Revolú
Gallery
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Opening
CURRENTS: Film & Video
September 14th, 2024 - November 4th, 2024
Brooklyn, The South Bronx & Virtual
September 14th
Brooklyn showcase opening in collaboration with AHU
Ivy House Studio • 322 Troutman
October 24th
The South Bronx Salon Opening
About Us
English
Revolú Gallery is a pioneer in integrating advanced technologies and innovative mediums to globalize art and ventures into the convergence of low or no-tech art with technological realms. This exploration signifies a commitment to diversity in expression and medium, reflecting a broader curiosity about how traditional techniques intersect with the digital age. Furthering its avant-garde mission, Revolú Gallery is deeply invested in delving into the boundaries of philosophical thought, identity, and the intersection of perspectives, including but not limited to non-US-born Americans, and their diaspora, women, the queer community, and other outliers from the traditional art world. By championing these varied narratives, the gallery underscores its dedication to fostering a rich dialogue that transcends conventional art narratives and embraces the complex mosaic of human experience, all while challenging the Western-centric and English language-centric focus prevalent in the art world.
日本語
Revolú Galleryは、最先端のテクノロジーと革新的なメディアを融合させ、アートのグローバル化を目指すパイオニアであり、ローテクやノーテクアートとテクノロジー領域の融合に取り組んでいます。この探究は、表現や媒体における多様性へのコミットメントを示すものであり、伝統的な技法がデジタル時代とどのように交わっていくのかという幅広い好奇心を反映しています。Revolú Galleryは、その先駆的な使命をさらに推進するため、哲学的思考、アイデンティティ、そして米国生まれでないアメリカ人やそのディアスポラ、女性、クィアコミュニティ、その他従来のアート界から逸脱した人々を含むがそれらに限定されない視点の交差の境界を掘り下げることに深く尽力しています。このような多様な物語を支持することで、当ギャラリーは、従来のアートの物語を超越し、人間の経験という複雑なモザイクを包含する豊かな対話を促進することへの献身を明確にすると同時に、アートの世界で広く普及している西洋中心主義や英語中心主義に挑戦します。
Français
Revolú Gallery est une pionnière dans l'intégration de technologies avancées et de supports innovants pour promouvoir et diffuser l’art à l'échelle internationale. Son objectif est d’explorer la convergence entre l’art traditionnel “low tech” avec des supports technologiques. Cette démarche illustre son engagement pour la diversité des expressions et des supports, démontrant ainsi son intérêt à combiner les techniques traditionnelles avec le monde numérique. Profondément avant-gardiste, Revolú Gallery explore les limites de la pensée philosophique, de l'identité et de la confluence des points de vues, incluant, sans s'y limiter, les Américains non natifs et leur diaspora, les femmes, la communauté queer, ainsi que plus largement les anticonformistes du monde de l'art traditionnel. En portant ces récits variés, la galerie témoigne de son engagement en faveur d'un dialogue riche qui dépasse les récits artistiques conventionnels et embrasse la complexité de l'expérience humaine, tout en remettant en question la prédominance de la perspective occidentale et de la langue anglaise dans le monde de l'art.
Español
La Galería Revolú es pionera en la integración de tecnologías avanzadas y medios innovadores para globalizar el arte, y se adentra en la convergencia del arte de baja o “no tech” con los reinos tecnológicos. Esta exploración denota un compromiso con la diversidad de expresión y medio, reflejando una amplia curiosidad sobre cómo las técnicas tradicionales se entrecruzan con la era digital. Profundizando en su misión vanguardista, la Galería Revolú está profundamente comprometida en explorar los límites del pensamiento filosófico, la identidad y la intersección de perspectivas, incluidas, pero no limitadas a, las de los no estadounidenses nacidos fuera de EE.UU., su diáspora, mujeres, la comunidad queer y otros que se desvían del mundo artístico tradicional. Al promover estas variadas narrativas, la galería subraya su dedicación a fomentar un diálogo enriquecedor que trasciende las narrativas artísticas convencionales y abraza el complejo mosaico de la experiencia humana, todo mientras desafía el enfoque centrado en Occidente y en el idioma inglés predominante en el mundo del arte.
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About
the lead curator & founder
In an art world that too often narrows its gaze, I’ve spent nearly two decades widening the lens, curating exhibitions that defy the easy categorizations of genre, medium, and identity. As the driving force behind Revolú Gallery, I’ve created a unique space where the dialogue between tradition and innovation is encouraged and made essential. Here, the old and the new collide, and the digital and tactile boundaries blur into something more profound, sparking curiosity and intrigue.
At Parlour 153 Art Salon in New York, where I’ve served as Curator since 2013, my focus has been cultivating a culture of experimentation and intellectual rigor. It’s a place where artists are not merely exhibited but conversing with their audiences through artist talks, works-in-progress exhibitions, and events outside the conventional gallery format. This role follows my influential tenure as a key curator at Harlem’s Casa Frela, where I helped shape the cultural landscape of one of New York’s most dynamic neighborhoods.
At Revolú Gallery, I’ve created a crucible for non-traditional exhibitions, allowing artists and myself to explore new narratives. In this space, the familiar hierarchies of the art world are dismantled and replaced by a solid commitment to inclusivity. We refuse to privilege Western-centric and Anglophone perspectives, ensuring everyone feels valued and included. The gallery’s format is as fluid as the art it showcases, allowing for the unexpected and the avant-garde to survive and thrive.
Through every exhibition, I seek to challenge the orthodoxy, embracing the complexity and diversity of human experience. This commitment to pushing the boundaries of what art can be—and who it can speak to—defines my curatorial practice, making Revolú Gallery not just a place of display but a site of cultural reckoning and renewal.
Photo Credit: ©Helén Scott 2024
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Art Collaborators to
Revolú Gallery
& Founders
Art Hoes United
01 Denver Crawford
Denver Crawford is a multimedia artist and co-founder of Art Hoes United. He is a published author, illustrator, projection designer, and performer. He wrote ENTER THE VOID or Facebook Play, A Dedication to Incoherence, and ANALOG. He illustrated the “Left Hand Tarot,” an abstract-minimalist interpretation of tarot imagery. He designed projections for plays and concerts like Last Room by Mitch Moxley and Dreamscapes with Music at Co-Cath. He has performed off-Broadway and in Film and Television.
Focusing on stories that navigate schisms between digital and physical realities, Denver uses techniques highlighting the exchange of information and values within our content-driven media landscape. Denver creates immersive experiences for his audience, using information as a space to be entered through meditations on living in an instant-information economy.
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02 Ender
Christopher “Ender” Coryat (He/Him) is an artist based in New York City and a proud alumnus of the Cooper Union. Ender creates film, sound, music, sculpture, painting, and performance art incorporating various themes and materials. His work centers around creating and rediscovering universal safe spaces that encourage free thought and expression and provide a genuine escape from chaos. In the realm of film, he has served as an assistant director for the TV series Endless Souls, a script supervisor for the feature-length titled The Earth Belongs to Me and held the position of art director for the indie film Coping Mechanisms. Currently, he is involved in several ongoing projects. These include Artifacts of Autistic Dialogues, a collaboration with Emma Reinhardt, and alongside co-founder Denver Crawford, Art Hoes United, an upcoming exhibition showcasing performance, film, and projection work. For a 2024 series of works entitled The Bathroom Series, Ender uses prescription drugs to create pigments for paintings on wood.
In addition to his endeavors, Coryat founded the art collective WUMBO and co-founded Art Hoes United. He has curated a unique sculptural space in Coney Island, The House, which serves as the operational base for the collective.