SSB and Howl! Happening are delighted to present a snippet from Penny’s performance of Margo Howard-Howard below. The full performance, as well as a video of the infamous performance of Jackie Curtis’ Glamor, Glory, and Gold at 56 Bleecker Gallery will be featured in Love Among the Ruins. Performance artist Penny Arcade’s work has…
When Dean Rolston, co-owner of 56 Bleecker Gallery, died in 1994 from AIDS, he left behind a memoir—Remembering Dying—a memento mori of the last two years of his life. No hagiography: In this short, powerful, beautifully written, and honest work Dean looks at his life and imminent death through the prism of contemporary culture and…
Join Some Serious Business for Love Among the Ruins POETRY NOIR hosted by Maynard Monrow on September 28, 2017, 7pm at Howl Happening: An Arturo Vega Project. As the name implies, this evening turns on the dark side of creativity at the end of an era of partying and excess that is now the stuff of…
SSB is pleased to present a portfolio of photographs by Mark Sink. An intrepid chronicler of the antics and personalities that animated 56 Bleecker Gallery, his insightful portraits on view in the exhibition make a powerful statement about the energy and creativity of late 80s New York. A private art consultant, Sink represents and curates…
I knew I wanted to work with moths. Moths conjure up an image of nighttime, lights, creepiness, and they are food for bears. I am a big fan of mammals. In seeing the gallery space I saw options of darkening the room, creating a nighttime “moth feeding” and possibly including a two story tall bear over the stairwell landing who would be consuming the moths.
Quintan Ana Wikswo interviews SSB Founding Director Susan Martin about her essay in The Dharma of Dogs, Our Best Friends as Spiritual Teachers. The Dharma of Dogs shares the reflections of spiritual teachers and writers who have found a source of deep truth and practical wisdom beneath the furry surface of our four-legged friends. (1) You…
Photo: Alexandra Henry and Swoon SSB is a proud supporter of Alexandra Henry’s Street Heroines. At the heart of this film is a fierce cry for gender justice. While recognizing the confluence of the patriarchy and structural racism in the world of graffiti and street art (and our world generally), the documentary celebrates the voices,…
SSB is pleased present Austė, a featured artist in the upcoming Love Among the Ruins Show at Howl Happening. The Vest Nectanebus—geomancer—the worst sort of Stinking heap—envious, good for nothing, Craves women, Riches, power. Has no way of making a living Except by the phrase, “Reveal your desires to God and Pray!” And, “Alas! I lost…
When I first met Arleen, I was little known outside of what I had exposed of myself within the downtown art scene of Lower Manhattan. I was a Black queer kid stalking Buster Cleveland and living with Tim Greathouse, my roommate. As I grew into some renown and celebrity in the 80s, as co-director of…
After presenting at our most recent Comrade Truebridge Santa Fe, SSB asked Marya a few questions. SSB: How do you describe your field and what you do, and how does it interconnect? MEJ: I am a performing artist. I create works of theatre that come from my dreams and curiosities. I work in politics for a living but even…