Friends You May Know

Lindsay Burke, Jaqueline Cedar, Nicasio Fernandez, Dominique Fung, Paul Gagner, Catherine Haggarty, Angela Heisch, Brandon Johnson, Rachel Klinghoffer, Adam Mignanelli, Dan Schein, Sarah Slappey, Mike Tracy, Rebecca Senn Curated by Calli More Ortega y Gasset Projects is pleased to present Friends You May Know, the first curatorial venture of the New York-based startup See You Next Thursday (SYNT). The pop-up exhibition, curated by SYNT’s Founder Calli Moore, presents work in a physical gallery space for the first time beyond the screen of a phone. SYNT is an ongoing, weekly Instagram-based art auction featuring the works of emerging artists based in New York. SYNT is a platform that provides the opportunity for artists to share and sell their work with a growing community of artists, collectors, and Instagram followers. This directly supports independent artists who are in the process of building and establishing a career. SYNT makes art accessible and affordable for buyers, while still maintaining the integrity of the artist’s work and practice. Friends You May Know puts the SYNT platform in a physical gallery space and addresses themes of connectivity, artistic community, and communication through the works of 14 contemporary artists. In Moore’s project, SYNT, the viewer is prompted to collect art from contemporary working artists at an affordable bid. This gesture, facilitated by Instagram is relevant, efficient, democratic and generous. The often lofty prices of contemporary art can scare many away from collecting. This is the catalyst for SNYT and a noteworthy and community inspired approach to building the art world beyond the makers. SYNT was founded by Calli Moore, a painter and curator based in Brooklyn, NY. This venture, encapsulates and embodies Moore’s passion for connecting and cultivating a community of artists.