Opening Reception:
Friday March 23, 2012
7 – 11 pm

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Solo(s) Project House presents Ashli Sisk: “Big Game.” The exhibition will live from March 23, 2012 – May 17, 2012 and will open with a reception, Friday, March 16th from 7 – 11pm. The opening reception will include live exotic petting zoo from 8 – 9pm.

Sisks brings to us a survey of fur, fantasy and the portrait of the beast. “Big Game” will introduce viewers to the ever-changing human perspective of a variety of animals. An animal in a dwindling population is branded a mascot and separated from the swarm of beasts. Slipping iinto extinction where it only exists in medium transforming then into the fantastical beast never alive- and unable to die, a Golem.

“Whether the animal is small or profoundly huge or weird looking, I endeavor to put these animals in a space that reflects the shifting human attitudes towards them- which meditates on the human implications of such attitudes as human animals reflect on nature changing, dying and extinguishing. “

The frames and artifacts that surround her paintings serve as part of the work. Within this context also discuss the idea of the museum, and the mortuary, as well as the history of painting. Frames have their own language, expressing time and quality, cost, art conservation, and prevailing attitudes about how art is seen depending on the time period.

“The Art Museum and The Natural History museum Collide- one part Taxonomy,and one part Wunderkammer in this exhibition, the questions I am asking is Is there a way to preserve something without changing it completely?Where does the human animal fit in the natural world? And what is the natural world?” -Ashli Sisk

Ashli Sisk is from Northern California, Where she attended San Francisco Art Institute. As recent transplant to the East Coast, she attends Montclair State University. She brings to her practice a background in Archeology and Cultural Anthropology, Animal Sciences and Biology, Gnosticism and Theatre, Magic and Divination.

www.ashlisisk.com

HOSTED by THE TWO HEADED MONSTER
MUSIC by DJ AMANDA
Refreshments and Afterparty provided
by HELL’s KITCHEN LOUNGE

Silent Auction
New Installations
Open Studios
Live Entertainment
Performance Art

Solo(s) Project House will soon be celebrating two years in the business! In the past two years we have grown in ways that we didn’t think possible in such a short time. Currently SPH houses over 20 artists in residence, an exhibition space, several satellites spaces and are able to provide unique artist’s opportunities. This is just the beginning… Our rapid pace of growth will certainly not stop there and we are excited to continue to move forward in 2012.

We are growing and we need your help!!! It is your support that will aid us in this journey. Join us Saturday, March 3, 2012 for our two year celebration and annual fundraiser.

Donating Artists:
Anthony Alvarez, Ashli Sisk, Athena Barat, Brian O’ Boyle, Christine Wagner, Daniel Patrick Helmstetter, Dave Fretz, Dave Smith, David Oquendo, Drew Ennis, Erik Garcia, Fernando Barretto, Gianluca Bianchino, Hannah Craft, Hiroshi Kumagi, Ibrahim Ahmed III, Jacqueline Cruz, James S. Wilson, Jim Legge, Joe Iurato, Joe A. Waks, Jonah Freedman, Joshua Knoblick, Katrina Bello, Kevin Darmanie, Kylie Lefkowitz, Lisa Conrad, Lori Merighe, Lowell Craig, Luisa Pinzon, Matt Gosser, Marc D’Agusto, Nick Brandreth, Nicole Helen Brunner, Nyugen Smith, Phil Da Salva, Rebecca Jampol, Reverend Jt. Olsen & Veronica Von Brillo, Ronit Levin Delgado, Samantha Katehis, Samer Fouad, Sara Mayti, Shoshanna Weinbeger, Stan Sudol, Stephan Mckenzie, Todd Hoffman, Zellie T. Thomas & More.

VIRTUAL DONATIONS + SPONSORSHIP
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AVAILABLE STUDIO(s)
Studio available Feb. 1
$300/month
1 month deposit – 6 month lease
24 – 7 access
Parking
Free wifi

To Inquire Email: studios@solosprojecthouse.com