All Photos By Gail

Artist and Former Musician Dan Witz, whom I’m just going to go ahead and label the Norman Rockwell of Hardcore, is back at Jonathan LeVine Gallery with an outstanding collection of his hyper-realist style paintings and portraits of Hardcore music fans captured in their natural habitat: The Pit. NY Hardcore is Witz’ second solo exhibit at LeVine, following Mosh Pits, Human and Otherwise in July of 2011. The current show features select paintings previously exhibited in 2011.

It’s hard to believe that these are paintings and not photographs. They look so real, I can almost smell them.

I like this one a lot.

Artist Dan Witz at the opening reception chatting with fans. He is very nice.

NY Hardcore includes both crowd scenes – captured from various vantage points – and individual portraits.

Everybody knows this dude, right? I think I used to see him at the Fleetwood (Redondo Beach, CA) back in the early ’80s.

I’m pretty sure that this guy is meant to be gallery owner Jonathan LeVine.

Dan Witz: NY Hardcore runs through May 3rd, 2014 at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery, Located at 529 West 20th Street, 9th Floor, in the Chelsea Gallery District. Gallery Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11 AM to 6 PM.

OK, Who wears a Nirvana shirt at a Hardcore show?