Artist Talk w/Musical Guest Parker Cheek Duo - Bolivareando: Similar, Not the Same
September 28 | Doors 6:30p, Music 7p
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Join artist Buttered Roll for a talk about alchemy, personal transformation, and his latest show, Bolivareando: Similar, Not the Same, and enjoy music from the Parker Cheek Duo. The talk will be followed by an original performance by Kasper Klop & Morwenna Spagnol. Moderated by SMUSH Gallery’s Katelyn Halpern.

Bolivareando: Similar, Not the Same is the latest major body of work by Colombian-born painter and poet Buttered Roll. Countless iterations of a character that resembles Simón Bolívar, el Libertador, populate the exhibition. He is rendered in oil, acrylic, watercolor, and pen and ink — or maybe it is merely his likeness. He imitates a house plant, puts up drywall, stands on his own tongue, and considers an enlarged foot in a cavernous night while doing his best impersonation of Oedipus. As the artist writes, “Historical Bolivar (HB) and the Bolivar of Bolivareando (BB) are almost two entirely distinct entities… BB as a character, is derived from the historical figure of Bolivar, but BB is almost entirely alienated from history and from his original context. The Bolivar of Bolivareando, following this alienation, has been repurposed and recontextualized. Although he is still recognizable to some as the historical Bolivar, the Bolivar of Bolivareando is almost an entirely different being.” On View Sept 6 - Oct 13

Gallery Hours | Saturdays & Sundays 3-6p
Sept 7 & 8
Sept 14* & 15
Sept 21* & 22
Sept 28 & 29
Oct 12 & 13

*Sept 14 Open Early for Bergen Square Day, 2-6p
Sept 21 Open Late for the Art Crawl, 3-7p

We’re Open for JCAST!
Oct 4 | 5-9p
Oct 5 | 5-9p
Oct 6 | 5-8p