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Medium Rare Project Space in DUMBO opens the season with Plumb Line, a two-person show pairing Irit Baniel’s paintings with Alexis Granwell’s sculptures. The two artists work with different materials and processes, but their work shares a concern with the body, vulnerability, memory, and grief. Medium Rare is an artist-led space rooted in making, looking and conversation. Surrounded by artists and studios, it has close ties to the Brooklyn art community and uses exhibitions, talks and workshops to connect artists with a wider public. In this conversation, co-founder Narelle Sissons discusses the curatorial process, the visual axis linking the two artists, the venue’s origins, and its plans for the year ahead. Writer: Etty Yaniv @etty.yaniv Featured Show: Plumb Line Featured Venue: Medium Rare Project Space @medium_rare_projectspace Featured Artists: Irit Baniel @irit_baniel Alexis Granwell @alexisgranwell Curated by Narelle Sissons @narellesissons On View through: Oct 17, 2026 Artists talk Saturday: October 17th, 4-6pm
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“Plumb Line” open until October 17th! Artists talk: Saturday October 17th 4-6pm Medium Rare Project Space 68 Jay Street Suite 619 DUMBO, Brooklyn NY Artists @irit_baniel and @alexisgranwell Curator @narellesissons DM @irit_baniel to visit. Weekend hours 1-4pm and weekdays by appointment. Alexis Granwell transforms paper pulp into a record of touch, holding the pressure of the body and the trace of a gesture. Her sculptures use color and texture to move between inner and outer experience, between sensation and meaning. The forms evoke anxiety, loss, and pleasure, while the tactile nature of paper creates a bodily encounter that invites introspection and connection. Granwell’s newest works also speak to the experience of illness and the fragility of the body. Her work resonates with Plumb Line through its attention to presence and repose, weight and suspension, and the ways the body negotiates vulnerability and balance. Touch becomes a way of attending to the body, its uncertainty, and its capacity to endure. Irit Baniel’s practice encompasses a range of expressions from the highly intuitive 30-foot drawing/painting to a series of small object-like paintings that are part of her evolving semiotics library.  In addition, larger oil paintings on canvas are characterized by the interaction between structured and organic layers and by repetition versus singular motifs, creating complexity that invites the viewer to revisit and wonder.  The work in “Plumb Line”, focuses on events that took place within a specific timeline, including prolonged illness and the deaths of loved ones.  While Baniel’s forms of expression are diverse, they are held together by subject matter that echoes, like a mantra, offering a sense of axis or comfort.
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“Pipe Line” opens tonight!! We are very excited to present artist @irit_baniel and @alexisgranwell in our show at Medium Rare Project Space in DUMBO! Curated by @narellesissons Please join us for the opening 6-8pm tonight! Medium Rare Project Spaces 68 Jay Street Suite 619 DUMBO, Brooklyn NY “Plumb Line” holds a tension between the vertical and horizontal, earth and sky, presence and repose. Baniel’s paintings move between the earthly and spiritual, while Granwell’s handmade paper sculptures explore repair and the possibility of transcendence. Their distinct practices come together through the relationship between scroll-like paintings and bodily sculptures, creating a visual axis within the space. This axis becomes a point of connection between the material and the spatial, where balance, gravity, alignment, and intimacy come into focus. https://artindumbo.com/event/opening-reception-plumb-line/?mc_cid=37f9091de1&mc_eid=07e0e48622
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“Plumb Line” opens tomorrow evening!! We have had a wonderfully busy week installing paintings and sculptures. We are thrilled to present two artists: @irit_baniel and @alexisgranwell Please join us tomorrow evening to celebrate their art! Medium Rare Project Space 68 Jay Street Suite 619 DUMBO, Brooklyn https://artindumbo.com/event/opening-reception-plumb-line/?mc_cid=37f9091de1&mc_eid=07e0e48622
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Yesterday was the start of our install of “Plumb Line”, a two person show with artists @irit_baniel and @alexisgranwell curated by @narellesissons Today we continue… Seen here: “Thirty Two Foot Painting”, mixed media on canvas. Opening this Thursday October 1st 6-8pm @medium_rare_projectspace 68 Jay Street Suite 619 DUMBO, Brooklyn NY We hope to see you on Thursday!
