![Premiere Sunday, Nov 11th, 9:30p: “TURNING” a film by Charles Atlas & AntonySVA Theater, 333 W23rd St., NYCTICKETED ADMISSIONTURNING captures Antony and the Johnsons in concert collaborating with the filmmaker Charles Atlas (The Legend of Leigh Bowery), celebrating 13 women taking the stage who, like Antony himself, are not easily categorized personae. [View Trailer]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md6c8uRpZf1r2ysm3o1_500.jpg)
Premiere Sunday, Nov 11th, 9:30p:
“TURNING”
a film by Charles Atlas & Antony
SVA Theater, 333 W23rd St., NYC
TICKETED ADMISSION
TURNING captures Antony and the Johnsons in concert collaborating with the filmmaker Charles Atlas (The Legend of Leigh Bowery), celebrating 13 women taking the stage who, like Antony himself, are not easily categorized personae. [View Trailer]
Continues thru May 20:
”The Illusion of Democracy”
Charles Atlas
Luhring Augustine Bushwick, 25 Knickerbocker Ave., Brooklyn, NY
Fri 10-6pm, Sat & Sun 12-6pm
a solo exhibition of the American film and video artist Charles Atlas. Atlas is a pioneering figure in film and video; for over four decades he has stretched the limits of his medium, forging new territory in a far-reaching range of genres, stylistic approaches, and techniques. Throughout his production, Atlas has consistently been deeply involved in fostering collaborative relationships, working intimately with such significant artists and performers as Leigh Bowery, Michael Clark, Douglas Dunn, Marina Abramovic, Yvonne Rainer, Mika Tajima and the New Humans, Antony and the Johnsons, and most notably Merce Cunningham, with whom he worked closely for a decade from the early 1970s through 1983.
Opens Tonight, Feb 17, 6-9p:
The inaugural exhibition at Luhring Augustine Bushwick
”The Illusion of Democracy”
Charles Atlas
Luhring Augustine Bushwick
25 Knickerbocker Ave, Brooklyn, NY (btw Johnson and Ingraham)
Atlas is a pioneering figure in film and video; for over four decades he has stretched the limits of his medium, forging new territory in a far-reaching range of genres, stylistic approaches, and techniques. The exhibition will include two video installations never before seen in New York, Painting by Numbers, 2008 and Plato’s Alley, 2009. Atlas will also exhibit a new large-scale video work made specifically for this exhibition. - thru May 20
