Exploration of Color

Online Exhibition January 3, 2025 -February 3, 2025

Color is both a representation or symbol of something else and a subject in its own right. There is a certain mystery to color – its power, effect, and centrality – in the history of art. It is something extensively studied, put into practice, and viewed without ever truly being known. Color is universal (and the effect of its absence) are near universal, but artists’ relationship with it is far from uniform. The Venetian school of Renaissance prized the power colorito, “coloring” to create vital and glowing images. Helen Frankenthaler’s “soak-stain” paintings washed the canvas in incredible arrays of color. Almost all periods of art have used color, to recreate reality, enhance it, or transcend it altogether. Site:Brooklyn is looking for work that explores and harnesses color today.

About the Juror: Anna Mikaela Ekstrand mediates art through curating, writing, and public relations. She is the founding editor-in-chief of Cultbytes and serves as the Associate Director of The Immigrant Artist Biennial and co-curated its 2023 edition. Her latest books are Assuming Asymmetries: Conversations on Curating Public Art Projects of the 1980s and 1990s and Curating Beyond the Mainstream both published by Sternberg Press. 

She is Guyanese-Swedish-American and holds dual Master's Degrees in Art and Design History from Stockholm University and Bard Graduate Center. Currently, Ekstrand is enrolled in PhD programs at Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and University of Ljubljana. She would love to be in touch: @shrimp__sandwich @cultbytes or cultbytes.com. 

About the Gallery: Site:Brooklyn Gallery is dedicated to exhibiting the current practice of contemporary artists. We are taking Site:Brooklyn online with a new series of interactive exhibitions. Our goal remains the same, to connect artists with an expert and diverse set of jurors through the open call format. Our new program focuses on online open call exhibitions, selected by a cast of new jurors, solo artist features, and spotlights. 

Dates:
Call Announcement: October 18, 2024
Final Submission Deadline: December 2, 2024 11:59 PM MT
Notification Letter: December 11, 2024
Online Exhibition: January 3, 2025 - February 3, 2025

Presentation: Once accepted, artists will be required to upload high-res photo files of their work. 

Sales/Commissions:
All artwork must be priced for sale.
Artwork must be available for sale during the exhibition and cannot be withdrawn before the end of the exhibit.
Artists will retain a 60% commission on all exhibition sales. The price represented on the artist entry form will be the sale price. 

Contact/Questions:
Please direct all questions to sitebrooklyn@sitebrooklyn.com
 

Application Requirements

Only original works may be submitted. The fee is $26.00 for three (3) images, $10 for each additional image. If adding additional images please do so prior to check out.
All entries must be registered/received by December 2, 2024 11:59 PM MT
All entry fees are non-refundable.

Eligibility Criteria

This is a juried exhibition for artists working in all media. This exhibition is open to all artists 18 years of age or older.