Pioneer sound and new media artist Stephan Vitiello creates installations that use the physicality of sound to define a particular space. In 1995 Vitiello was an artist in residence in the World Trade Center, World Views. The artist connected contact microphones to the windows of his 91st story workspace and recorded ambient sounds from wind, traffic, planes and the building itself moving. Vitiello has completed several other artist residencies including Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, and P.S.1 National/International Studio Program. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Kinetic Imaging at Virginia Commonwealth University, and just last night the artist performed at Diapason Gallery, NYC’s only venue devoted to sound art. Vitiello is a recipient of both a Creative Capital Foundation award and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship. On January 31, GAS in NYC will present an exhibition titled [silence] featuring Vitiello.

Click HERE to listen to sound works.

Click HERE to view video featuring Stephen Vitiello, Nic Desantis, & Matt Flowers.

Internationally renowned British sculptor Antony Gormley is currently exhibiting his “Critical Mass” installation with the Museo d’Arte Donna Regina in Naples, Italy. In this work, the artist cast more than 60 figures in a variety of poses and then placed the casts in a large group on the gallery floor. Gormley’s work investigates the body and makes reference to internal and external space. The artist lives and works in London and is currently represented by White Cube Gallery. Gormley has had countless exhibitions, including work in the Sydney Biennale (2006), Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, England (2003), and the National History Museum in Beijing, China (2003). Antony Gormley is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects and has been a Royal Academician since 2003. He also has a full artist book with Phaidon Press.

The Knitting Machine is just one of artist Dave Cole‘s large scale projects that consist of ambitiously knitting unconventional materials. In this particular piece Cole uses two excavation tractors equipped with 20′ knitting needles to assemble a giant American flag in time for the 4th of July (2005). This work was part of larger exhibition and artist residence held at Mass Moca, North Adams, Mass. Cole describes the work as “combining the feminized domestic American tradition of knitting with the grandiose gesture of construction”. Additional works by the artist include the knitting of a 15′ teddy bear made of fiberglass, and an evening gown made of shredded dollar bills. In 2007 Cole will exhibit with the West Norway Museum of Decorative Art, and with the Museum of Art and Design in NYC. Recent exhibitions include works at the Judi Rotenburg Gallery in Boston and the Woods-Gerry Gallery at the Rhode Island School of Art and Design, Providence, Rhode Island.

German artists Paule Hammer and Sebastian Gogel have been collaborating on large sculpture and spatial installations since 2005. These artists together form the group Hammer and Gogel and often present work as “Hagel.” The artists stand in contrast with most of the other young painters of the Leipzig Academy of Visual Art of which both are graduates (2002). The artists instead depart from painting on a two-dimensional surface for more spatially painted sculptures and installations. The two just closed an exhibition titled “Hagel” in December with Los Angeles gallery Chung King Project. This exhibition continues to reference pop culture, kitsch and horror in seemingly playful and absurd ways. In 2005, the artists exhibited “Gmortox” at Galerie Adler, Frankfurt and “Hyperhyper” at Wohnmaschine Gallery, Berlin. Each artist has exhibited individually with Galerie Post in Leipzig and numerous other group shows worldwide. Both artists continue to live and work in Leipzig, Germany.

Using unwanted garments as an unyielding source of material, the artist duo Guerra de la Paz creates a multitude of sculptures and installations. Guerra de la Paz is the collaborative efforts of Cuban artists Alain Guerra and Neraldo de la Paz. The two artists met in 1996 and have since been creating work that references contemporary culture with the use of found objects. In recent works, Guerra de la Paz has investigated cycles of consumption by reinventing discarded cloths as room-sized landscapes. Alain Guerra attended the School of the Art Institute in Chicago, and Nedaldo de la Paz is a graduate of Northern Illinois University. In 2006, the artists exhibited “Oasis” at the Chicago Cultural Center and new works with Jack the Pelican Presents in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Ideas of asexual reproduction, sexual identity and youth are pervasive in the digital photographs of artist Margi Geerlinks. Humanity is examined in her work through the themes of birth and time. While all of her images are digitally manipulated, Geerlinks’ photos remain mostly unaltered, confronting the viewer with the realistically absurd. The Dutch artist lives and works in Rotterdam, Netherlands. She is a graduate of the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam (1997) and attended the Art Academy Constantyn Huygens, Kampen (1995). In recent years, Geerlinks has exhibited with the Stux Gallery in NYC, Aeriplastics Gallery in Brussells and Richard Goodall Gallery in Manchester, England. In addition, the artist is represented by TORCH Gallery in Amsterdam, and, in 2001, TORCH Books released “Crafting Humanity,” a book featuring the artist’s works.

Using an ornamental language, artist Maggie Cardelus strives to engage her viewer in a hospitable world of pleasure, illusion, and distraction. The source of these works are often family snapshots which are transformed into sculptural installations.By using photos the artist underscores time, memory and privacy, while the fragility of the work references the temporal qualities of her subjects. Cardelus is a Spanish-American who graduated from Hunter College in NYC, and currently lives and works in Milan. The artist has exhibited internationally with the Galerie Thaddaues Ropac in Paris, and Galeria Fucares in Almagro, Spain. In 2001 the artist exhibited “Circus” with Deitch Projects for her first NYC solo exhibition.