1. An inclination toward literal truth and pragmatism.
2. The representation in art or literature of objects, actions, or social conditions as they actually are, without idealization or presentation in abstract form.

• Ann Agee creates whimsical porcelain figurines that might appear traditional. While the standard of her craftsmanship calls to mind Hummel figurines, her subjects are nothing but contemporary. The Rotunda will present Agee's latest work inspired by her family's visit to an organic chicken farm.
• Amy Cutler has created an original mythology in her body of work. The enchanted and the grotesque live side by side in Cutler's lovely, bizarre narrative paintings. Her visual allegories depict an army of women, from every culture, in a war against an oppressive femininity.
• Don Doe's masterful technique brings flesh and blood girl pirates to life in his provocative prints.
• Alessandra Exposito has created a humorous and moving tribute to her parents by painting portraits of the La-Z-Boy chair collection they have amassed since her dad's illness. The work touches on issues of loss and endurance and is a delightfully unexpected addition to the vivid personal folklore embodied in her work. Also on view is a life- sized self-portrait of the artist with chicken.
• Geoff Grogan's larger than life superheroes literally emerge from the pages of the New York Times onto the Gallery walls. Bordering on obsessive, Grogan's extraordinary technique engages the paper of record in a dialogue about a uniquely American mythology.
• Susan Hamburger's pen and ink drawings transport the Williamsburg china pattern to 21st century New York City. The viewer will be delighted to discover recognizable landmarks from the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn hidden within the traditional china pattern.
• At first glance seemingly straight out of the Renaissance, Julie Heffernan's oils on canvas are painstakingly detailed, meticulously composed and depict an otherworldly beauty drawn from our collective unconscious. The explosive self-portrait shown at Rotunda shines against a richly woven background tapestry overflowing with visual opulence.
• Valerie Hegarty creates decaying architectural environments in an intense investigation of space and history. Her installations vividly record the passing of time in personally significant architecture, calling into question our impulse to choose replacement over maintenance.
• Jill Levine's vibrantly colored wall-mounted sculptures warp and distort familiar cultural iconography, dramatically twisting and turning two-dimensional images to fit a three-dimensional shape.
• Joan Linder's large-scale pen and ink drawing of the Statue of Liberty is as richly detailed and elegantly simple as we have come to expect from this talented Brooklyn artist. A not-so-subtle visual twist underscores the work with a timely political significance. This election season, Lady Liberty deigns to reveal only her backside.
• Deborah Simon explores the natural world with x-ray vision. Her highly crafted paintings strip the animal world bare, confronting the viewer with startling images of predators and their prey. Her paintings reveal with dedicated precision the vulnerability hidden just beneath the surface.
• Su-en Wong continues to exploit and expose the viewer's inner voyeur with her latest self-portrait. An exquisitely rendered Su-en, perched on a giant lily pad, stares out of the canvas with an unabashed narcissism, silently mocking her own fetishized exoticism.
• Alexi Worth explores the micromoments of life that define who we are through the eyes of his cartoonish alter ego Gerberman.

The ROTUNDA GALLERY, housed in an award-winning space designed by Smith-Miller + Hawkinson, showcases the work of Brooklyn artists. The ROTUNDA GALLERY’s educational programs reach 7,000 students each year with gallery visits and in-school art making projects. The ROTUNDA GALLERY is a project of the not-for-profit BRIC/Brooklyn Information & Culture, Inc..

Located in Brooklyn Heights, just over the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, the Gallery is also easily accessible by public transportation. It is a short walk from the 2, 3, 4, 5, M, or R trains at the Court Street/Borough Hall station; or the A, C trains at High Street.

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