Posted by Foto Care | Posted in Photo Exhibits in NYC
Posted on June 4, 2010 at 11:30 am
Another NY historic building is about to be demolished and photographer Hiroki Kobayashi preserves its memory with a moving exhibit at the Fivemyls Gallery.
The Slave Theater on Fulton Street in Brooklyn may be demolished to make room for residential development. A movie house in the 1960s and 70s, the theater was an important home for black activism in the 1980s and 90s.
The Japanese artist Hiroki Kobayashi has taken photographs of the theater’s decaying interior for the past year in an effort to preserve what remains before the building is torn down. Kobayashi’s large images showcase the hauntingly beautiful murals and paintings on the walls of icons and heroes of African American history. The images will be on display at Fivemyls Gallery in Brooklyn, NY.
The Slave Theater
June 6, 2010 through June 20, 2010
Opening Reception
June 6, 2010, 4PM to 7PM
Fivemyles Gallery
588 St. Johns Place
Brooklyn, NY 11238
T. 718-783-4438
Tags: Fivemyls Gallery, ny photographer, Photo Exhibit, photography, The Slave Theater
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The Murals and Paintings were done by a Very Well Known yet Unknown Brooklyn Painter by the name of Kinrod .Many of the Former Street Murals and Store Fronts in Bed-Stuy & Clinton Hill were done by him as well. I was very honored to have known him and I have many paintings from him dating back to the 1970s ,along with many master prints that he gave to me. bogardz@gmail.com
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