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With the new day, my body
has turned hostile. Even my fingernails
have it out for me. My lips make shapes
I find ugly and embarrassing. My nose
can’t shake the smell of turnips.
My ears have started plotting
to take control of my head.
Everything tastes like Mondays.
Why can’t I be Oprah in a girdle?
Her body always behaves,
unless she’s wearing yellow. I think I lost
my foot, the single leg of impatient
seconds twitching. Running late
leads to percussive elbows.
Where’d I put my thingamabob?
Time to saddle up my donkey,
if my ass will cooperate.
Passing a mirror, I catch a glimpse of my
tangled breasts. The bra will set them straight.
¿En dónde están mis pantalones flacos,
los derretimiento?
My hands never fail to materialize.
My body and I always handle these incidents
gingerly and without witness.

Words: “oh, my rebellious body” by Dana Guthrie Martin
Image: “result of subcutaneous injection” by H.H. Kane (Philadelphia, 1881.)

Dec 10 – Dec 26, 2010
Opening Reception: Friday, Dec 10, 7-10pm

GRAPHITE GALLERY is very pleased to present an exhibition of new works by Austin Power. In a series of minimal watercolor portraits on paper, Power continues to explore the difficulty and discomfort in fully understanding a person for his first solo exhibition with Graphite. Using the physicality of his subjects as a guideline, Power employs intuitive emotional color to create snapshots of his personal relationships. Each of Power’s portraits is not a simple rendering of a friend, but a measure of the distance between the subject and himself. Power leaves his subjects incomplete to highlight their limitations, as well as his own inability to see the subject beyond the influence of himself.

“Austin Power’s November” is a survey of watercolor portraits created in the month of November 2010. Though each portrait stands alone as an intimate impression of one of Power’s personal relationships, the group of portraits presented creates a greater self portrait of Power preparing for his debut solo show.

Power is currently participating in “Dark Days” at Eyelevel BQE Gallery in Brooklyn New York, on view until January 2, 2011. Other recent notable shows for the artist include: a three person show “Vanishing Point” at Tommy Crow Studio in Rosemary Beach Florida by curator Caroline Taylor, Silent Noise at RABBITHOLESTUDIO in Brooklyn New York, “Born to Die…” at Secondhome Projects in Berlin Germany, “Point” at the Sweet Loraine Gallery in Brooklyn New York by Radar Curatorial, among others.

For further information, please contact the gallery at shinya@graphiteny.com.

Graphite Gallery
38 Marcy Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11211
E: Shinya@graphiteny.com
www.graphiteny.com

Austin Power
E: info@withapower.com
www.withapower.com

on Richie’s arm. BY…

Today, Rinzing was working on this pretty impressive piece.

Jakub smoking, by Ryan Shultz