How can a student-run gallery make its mark in New York City, a central hub for art in all its forms? In a world dominated by ‘shoulds’ and ‘should-nots’, the Postcrypt Art Gallery (located in the basement of St. Paul’s Chapel) ignores the extra noise and focuses on what matters: acting as a space for dialogue between people through art. Postcrypt hosts month-long exhibitions featuring work by undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty members, and alumni throughout the academic year. Tonight at 7:30 p.m., the gallery will showcase "Vitriol," a multimedia exhibition that explores the relationship between pain and pleasure in art.
The gallery, run entirely by Columbia students, is orchestrated by curator Rachel Valinsky, CC '12, and she does so with admirable poise. It's far too easy to become jaded both in the art world and in New York, but, despite all of that, Postcrypt, under the direction of Valinsky, keeps it real. Read our interview with the curator after the jump.
