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Trudging over to Eleventh Hour Art’s booth, with a negative balance in my symbolic wallet, Christina Justiz Roush’s plaster-cast busts drew my attention. Carter Shocket, the gallery’s director, explained that Roush performs a ceremony while casting the chests of people she knows.

“She has you lie down, and she’s dipping the plaster strips into the water, and she’ll have you infuse the water with something that’s meaningful to you,” Shocket explained. While the plaster dries, the artist asks the models about their lives. 

The figure with the most gemstones and the most color, “Sentinel 5: Imprimatur,” piqued my interest because of its vague religious subtext.

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And the Eleventh Hour, a fresh take on what an art gallery could be, was born in Brooklyn Heights. “That’s why it’s Eleventh Hour, it’s the last possible time before it’s too late,” Acree explained. Lindsey Acree first discovered her passion for art as a child, but as she grew up she turned instead to what was considered a more “lucrative” path. Now with her new space, Acree is hoping to change the narrative about following your passion.

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“In addition to thousands of artworks presented by its cohort of exhibitors, the Affordable Art Fair celebrates the growth of its Fellowship Program. Affordable Art Fair has selected Brooklyn-based gallery Eleventh Hour Art to join Established Gallery as fellows this fall. Further, the fair welcomes Artlogic as title partner, lending valuable support, financial resources, and business development opportunities to fellows and Affordable Art Fair exhibitors.

Eleventh Hour Art will exhibit a two-artist presentation featuring artworks by Ginger Snow, a Brooklyn-based painter whose work is rooted in childhood and nostalgia; and Yung-wu, a Korean-American abstract painter whose work reflects on her lifelong journey in reconciling her hyphenated cultural identity.”