St Marks Pl - Spring Exhibition

curated by Clémence Mailly & Johnny Thornton

Client: St Marks Pl Boerum Hill - Avdoo Partners

March 18 – June 25, 2021

Opening April 29 - RSVP here

84 St Marks Pl
Brooklyn, NY 11217

Brooklyn, NY (March 22th, 2021) – Saint Marks Place, a new residential development from Avdoo & Partners Development and designed by INC Architecture & Design in Brooklyn’s Boerum Hill neighborhood, announced today a partnership with Arts Gowanus to showcase the artistic talents within the community. Under the curation of Executive Director Johnny Thornton and Associate Curator Clémence Mailly, this collaboration features the works of local artists throughout the Saint Marks Place sales gallery, which neighbors the development. The partnership highlights Gowanus and its surrounding neighborhoods as a creative enclave while showcasing the community to prospective buyers of Saint Marks Place, which recently launched residential sales this January.

The 6,000-square-foot sales gallery provides potential buyers exclusive previews of the development, allowing visitors to experience the vision for the lifestyle at Saint Marks Place. The sales gallery places an additional emphasis on the evolution and beautification of the 4th Avenue corridor where the development is located. Saint Marks Place is designed with intention, echoing the scale and facade of brownstones nearby seamlessly fitting into its surroundings. The partnership with Arts Gowanus further immerses Saint Marks Place within its community—a desired locale positioned at a crossroads of many popular neighborhoods.

“Our mission at Arts Gowanus is to support, promote, and advocate for local artists in order to create a sustainable arts community in Brooklyn. Our curatorial service places artwork by local Brooklyn artists into the businesses, galleries, and developments in Brooklyn in order to create more opportunities and visibility for our local creative community” said Johnny Thornton, Executive Director of Arts Gowanus. “This kind of partnership reaffirms the importance of the local art community which has deep roots in this neighborhood. These partnerships are vital to the visibility of Gowanus artists, specifically in a year when the arts community has been hit so hard. The venue gives artists the opportunity to showcase their work to potential buyers at a time when it is difficult to visit galleries and museums. This partnership is a great model and emphasizes the importance of local businesses and residents patronizing the artists in the community. There is so much talent in Gowanus to be discovered.”

“The Saint Marks Place sales gallery represents an investment in our community,” said developer Shlomi Avdoo, founder of Avdoo & Partners Development. “We not only are able to showcase our thoughtfully designed residences at Saint Marks Place, but also, by sourcing works for the space from local artists, we are able to amplify the creative and close-knit nature of our community.”

Among the 21 artworks currently showcased are:

● “Theo”, A portrait composed of three separate photographs physically woven together by hand into a single composite artwork by David Samuel Stern placed at the entrance of the sales gallery.
● Two pieces by artist Natale Adgnot from her series “Drawings in 3D,” which she began while living in Japan. Adgnot has presented solo exhibitions in New York and Tokyo, though she currently lives and works out of Brooklyn.
● Three ink renderings by Ai Campbell, who was born in Osaka, Japan.
● A diptych entitled, “Spaces Fill” by Sonjie Feliciano Solomon.
● Four encaustic works by Amy Weil, which she created by scraping, adding, and fusing wax.
● Conceptual artist, Hannah Robinett, focuses on order through grids and beauty in imperfections. She is showing a wood panel with resin and a diptych panel overlaid with paper.
● Multidisciplinary artist Michael Watson, who works with found objects and natural materials, is showing two painted wood installations from his “Refraction” series.
● The two separate living room units highlight Susana Aldanondo's abstract expressionist acrylic paintings, which are inspired by her jazz and tango practice. In the other room, Liza Domingues's acrylic paintings feature bold and bright colors through geometric patterns.

All works available on our Artsy Page

About Saint Marks Place
Located in the quintessential brownstone neighborhood of Boerum Hill, Saint Marks Place introduces 100 highly-crafted condominium residences ranging from studios to four bedrooms. With a comprehensive design vision for exteriors and interiors by INC Architecture & Design, a series of lush, landscaped gardens by Terrain, and a 360-degree holistic wellness and fitness environment curated by The Wright Fit — Saint Marks Place combines modern design intelligence with a historic sense of place. The project is developed by Avdoo & Partners. For more information, visit saintmarksplacebk.com.

About Avdoo & Partners Development
Avdoo & Partners Development is a fully integrated, privately held, real estate organization with extensive experience in all aspects of the asset life cycle. The firm’s projects feature quality construction and superior materials while encompassing leading technology in energy efficiency and sustainability. With every development, the team strives to enhance the fabric of each local community. Attracting best-in-class talent has consistently been a key element of the success of Avdoo & Partners Development. With a diverse background in acquisitions, design, development, construction, leasing, and asset management, the firm’s in-house team is able to meticulously manage every facet of the development process from site identification through project sell-out.

About Arts Gowanus
“Our mission at Arts Gowanus is to support, promote, and advocate for local artists in order to create a sustainable arts community in Brooklyn. Our curatorial service places artwork by local Brooklyn artists into the businesses, galleries, and developments in Brooklyn in order to create more opportunities and visibility for our local creative community. We believe that the diverse creativity of local artists contributes to the singularly vibrant cultural life and energy of New York City. It is critical not only for the artists but also our society in general, that the arts continue to thrive in Gowanus.”
-Johnny Thornton
Executive Director