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Articles, reviews, interviews and features about Rabbithole and its shows, by year of publication. Each entry links to the original and, where one exists, to a copy in the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine. Summaries are ours; quotations are kept short.

2008

  • About: REPAIR & SHINE: Lindsay Blatt
    Platform21 (Amsterdam design platform; 'Repair & Shine' page) (Interview)
    Q&A with photographer Lindsay Blatt about her large-format photo essay on Brooklyn shoe repairmen, funded by a 2008 Brooklyn Arts Council grant; states it was shown as the solo exhibition Repair & Shine at the Rabbithole Gallery in DUMBO in November 2008.
    “The large-format photo essay on Brooklyn’s shoe repairmen was shown as a solo exhibition called Repair & Shine, viewed at the Rabbithole Gallery in DUMBO, …”
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  • About: ATIXIP: TE FOXL — Jason Gandy
    24 Seven (“Art Scene”, p. A8), 2008-01-11, Dan Marrin (Article)
    Dan Marrin’s “Art Scene” piece on Jason Gandy’s solo show at Rabbit Hole Studio, 33 Washington Street. It describes the installation built around the Attic Ship, a fictional vessel Gandy had worked on for eight years in his Gowanus woodshop: the ship’s stern on the wall with a porthole to look through, the life-size Attic Ship Man in a suit of maple and coloured leather, and a small boat with a peephole. There were no wall labels; Gandy and Shawn Lyons walked visitors through the work. Illustrated with a photograph of the Attic Ship Man.
    Clipping: 24 Seven (“Art Scene”, p. A8)
    Read the article (transcription)

    Art Scene

    All hands on deck for ‘Atixip’ at DUMBO’s Rabbit Hole
    By Dan Marrin

    Brooklyn’s own Jason Gandy, 35, is a woodworker as imaginative as he is precise. In his new solo show, “Atixip Te Foxl,” at DUMBO’s Rabbit Hole studio, he has taken a fantasy world of his, years in the making, and made it tangible.

    The show runs from now until January 16 at Rabbit Hole, located at 33 Washington Street. The title “Atixip: Te Foxl” looks like ancient Mayan, Greek or Russian writing. Rather than putting an English translation, Gandy says he prefers to keep you using your imagination on what it means.

    The title actually derives from Gandy’s own shorthand for “ATTIC SHIP: THE FOCSUL.” The Attic Ship is a 22’ by 14’ ship that sits in the attic of Gandy’s woodshop, and the focsul refers to the ship’s forward deck, visible in one of the exhibit pieces.

    Gandy has been building the ship for the last eight years in his free time while working as an interior designer in Gowanus. In the process of building the ship, he began imagining a fictional world in which it sails, which has led to the art in the exhibit.

    Gandy, a graduate of the Tyler School of Art, comes to the exhibit with experience on the water. He grew up on Roosevelt Island well aware of water and boats rushing by all around him. He later interned for the Circle Line every summer in college. When asked to do a piece for a group show at art school, he made a boat and thought it was the most fun he ever had on a piece. The idea of building a ship then hit him when he moved into his woodshop in Gowanus and found he had an enormous attic space.

    “Atixip” has four main elements. The 6’ wide wooden stern, or rear section, of the Attic Ship, takes up one wall. A small wooden craft called Gohni’s ship takes the other wall. The Attic Ship’s attendant, Attic Ship Man, sits on a pedestal, and an exhibit in the back room of the studio shows Gandy’s drawings and writings, shedding light on his method and his imagination.

    Gandy says the Attic Ship could be from the past or the future, either an old sailboat or an intergalactic ship crossing worlds.

    The piece getting the most attention, he says, is the Attic Ship’s tiny companion, Gohni’s ship. If you look through a peephole in this 18” by 4” ship, there seems to be a small gray troll in a suit jacket at work knitting. Puzzled visitors have been asking Gandy how the image of this troll, named Gohni, has been put together, whether it is a video being played or a still photo image being manipulated. When asked, gallery owner Shawn Lyons smiles and says, “No one is ready to accept that there’s just a little man in there.”

    Next, there is the Attic Ship Man, who supervises the ship’s repairs. The man wears a 30 pound suit made of maple and colored leather that would stand 5’8 if upright. The suit resembles Japanese samurai armor, with a wooden face mask Gandy carved from a model boat. The man is hunched over in a primitive stance, down on one knee, with a hand stretching forward. Gandy says the suit took 3 years to complete, during which he went through research of armor styles from Eastern and Western traditions.

    The largest piece in the room is the ship’s stern, a 6’ wide by 3’ high wooden piece hung on the wall, with a porthole at the back. Peering inside, you see what seems a long forward deck of the ship beyond the window, though there is barely any space beyond the glass. Just as with Gohni, Gandy uses the peepholes to challenge perceptions.

