February 9 - March 11

Opening reception with Performance by Meghann Snow:

Sunday, February 12^th 2-5pm

Manahawkin's newest arts space, Art House Gallery, is pleased to present “Some urban in my suburban please”, a site-specific group exhibition featuring three artists working in a variety of mixed media. The exhibit fills two main gallery spaces and includes graffiti art, sculpture, interactive painting and performance art. With most of the work having been created on-site at the gallery, collectively the space radiates with raw creative energy similar tot he gritty push of a city street.

NY artist Carmen Einfinger, known for her paintings and public works of lively organic patterns, brings her particular harmony of color and playfulness to an interactive installation. Reversing the roles of the traditional artist with the street artist, she’s painted her piece directly on the gallery wall, while the visitors of the gallery are left to “graffiti” the unfinished canvas that partially covers it.

NY multi-media artist Meghann Snow, who uses dance to create visual art, will be performing a painting piece at the opening reception in which she’ll use her body like a paintbrush. Dipping into gallons of latex paint, neatness will definitely not be a factor here.

Co-owner of the Art House and curator of the show, Samantha Palmeri, contributes two pieces. A debris of colorful paint and grungy mixed media fill the space of what once was a window pane in the gallery, while a real brick wall is partially built between two rooms. Typical of the urban landscape, here the unfinished rubble brings vitality to the space.

Some original graffiti by Cram Concepts is masterfully spray painted on the walls. A gum wall which visitors can add to on their way in or out completes the show, making

“Some urban in my suburban” an eventful and transformative artwork, alleviating most of the white box.

Profiles for participating artists can be found at their personal web sites:

www.carmeneinfinger.com, www.meghannsnow.com, www.samanthapalmeri.com, www.cramconcepts.com