artist residency, july 18 - august 5, 2018

work in progress

av ryan 

Opening reception: Saturday, july 18, 6pm - 9pm

A.V. Ryan built a symbolic temple in the Plus/Space, with structures based on sections of Greek round temple floor plans. During the exhibition in August the sculpture was rolled out onto the sidewalk for passerby to see outside of the space creating a place where new and old neighbors could become acquainted with each other.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

AV Ryan is a sculptor and writer. Her work has been exhibited at FiveMyles, Kustera Projects, Sweet Lorraine and Sideshow Gallery in Brooklyn and Gallery Aferro in Newark, NJ. She built temple, a large-scale architectural installation, for the sculpture prairie at Art Farm Nebraska, and sol, a proto-temple, while in residency at FiveMyles Plus/Space. Her writing has been published in The Brooklyn Rail. She held graduate fellowships in literature and philosophy at Princeton and Yale. 

GALLERY HOURS:

Thursday through Sunday, 1pm to 6pm; or by appointment. 

DIRECTIONS:

Take 2, 3, or 4 trains to Franklin Avenue. Walk two blocks against the traffic on Franklin. Walk ¾ block to 558 St. Johns Place. FiveMyles is within easy walking distance from the Brooklyn Museum.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

FiveMyles is in part supported by the New York State Council for the Arts, Public Funds from the New York City Dept. of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Council Member Laurie Cumbo, the Greenwich Collection, The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, the Lily Auchincloss Foundation, the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation, and Humanities NY.