To enter a gallery and engage in a warm chat with the curator is unusual. But when Enrico Gomez detailed the concept of the current show at Camel Art Space, this refreshing welcome suddenly made sense.
All too familiar with closing phrases of letters requesting consideration for exhibition, the artists who run Camel decided to help water these budding portfolios of potential. The aptly named Cordially Yours is a show made up of cold submissions from emerging artists, democratically selected by the staff after careful consideration of each portfolio submitted the past year. They each made a list of favorites, then voted on the best from each other’s lists based solely on the work itself rather than names, resumes or personalities.
Cosmic sculptures and collages from Ontario’s Liam Wylie stole the show. But the whole of this global collection of seven emerging talents is worth a look.
Cordially Yours is on view until August 14th at Camel Art Space in Williamsburg.
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