Greg and Kris and Ruben, oh my!
by gabherman
Fabulous opening last night at Kris Grave’s Projects.
© Greg MillerGreg Miller returned to Nashville, Tennessee in 2008 after receiving the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in order to re-examine his hometown. Nashville looks at spaces and locations relevant to Miller’s childhood, from his grandmother’s home to the different neighborhoods where he lived. Miller attempts to reconstruct his past, searching for the city he once knew, amidst that which has inevitably changed. Casting strangers as characters from faded memories allows him to rediscover his past while moving forward to new narratives.
Running concurrently with Greg Miller, +Kris Graves Projects is proud to announce Ruben Natal-San Miguel’s NY, NY: Concrete Jungle. This exhibition is curated by Matthew Pillsbury
After surviving the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 while living in a high rise apartment near the World Trade Center, Ruben began to search for a low-density neighborhood where he could continue to live in Manhattan. He found Harlem. Inspired by the area, he has spent the past five summers traveling Upper Manhattan by bicycle, chronicling, with his camera, the character of life in areas that have historically been ignored by the government and by mainstream America.
Go see it! March 4th through April 10th, 2010 (111 Front St. #224, Brooklyn)