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Fountain Studios in Crown Heights, Brooklyn

February 4, 2012 | Cool Travel | by Irina Rozovsky |

Fountain Studios is curated and directed by husband and wife team Troy Hagenbart and Susan Gargulio. Since it opened in 2008, Fountain has exhibited a large number of emerging artists, oftentimes as two person shows that spin contrasting bodies of work into unexpected dialogue, drawing parallels between installation, experimental music, photography, painting, and sculpture. Slowly shifting its mission (and possibly name) to include more conceptually oriented exhibits, I am looking out for upcoming delights.

Tagged: Brooklyn Studio, Susan Gargulio, Troy Hagenbart

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