    The studio is deliberately set in shadows with spotlights only on the pieces. There are no descriptions for them on the walls. Gandy and the studio owner, Shawn Lyons, prefer to take the visitors through the exhibit themselves, taking questions and more importantly enjoying your reflections on the pieces and the story Gandy is creating with them.

    Beyond the ships, the back room offers an insight into Gandy’s mind, with his notebook pages covering the walls. The pages resemble the sketches of Renaissance artists, including detailed sketches of Western and Eastern armor, and complex mathematical formulas for the design of the Attic Ship.

    The story of the Attic Ship continues to develop along with the woodwork. Gandy says there will be at least one more exhibit, if not a third, before the whole story has been told.

    “Atixip: Te Foxl” runs at Rabbit Hole (33 Washington Street) until January 16. For more information, call 718-852-1500.

    Photo caption: “Jason Gandy’s Atixip Man, on display at Rabbit Hole Studio until January 16.”

    24 Seven, January 11, 2008, page A8. Transcribed from the clipping and reproduced with the kind permission of the author, Dan Marrin.

  • About: SUMMER SALON: artists from tART
    The Brooklyn Paper, 2008-07-08 (Feature)
    Announcement that Rabbitholestudio presents the 'Summer Salon Show' of recent work by members of the tART artist collective, hung floor-to-ceiling salon style; runs to August 1 with opening reception July 3, 5–9 pm, at 33 Washington Street, DUMBO. Byline is the generic 'Brooklyn Paper'.
    “Rabbitholestudio presents “Summer Salon Show,” a group show that features recent work by members of the tART artist collective.”
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2009

  • The New York Times, 2009-08-23, Andrew Keh (Article)
    “Creative Opportunity: Heavy Lifting Required” profiles Rabbit Movers (founded by Shawn Lyons, 2003; sold in 2020), a Brooklyn moving company, as an artists’ collective whose movers are all artists, musicians and writers, and mentions its gallery and performance space in DUMBO, Rabbithole Studio. The photograph published with it shows Color War (Lindsay Mound and Justin William Lin) performing in the back of a Rabbit Movers truck at the first Art Attack, with Erica Harmon watching.
    “a gallery and performance space in Dumbo called Rabbithole Studio”
    Two musicians playing in the open back of a Rabbit Movers truck, a woman with red hair watching in the foreground
    The first Art Attack, August 2009: Color War (Lindsay Mound and Justin William Lin) in the back of a Rabbit Movers truck, with Erica Harmon watching. Photo: Jessica Ebelhar / The New York Times.
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  • About: UNDERGROUND: Fall 2009 Emerging Artists Show
    DumboNYC.com, 2009-08-24, dumbonyc (Article)
    "Rabbithole Studio Featured in NY Times": summarizes and quotes the NYT Rabbit Movers article, links it (nytimes.com/2009/08/24/nyregion/24movers.html), and announces the call for entries (due Sep 1) for the Fall Emerging Artists 2009 show starting Sep 24 during the DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival.
    “They are currently calling for entries (due September 1, 2009) for the Fall Emerging Artists 2009 show that starts on September 24, 2009 during the …”
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2011

  • About: related post
    Electric Literature (The Outlet blog), 2011-06-24, Lauren Belski (Review)
    Review of the first Rabbit Tales reading (theme 'Flash') curated by Kate Hill Cantrill at the Rabbit Hole in DUMBO: flash fiction by Sharon Polli and Chanel Dubofsky, music by Backwords, glow sticks, boxed wine and Tastykakes; notes the space is funded by Rabbit Movers (founded by Shawn Lyons, 2003; sold in 2020). Original URL electricliterature.com/blog/2011/06/24/down-the-rabbit-hole/ (linked from Rabbithole archive) now 404s; article lives at the new URL.
    “It’s the kind of scene that can only exist because of operations like, Rabbit Movers , the company that funds the gallery space known as …”
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2012

  • About: Brooklyn Independent Television: “Down the Rabbithole: Caught in the Act”
    BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn, Brooklyn Independent Television (Caught in the Act: Art in Brooklyn), 2012-03-28, Charles Hoxie (producer) (Feature)
    “Down the Rabbithole”, a feature segment in episode 47 of Caught in the Act: Art in Brooklyn, premiered on Brooklyn Independent Television on Wednesday 28 March 2012 at 10 pm and repeated for a month: a visit to the gallery, an Art Attack and an interview with Shawn Lyons.
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  • About: Pierre Fichefeux "The King of Chickens Makes Havoc in Heaven"
    Guest of a Guest, March 2012, Daniel Reynolds (Article)
    “Pierre Fichefeux’s Opening Reception for The King of Chickens Makes Havoc in Heaven”, on the opening of Pierre Fichefeux’s exhibition at Rabbithole.
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2013

