You may think of overturned cars and tear gas canisters or a bare-breasted woman storming the Bastille, but an uprising is also an awakening from a deep sleep. The history of the arts is littered with uprisings and retrenchments, from the Salon de Refuses to the non-profits of the Twenty-first Century we are all revivified by fresh infusions of creative blood”. – Parsons professor/curator Peter Drake.

This exhibition, conceived as an awakening of a new generation of artists and as a response to the art world’s perennial call-to-arms, presents new work by twenty-four 2006 Parsons MFA graduates.

Particpating artists are: Katherine Allan, Andrea Aversa, Matthew Burcaw, Jessica Cannon, Xiomara Cotton, Saraleah Fordyce, Mami Gellman, Jose Gonzaelz, Levi Haske, Rosi Hayes, Crystal Horton, Timothy Marvel Hull, Faten Kanaan, Ashley Kesling, You Sun Kim, Cassie Rose Kobeski, Roopa Kosuri, Brendan McGillicuddy, Bryan Mesenbourg, Mary Mihelic, Staci Offutt, Caridad Sola, MF Tichy, Denise Wallner