Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
30 Lafayette Avenue, Peter Jay Sharp Building, 718-636-4100
Brooklyn Misc.
January 6 - March 14, 2010
Reception: Wednesday, January 6, 6 - 8 PM
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Known for her innovative use of current technology, like search engines and picture sharing services, the work of Brooklyn-based Penelope Umbrico reveals truths within the seemingly ordinary in two new interventions. In Leonards for Leonard, Umbrico investigates the history of the space where she will exhibit – the Leonard Natman Room – creating a project that draws attention to the disparity between the pre- and post-digital worlds while providing a strange, new subject with companionship. In 5,537,594 Suns From Flickr (Partial) 5/30/09 – for BAM, Umbrico reimagines an ongoing project, using images of sunsets sourced from Flickr in the context of BAM spaces.