In the Country of Last Refuge + New Video by Michael Britto at Aferro

In The Country of Last Refuge
A Mashup curated by Emma Wilcox and Evonne M. Davis

October 20-November 17, 2007
Opening Reception Saturday October 27, 6-9:30 PM
Gallery Aferro 73 Market Street Newark NJ 07102 www.aferro.org

Gallery Aferro proudly presents the third annual urbanism exhibition
in a series titled after the Paul Auster novel In the Country of Last
Things. Themes in exploration this year by 36 local, national and
international artists are geography, communication and, explicitly for
the first time, violence. A fully illustrated color catalog, with
essay, will be available at the opening. Gallery Aferro is a
participant in Newark Open Doors 2007.

The artists: Bami Adedoyin, Becca Albee, Scott Andresen, AWG, Ryan
Barone, Michael Paul Britto, Lori Brown, Alexander Conner, Patricia
Dahlman, Peter Feigenbaum, Asha Ganpat, Dana Hanmer, Travis Hanmer,
Michael Itkoff, Katarina Jerinic, Maureen Kelleher, John Maters, Sarah
McCann, Stephen McKenzie, Traci Molloy, Lucas Monaco, Owen Mundy +
Joelle Dietrick, Leah Oates, Deborah Orloff, Joan Pamboukes, Mike
Pare, Jean-Gabriel Periot, Elisa Pritzker, Sara Ross, Anne Schiffer,
Calla Thompson, Joe Waks, Barbara Wallace, Michelle Wilson
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Normative Behaviors: New Video by Michael Paul Britto
Aferro New Media Room October 20-November 17, 2007
Opening Reception Saturday October 27, 6-9:30 PM

Gallery Aferro proudly presents Michael Paul Britto's solo show,
Normative Behaviors, in the New Media Room. New and unseen work will
be premiered, in addition to acclaimed works such as Ghetto Games,
Authenticity of a Smile, and Super N Word. Britto says that he has
"always been fascinated by the creativity spawned from not having, or
being deprived. Ghetto Games explores such resourcefulness: the
ability to modify one's surroundings to be more conducive to one's
amusement."

"I like to challenge the viewer to remember the past, and pay close
attention to what we accept in our everyday lives as being acceptable
behavior from popular culture."

Britto's work has been shown internationally, including in
Uncomfortable Truths -The Shadow Of Slave Trading On Contemporary Art
& Design, Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, London,
Frequency, Studio Museum of Harlem, New York, NY, Black Panther Rank &
File, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA, and S-Files,
El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY. He is also a 07 Smack Mellon studio
recipient.
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Aferro Publications Available Now!
In The Country of Last Refuge, Publication No. 5, will be available at
the opening along with Publication No. 1, Our Man in Havana and
Publication No. 3, I Dream of a World Where the World Never Happened,
a limited edition of 50 signed by Evonne M. Davis