Our GO Featured Artists

Since our announcement of our top ten nominated artists in late September, Eugenie Tsai (John and Barbara Vogelstein Curator of Contemporary Art) and I have visited their studios in Brooklyn. We decided to each individually meet with the artists, and then discuss our responses. As we both anticipated, we had some tough decisions to make, and it took us numerous meetings to sort it out. We had many strong artists from which to chose, but we needed to think about the overall show, its cohesiveness, and its scale. So, without further ado, the GO exhibition will feature:

  • Adrian Coleman, Fort Greene, painting
  • Oliver Jeffers, Boerum Hill, painting, illustration, and drawing
  • Naomi Safran-Hon, Prospect Heights, painting
  • Gabrielle Watson, Crown Heights, painting
  • Yeon Ji Yoo, Red Hook, mixed media sculpture

We will be discussing our choices, challenges with the show, and the installation process more in the next couple of weeks. For now, we have been focused on compiling the checklist and working with our designer, registrar, and editorial staff to plan the exhibition, gather the works, and prepare the written materials to accompany the show.

We hope you’ll continue to join us as we move towards the exhibition, which opens December 1 as a celebration of not only these artists, but all the artists and participants that made GO such a great success.

Sharon Matt Atkins

Sharon Matt Atkins

Sharon Matt Atkins joined the Brooklyn Museum in 2009 and is the Managing Curator of Exhibitions, overseeing the Museum’s exhibition program. She is the co-organizer of GO: a community-curated open studio project, with Shelley Bernstein. She has coordinated and facilitated numerous special exhibitions, including Andy Warhol: The Last Decade and Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera. Prior to her move to Brooklyn, Atkins had been the Assistant Curator at the Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire.

Thursday, November 15th, 2012
Contemporary Art, Technology