Events

November 16–January 28, 2011
Exhibition Opening: November 15, 6 to 9PM

Ubu Gallery is pleased to announce Georges Hugnet: The Love Life of the Spumifers, an exhibition of hand-painted photographic postcards by the eminent Surrealist artist, poet, bookbinding designer and critic. These bizarre, lusciously painted images illustrate Hugnet’s work, The Love Life of the Spumifers where each accompanying text poetically and humorously catalogues the mating habits of a fantastical creature or Spumifer.


The Love Life of the Spumifers, or La Vie Amoureuse des Spumifères, combines Surrealist poetry’s fascination with l’amour and Dada’s tendency towards deliberate grammatical spontaneity and absurdity. Words like bowoodling, friskadoodling and alabamaraminating are concocted by Hugnet to describe the seductive strategies of his imaginary creatures. Each text is dedicated to a different creature, describing how it woos, teases, gropes and molests its intended love conquest. Each Spumifer is illust

Hollywood 1927. George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion. For young extra Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), it seems the sky's the limit - major movie stardom awaits. THE ARTIST tells the story of their interlinked destinies.
 
Starring Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman, Malcolm McDowell, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller.

Vicky David Gallery presents an installation of paintings by Ben  Vautier. Through his use of phrases, quotes and statements,  BEN juggles with words to deliver a  concise  and  polished message. Also bringing to light the falsely naive, impertinence and accuracy of the words used. BEN, who lives and works in Nice, France, is a self-taught French artist and performer of Swiss origin born in 1935.  He became well known in the 1960s, primarily for his "manuscript paintings."  At which time, he co-founded the Fluxus movement, inspired by Yves Klein and the New Realists.  Similar  to  the  neo Dadaist  movement, Ben questions the reality and declared  "All  is  art”  in  1962.    Heir  to  Duchamp,  his  work  leads  one  to  reflect  on  the notoriety of the artist and commercialization of the art world over all. Ben's oeuvre are on display throughout major private and public collections around the world.

FIAF is honored to present a month of films dedicated to Jacques Perrin, an actor of great renown who has also been a successful producer, narrator, and director. This series will shed light on the many roles Perrin, an Oscar nominee and César Award Winner, has occupied in the world of cinema.

Donkey Skin, January 10 12:30 & 4 PM

The Young Girls of Rochefort January 10 at 7:30 PM

The Desert of the Tartars January 17 at 12:30 & 4 PM

The 317^th Platoon January 17 at 7:30 PM

Special Section January 24 at 12:30 & 7:30 PM

Microcosmos January 31 at 12:30 & 7:30 PM

Winged Migration January 31 at 4 PM

Sneak Preview of His Mother’s Eyes at Tinker Auditorium January 26 at 7:30 PM

UG! COMEDY SHOW!! Tuesday January  10th, 2012 ed.

EXTRA EXTRA! Due to UG’s popularity and the fact we’ve been at Mug Lounge for well over a year (our longest residency) We’re having a SPECIAL OPEN BAR  at UG! on Ultimat Vodka courtesy of  goCharge and Ultimat Vodka!! Wooohooo! Only for our loyal MotherUG!ers attending the show: Say you’re there for the UG! COMEDY SHOW!! and you’ll get yourself  a free shot/drink of some premo vodka! (don’t forget to tip your lovely bartender ya’ll lol)  Open bar on Ultimat begins at 8PM right before the comedy show (showtimes at 8:30PM) It’s while supplies last! So come out  this week and have a good time with us and UG IT! 

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Todd Montesi and Pat Rigby present awesome comics in front of a cool supportive crowd in the epicenter of hip NYC the East Village. Featuring both established comic veterans you've seen on TV to the up and comers, UG guarantees a swell time all for FREE! We've also got tons of drink specials ($3 drafts $4 wells)! So