Abaton Garage

Abaton Garage is pleased to present two debut solo exhibitions this August, both by professional musicians who also practice the visual arts.

Download the brochure for this exhibition.

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Scott Freyer, best known as the percussionist for Tower Recordings, Pothole Skinny and various other experimental bands, has created a body of intricate constructions from discarded shards of metal, loose wire, and odd bits of rubber and plastic. Building on the post-minimalist tradition of open form, Freyer conjures a sinuous materiality from his skeletal frameworks, addressing manifold discomforts, physical and psychological, itches that can’t be scratched, tics that can’t be controlled.

Marianne Nowottny has been performing and recording her own unusual brand of soundcraft for nearly a decade, garnering international acclaim along the way. Nowottny re-introduces herself at Abaton Annex as an accomplished painter of fantastic imagery. Her cartoonish creatures of flight are born of an unwavering enthusiasm for advertisement and illustration. Skyife is captured here in supersaturated color by a multimedia artist who, true to name, is at home with media in all its forms. This exhibition will be on display at Sweet Priscilla’s Café, which is acting as an annex to Abaton Garage during 2007.

You’re cordially invited to attend an opening reception for Bondage of Self and Of the Air at Abaton Garage on August 12^th from 3-7pm. Musical performances by Ziggurat, a duo featuring Scott Freyer and Megan Freeman, and Marianne Nowottny will begin at 6:00.

For more information regarding these events, please contact abatonbookcompany@comcast.net.

Directions

From NYC take the Newark-bound PATH train to Journal Square. Taxis are available on Kennedy Boulevard, directly in front of the station. The ride to Abaton Garage takes less than five minutes and costs approximately $7. If you prefer to walk, simply stroll down Kennedy Boulevard about 3/4 of a mile, until you reach Gifford Avenue. Then turn right; 100 is in the middle of the block.

Previous exhibitions 2004

Mark Dagley, June ~ July 2004

Tom Warren, August ~ September 2004

Alix Lambert, September ~ October 2004

Bill Schwarz, October ~ December 2004

Previous exhibitions 2005

Steven Parrino, April 2005

Cora Cohen, May 2005

Paula Gillen, June ~ July 2005

Michael Gentile, July ~ August 2005

Christine Krol & P. G. Six, August ~ September 2005

Amy Wilson, October 2005