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October 10, 2024 | Tussle Magazine
Jina Kwon | Hyper-Flat Abstraction as a Form of Metaphysics
by Chunbum Park
"Jina Kwon’s solo exhibition at Space 776, titled “Dot & Line,” features paintings that immerse viewers in a pure, electrifying, and otherworldly visual style. Possibly drawing from the graphic influence of Roy Lichtenstein and the vibrant colors of Andy Warhol, Kwon arrives at a visual style that synthesizes the highbrow art of geometric abstraction with the lowbrow quality of pop art and graphic design."
September 13, 2024 | Tussle Magazine
Kejoo Park | Light within the Darkness, and the Darkness within the Light at Space 776, New York
by Chunbum Park
"...Park’s work embodies a revolutionary zeal that challenges our conventional understanding of—and biases regarding—value in light and dark, as well as our historical and current approach to painting, which has predominantly Western origins. The artist disrupts the binary opposition of Western thought, which often constructs racial and cultural hierarchies, and replaces it with the dualism of Yin and Yang. This framework maintains continuity between Yang and Yin, with light containing darkness and vice versa...."
September 4, 2024 | Meer Art
"...Space 776 presents Fragile states at Volta Art Fair New York 2024, featuring the evocative works of Katherine Jackson, Frank Olt, and Dasha Bazanova. This curated exhibit explores the relationship between environmental change and the impact of war, offering a profound exploration through diverse mediums and themes..."
July 4, 2024 | Ante Magazine
Making a Mark: Peter Gynd’s Markers of Space and Time at Space776
"...Space776 on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, “Markers of Space and Time” offers the rare visual arts exercise consistent with the technical mastery of a masterwork on par with Queneau’s ‘Exercises de Style,’ for example, or repetitive consistency of Estragon and Vladimir in Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot.’ ..."
April 11, 2024 | The Village Sun
Conspiracy theories and aliens among us: The art of Dasha Bazanova
By Roman Kalinovski
"Aliens recently landed on the Lower East Side! In March, Space 776 gallery, at 37-39 Clinton St...The paintings and sculptures featured in “Aliens R Us,” like many works of sci-fi, use the theme of the alien to reexamine the familiar. Bazanova uses alien characters to poke fun at outlandish conspiracy theories while examining serious issues. Ultimately, the show’s title rings true: The aliens are us. In the stories we tell and the narratives we consume, our desires and anxieties are reflected back at us through the character of the alien."
March 20, 2024 | Art Spiel
Aliens R Us: Dasha Bazanova at Space 776
IN DIALOGUE
"In her first solo show at Space 776, Dasha Bazanova’s oil paintings and ceramic sculptures engage with the theme of “alien” from various angles: the cultural alienation intrinsic to her Russian roots and her identity as an “alien” in the United States..."
December 19, 2023 | Meer Art
Holy fame
"The concept of the Holy isn't exclusively tied to spiritual or religious devotions. There are numerous secular constructs that we might consider as Holy in the metaphorical sense; our environment, our rights as human beings, our education, the Arts and our culture, our society’s scientific progress, community, and collective ideals such as justice, equality, and freedom..."
August 23, 2023 | Metropolitan Magazine
Ryan Schroeder
Engaging Reality: People and Spaces
"I think of my work as psychological realms, that depict elements of reality.
interested in the idea of cultural erasure, by way of war, socioeconomic changes, the outsourcing of jobs, and deindustrialization..."
August 17, 2023 | Meer Art
Paperwork
August 8, 2022 | Art Spiel
Elena Chestnykh at Space 776
"Elena Chesnykh’s paintings at Space 776 depict women in landscapes—the vitality of the body merges with a dynamic natural world into a sensual dance of color and shape, sometimes in reference to harsh current events such as the war in Ukraine. The show, curated by Dasha Bazanova, will be on view from July 22 to August 17, 2022..."
March 5, 2020 | The New York Times
By Jillian Steinhauer
The Thrill of Unpredictability at Two Art Fairs
Jaena Kwon’s creations at Space 776 are bright and beguiling; they could be oversized, flattened paper fortune tellers, but they’re actually made of hand-carved fiberboard.
September 23, 2019 | Hyperallergic
9 Highlights From Bushwick Open Studios 2019
"...Space 776 Gallery is pretty unorthodox. They have a space in Seoul, South Korea, and another in Brooklyn. Jourdain Jongwon Lee is the founder (pictured center) and he chose to open the space for a wide array of artists to exhibit; they show a lot of international artists, which is a treat in Bushwick. Thumbs up to the gallery’s embrace of the community — much needed — and they even have a residency ...I will be paying more attention to this unique space. "—Hrag Vartanian
September 16, 2019 | Artnet
Editors’ Picks: 20 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week
The fall art season is in full swing, with Bushwick Open Studios and the NY Art Book Fair this weekend by Sarah Cascone...Hundreds of artists will throw open the doors of their studios this weekend for the 13th annual Bushwick Open Studios, offering visitors a chance to discover and even buy affordable works by the neighborhood’s emerging artists. To get the most out of your time, consider hitting up buildings that house many studios, such as ... Space776 (229 Central Avenue)
June 5, 2019 | Artnet
Our Guide to All 7 Art Fairs Coming to Basel This Year, From the Blue-Chip to the Tongue-in-Cheek
Jaena Kwon’s creations at Space 776 are bright and beguiling; they could be oversized, flattened paper fortune tellers, but they’re actually made of hand-carved fiberboard.
December 2, 2018 | Cultbytes
Finding Joy in Painting: an Interview with Jongmin Joy Kim by Nina Blumberg
In 2014, to pursue a career in the arts, Jongmin Joy Kim, or Joy, first moved to Manhattan from Korea. He spent six months at the School of Visual Arts but felt too confined in the institutional...
June 21, 2018 | W Magazine
Meet the Faces of New Pandemics, the LGBTQ+ Agency That Could Change Modeling Forever by Stephanie Eckardt
"...My only real public performance so far was in a show I had at this gallery called Space 776, where I laid on this gold sheet for three hours. Chella painted my entire body gold, but I was completely nude, and I told people they could lay down with or touch me. The gold came from how I documented five different couples and their stories, then gold-leafed their hands and photographed them.” - MaryV Benoit
March 5, 2017 | The Observer
A Recipe for the Perfect Art Fair
"...Booths that benefitted from the extra legroom were Brooklyn’s Space 776, which brought work by a single artist named Jungsan Kim Yun-sik. The Korean artist’s large scale works feature fragments of poetry painted onto long sections of folded and framed scrolls and matchbook-sized blocks, arranged so that from afar the text forms soft geometric patterns. "