NY Studio Gallery is pleased to present Al Wadzinski’s second solo show in New York. Wadzinski creates zoomorphic assemblages using found objects of every material – valuable, mundane, cast-offs, delicate or impermeable, reclaimed from salvage yards, garage sales and alleys. The Greatest Show on Earth employs the artist’s signature style to explore the sensational world of circus entertainment and historical freak shows.

Wadzinski, a Native – American, is fascinated by the relationship between the diverse objects, finding relationships both symbolic and absurd. His research into the exhibition theme revealed a bizarre and often tragic cast of characters, both human and animal, upon which to base his fantastic creations. “I was drawn to the circus theme,” explains the artist, “because it is an imagined world of fabricated reality. I relate to this because as an artist, I am a fabricator. The objects in the work are manipulated and distorted, paralleling the surreal world of the circus and its appeal to the human psyche.”

About Al Wadzinski A Tribal Member of the Stockbridge Munsee Band of Mohicans, Al Wadzinski is currently living in Minneapolis. He has exhibited at museums and galleries such as the Minnesota Museum of American Art, Gallery 360, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and previously at NY Studio Gallery. Selected grants have been received from Forecast Public Arts Grant, Jerome Foundation, and the Northup Environmental School.

Holiday Party & Reception Fri, Dec 18, 2009. No cover, live music, cash bar, 21+, doors at 8 pm

Closing Reception Wednesday February 3, 2010 7-9pm