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“Plumb Line” exhibition opens this Thursday!! 6-8pm at Medium Rare Project Space 68 Jay Street Suite 619 DUMBO, NY Artists @irit_baniel and @alexisgranwell artworks show here: A detail of “Thirty Two Foot Painting” mixed media on canvas, 2026, by Irit Baniel “Held” 94” x 16” x 10” handmade paper, linen pulp paint, papier-mâché, steel, 2026 by Alexis Granwell Curated by @narellesissons “Plumb Line” holds a tension between the vertical and horizontal, earth and sky, presence and repose. Baniel’s paintings move between the earthly and spiritual, while Granwell’s handmade paper sculptures explore repair and the possibility of transcendence. Their distinct practices come together through the relationship between scroll-like paintings and bodily sculptures, creating a visual axis within the space. This axis becomes a point of connection between the material and the spatial, where balance, gravity, alignment, and intimacy come into focus. https://artindumbo.com/event/opening-reception-plumb-line/?mc_cid=37f9091de1&mc_eid=07e0e48622
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Painting workshops with Kaitlin Zorah McDonough! Organized by Narelle Sissons @narellesissons Chriss Slevin @waywardnyc and @irit_baniel We are adding something a little different at Medium Rare Project Space later this fall…we have 2 special painting workshops! Cosy up in DUMBO for painting with acrylic on paper. You can attend either or both and each one will be taught by the fabulous artist and teacher @kaitlinzorah There are limited spaces, so book soon to assure a spot! DM us with any questions. Eventbrite link for booking, copy and paste into your browser: October event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2000316699094?aff=oddtdtcreator November event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2000892263623?aff=oddtdtcreator Medium Rare Project Space 68 Jay Street Suite 619 DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY
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“Plumb Line” opening October 1st at Medium Rare Project Space in DUMBO! “Plumb Line” holds a tension between the vertical and horizontal, earth and sky, presence and repose. Baniel’s paintings move between the earthly and spiritual, while Granwell’s handmade paper sculptures explore repair and the possibility of transcendence. Their distinct practices come together through the relationship between scroll-like paintings and bodily sculptures, creating a visual axis within the space. This axis becomes a point of connection between the material and the spatial, where balance, gravity, alignment, and intimacy come into focus. Images: “Cosmic” by Alexis Granwell, 26 x 15 x 5 inches, handmade paper linen pulp and paint, 2026 “Departures in yellow” by Irit Baniel, 48 x 36 inches, oil on linen, 2026 @irit_baniel @alexisgranwell Curated by @narellesissons Medium Rare Project Space 68 Jay Street Suite 619 DUMBO, Brooklyn
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Studio visit with my @medium_rare_projectspace partner @irit_baniel. A great day, so much happening !! Work shown here by @irit_baniel. Get ready for our next two person show. More information soon!! @narellesissons in Irit’s studio in Brooklyn.
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my heart hurts today. this beautiful girl turns 18 today. happy birthday my sweet. 💜🎂👑
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🎂 Happy birthday Naomi OBM, a friend and inspiration to CTeen NB and @chabadnorthbrooklyn, whose 17th birthday on the Hebrew calendar is today! Let's send Naomi a birthday gift by doing a mitzvah, or an act of kindness in honor of her today. Give a coin to charity, do tefillin, lend a listening ear to a friend, or read a Jewish thought in memory of Naomi bat Avraham Moshe. Her soul will thank you ❤️ #lightfornaomi #happyheavenlybirthday #yourlightshineson Share a memory of Naomi in comments
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