The Architecture of Devotion features emerging Brooklyn artists working in styles and techniques that recall religious and devotional art of the past. The exhibition transforms the cathedral-like Gowanus Ballroom, a nineteenth century steel mill and current home of Serrett Metalworks, to interrogate various representations of the sacred and profane.

Works including stained glass, paintings embellished with gilt adornment, modern reinventions of medieval retables, a cabinet of curiosities, and an enchanted grotto form an installation that explores themes of spirituality, mysticism and religion. Revisiting historic interpretations of divine presence through a contemporary lens allows artist and audience to reconsider what might at first glance appear mundane.

Featuring work by: Aimee Lutkin, Amy Consolo, Andrea Biagioni, Ben Wolf, Cristina Rose, Eric Gerhard Winzer, Ernest Porcelli, Jennie Booth, Jessica Seimens, Joel Dugan, Johann Nortje, Leonidas Chalepas, Maria Berrio, Matt Allison, Matthew Piscano, Matthew Shelley, Matthew William Robinson, Mike Solomon, Naho Taruishi, The Objectionists, Peter Waite, Robery F. Rodriguez, Serra Victoria Bothwell Fels, Sheena Rae Dowling, Ursula Viglietta, and a growing list of others. Performances include Abby Hertz, Adrianna Mateo, Apocalypse Five and Dime, Crooks and Perverts, Morgan O’Kane and others.

June 24 – July 3, 2011 Opening Friday June 24, 6:00pm – 1:00am. Free until 8PM, $10 thereafter for performances Saturday 12:00pm – 12:00am Sunday 12:00pm – 6:00pm Performances Friday and Saturday evenings Private weekday viewings upon request

The Architecture of Devotion is curated by Josh Young, Ursula Viglietta and George Sferra, and is made possible in part by The Gowanus Ballroom, Serrett Metalworks and Mister Artsee.