NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release – January 6, 2015

Media ContactAlicia Steger 516.572.9634alicia.steger@ncc.eduncc.edu/newsreleases

The Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery at Nassau Community College Presents Perform

 

January 20 – February 27

Garden City, NY—The Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery at Nassau Community College will present Perform, a solo exhibition by Tirtzah Bassel, January 20 through February 27.Perform features large-scale oil paintings alongside a site-specific installation "painted" in duct tape directly on the gallery walls. The images explore a world in which people are increasingly absorbed in virtual communication, and subsumed in the urge to project on social media. They examine the pressure to constantly record and display the most obscure moments of the day, or to announce the self as a witness to significant moments. This constant pressure to "perform" inspires the artist to investigate the elusive border between performer and audience.The Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery at Nassau Community College is located in Room 140 of the College Center Building. Its exhibits are free and open to the public. For more information, including gallery hours, call 516.572.7162.Image:  Don't Shoot, 46"x60", acrylic and oil on canvas, 2014. ​by Tirtzah Bassel.About Nassau Community College Nassau Community College, a division of the State University of New York, is an institution where over 22,000 full- and part-time students and approximately 10,000 continuing and professional students start and continue their successful journey through higher education. More than 70 fields of study are offered on a 225-acre campus located in the center of Long Island. As the largest single-campus two-year college in New York State, Nassau Community College maintains a national reputation for excellence. For more information, visit www.ncc.edu.

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