 16th 6-8pmExhibition continues through up and until Friday May 20, 2011The gallery is on located in the Humanities building, inside the first floor, you will see an oval glass gallery. The brown brick building is right by the main entrance with the gates by the security, across from Applebee’s.Artist Statement"Subjective information - clothes = nudity : strange ID"

Nudity is a form of vulnerability. Who are we if we take away our key identifier, our clothes? My idea is to construct an installation dealing with our own identities from subjective various matter: ethnic, where we are raised, our interests, etc. One part of the installation is humorous, another part more traditional/serious. The humorous side has identity kits: a goth vampire ready to wear kit, a mermaid punk, a hipster nerd. These are all displayed as kits with the clothes including accessories. They might have a retail price on them as part of humorous tongue in cheek take on subjectivity and pricing in the art world. The items may be available to sell as either a collector’s fine art item, or as a fashion/costume kit. Displayed as a series of portraits of people: scientists, writers, activists, artists, and others who inspire and interest me, painted as portraits that lead one to think they are cropped nudes, or rendered as paper dolls, with the hint of nudity to them.Betty T. Kao is an artist and writer, integrating both mediums as tools for storytelling.