The La MaMa gallery is reopening after a 2 year renovation.  While the gallery building once stood alone on the block it is now surrounded by the one of the largest redevelopment programs in New York City’s history.  The improved appearance of this block gives a new vitality to an already dynamic neighborhood and provides new audiences for the artists we exhibit.  La MaMa’s La Galleria (a not-for-profit gallery) was opened in the late 1980’s.  The Gallery’s mission is an extension of the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club’s mission to exhibit as many artists and art forms as possible. We exhibit a wide variety of artists at various stages of their careers. The gallery is a place where artistic experimentation is nurtured. 
Funding for this program provided in part by Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Ford Foundation, Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Lila Acheson Wallace Theatre Fund of the New York Community Trust, Shubert Foundation, and Carnegie Corporation.

TO BELIEVE

June 3 - 27, 2010

Opening reception: Thursday, June 3 from 6 to 9pm

When faced with impossible questions, the notion of mortality or dire situations, many people turn to unconventional means or practices for answers, respite or foresight.  To Believe brings together a selection of artists and artworks that incorporate the actions and practices related to a range of esoteric beliefs.  Through repetition, observation and portrayal of these rituals, events and the characters who perform them, the artists question the conclusiveness of these practices and in doing so suspend their own disbeliefs. The artists in To Believe are a mixture of skeptics and believers, experts and novices, participants and observers, and through their work they consider the actions taken to achieve self-fulfillment and enlightenment through the otherworldly. Participating artists include David Cannon Dashiell, Robert Flack, Frank Haines, Rachel Harrison, Ben Judd, Susan MacWilliam, Joanna Malinowska, Shana Moulton, Bede Murphy, Jeanine Oleson,  Clifford Smith,  Spirit Tours (Dave Hardy & Siebren Versteeg) and Scott Treleaven.

To Believe events:

Thursday, June 3, 6-9PM

Jeanine Oleson: I Ran Contraband Spirituality

Spirit Tours 2010 (Dave Hardy & Siebren  Versteeg)

Sunday, June 6, 4-6PM

Screening of works by Shana Moulton, Ben Judd, Scott Treleaven

Visual AIDS Fundraiser at Eastern Bloc

Sunday June 13, 4-6PM 

Screening of works by Susan MacWilliam

Sunday June 20, 4-6PM 

Unarius Screening hosted by Bebe Murphy

Sunday June 27 4-8PM 

Performance by Ben Judd 

Performance by Blanco & Noiry

Rachel Harrison Untitled 2001 Chromogenic print 19 3/4 x 15 1/2 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Greene Naftali Gallery	Robert Flack Crown 1990 C-print. 40 x 30 inches Courtesy of the Estate of Robert Flack and Visual AIDS

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