2014

  • About: DIN AFARA Solo Exhibition of Dan Sabau
    Purple (purple.fr, Purple Art diary), 2014-10-14, Juliana Balestin (Feature)
    Short Purple Art diary entry: Brooklyn-based Dan Sabau shows recent portraiture at Rabbit Hole Gallery, blending traditional portraiture with a contemporary view of sexuality and fiction/nonfiction narrative. Gives the address 33 Washington Street.
    “Brooklyn-based artist Dan Sabau presents a selection of recent work for his exhibition at Rabbit Hole Gallery in Brooklyn.”
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  • Collectively (collectively.org), 2014-12-01, Rachel Signer (Article)
    “These Movers Turn Their Trucks Into Pop Up Galleries After Hours”: on the Art Attacks, the pop-up exhibitions in Rabbit Movers trucks.
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2015

  • About: Curated by Kate Sweeney and Aaron Tsuru.
    Refinery29, 2015-08-19, Hayley MacMillen (Article)
    Slideshow feature '20 Mesmerizing Images Explore The Meaning Of Intimacy (NSFW)' previewing the INTIMACY show curated by Kate Sweeney and Aaron Tsuru, with works by e.g. Naima Green, Yana Toyber, Mark Velasquez, Beryl Fine, Meghan Willis and others, and quotes from the curators.
    “Together, they curated "Intimacy," an art show taking place Saturday, August 22 at Brooklyn's Rabbithole Studio that explores what Tsuru calls "intimate and private relationships …”
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  • About: Shame to Pride by Stephanie Calvert
    The New York Times, Taking Note (the editorial page editor’s blog), 2015-11-12, Anna North (Article)
    “A Mother’s Hoarding, a Daughter’s Art”: Stephanie Calvert’s “Shame to Pride”, mixed-media works made from what her mother had hoarded in the family’s schoolhouse home in Thatcher, Colorado, on display from that Thursday at the Rabbithole Gallery in Brooklyn.
    “So began “Shame to Pride,” a series of mixed-media pieces that will be on display beginning Thursday at the Rabbithole Gallery in Brooklyn.”
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  • About: MONEY
    New York Business Journal, 2015-12-22 (Article)
    “Bitcoin advisory firm backs ‘Creative Girls’ money-themed art”, on MONEY, the Creative Girls of NYC show at Rabbithole (7 January 2016).
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2016

  • About: OLD BAGS PROJECT
    The Village Voice, 2016-02-09, Madison Margolin (Article)
    “These ‘Old Bags’ Are Taking a Stand Against Age Discrimination”: Faith Baum and Lori Petchers’s Old Bags Project, photographs and interviews with nearly seventy women aged forty to seventy, shown at Rabbithole on 11 February 2016.
    “On Thursday at the Rabbithole gallery in Brooklyn, the duo will showcase these women wearing only bras and panties, their faces obscured by shopping bags …”
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  • About: MAGAZINE - Lauro Samblás
    Neo2 Magazine, 2016-02-25 (Article, es)
    Spanish design/fashion magazine Neo2 covers Lauro Samblás's New York exhibition 'Magazine', collage and paint interventions on fashion advertising, giving Rabbithole at 33 Washington Street, Brooklyn as the venue.
    “Exposición Magazine: Rabbithole 33 Washington Street – Brooklyn (New York)”
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  • About: Petal Portraits | A Multi-­‐Sensory Event
    ÇaFleureBon, 2016-02-28, Michelyn Camen (Feature)
    Perfume blog feature previewing the Petal Portraits multi-sensory exhibition pairing Tal Shpantzer's photographs with Stephen Dirkes's Euphorium Brooklyn perfume Pétales and a Butoh performance by Vangeline, with event details at Rabbit Hole Studio Gallery.
    “Petal Portraits Thursday, March 3, 2016 Rabbit Hole Studio Gallery 33 Washington St. Brooklyn, N.Y. 6:00 pm—‐ Midnight”
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  • About: Shame to Pride by Stephanie Calvert
    Brooklyn Magazine, 2016-03-18, Molly McArdle (Interview)
    Brooklyn Magazine on Stephanie Calvert’s photographs of an abandoned Colorado schoolhouse, from her series “Shame to Pride”, first shown at Rabbithole in November 2015, and announcing works from the series at Dissilience Brooklyn, the all-women fundraiser of 21 May 2016.
    “A few pieces from this series, “Shame to Pride,” will be on display May 21, from 6pm to midnight as a part of a one-night-only …”
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  • About: STREET HEROINES BY ALEXANDRA HENRY: A POP UP ART SHOW AND FUNDRAISER
    Bedford + Bowery, 2016-04-26, Nicole Disser (Article)
    Same-day preview of the one-night pop-up exhibition and fundraiser for Alexandra Henry's documentary Street Heroines, with works by 17 street artists including Danielle Mastrion, Alice Mizrachi and Lexi Bella, hosted at Rabbithole Projects with Howl Happening. Includes an interview with Henry about the film.
    “With the help of Howl Happening, Rabbithole Projects in Dumbo will play host to the free event, which starts at 7:30 pm.”
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