Take Five invites previously featured artists on Progress Report to present the work
of five artists they admire, draw inspiration from, and would like to share.


Michelle Lopez
b. 1970, lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Your Board, 2009
maple plywood, grip tape and steel, various dimensions

C3PO, 2008
bronze, various dimensions

Installation view of The Violent Bear it Away, 2009
Simon Preston Gallery



Justin Valdes
b. 1973, Flushing New York, lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.


Untitled, 2009
pencil and ink on paper, 8 1/2" x 10 1/4"



Untitled (Still Life), 2009
pen, pencil and ink, 10" x 12", 2009



Untitled, 2009
pencil, ink and goauche 10" x 12"



Michelle Hailey
b. 1977, Los Angeles, lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.


Between the Valleys, 2009
oil and pencil on canvas, 55 x 60"



Independence, 2009
collage, gouache, pencil and image transfer on paper, 14 x 11"



Fighting, racing, restraining a drunken youth; reading from the Bible or doing household chores: Gold miners spend a Sunday away from the rigors of the workweek, 2008
ink and collage on paper, 10 x 14"



Robbie McDonald
b.1977, lives and works in New York City.


Black Fantasy Day #5 (front cover), 18 pages, 6 minutes of audio, edition of 100



New Nepal New Babylon, 38 pages, 8 minutes of audio, edition of 18



Untitled (rear cover), 8 minutes of audio, 24 pages, edition of 13



Chris Gentile
b. 1973, Rhode Island, lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.


Off / Shit Out of Luck, 2010
C-print, ed. 5, 71" x 53"



Safe, Faded Feelings, 2007
C-Print, 40" x 28"



Bones Turn to Glass, 2007
C-Print, 25" x 33.5"

William Crump - 02.02.11.