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Adriano Costa, Lipstick Boutique at Frieze NY

Lipstick Boutique
All Photos By Gail

Frieze NY Weekend may be over until next year, but I’ve got a ton of cool photos to share with you so you can feel like you were there with me! You’re welcome! One of the pieces we really liked is this collage by Brazilian artist, Adriano Costa. Costa works with found objects and collage to translate the detritus of commodity culture into infinitely curious compositions. This collage, entitled Lipstick Boutique (2015) reminded me so much of works by David Shrigley; not just for the style but for the sense of humor.

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Dan Witz Presents NY Hardcore at Jonathan LeVine Gallery

Mosh Pit Green Hair
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.
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Bacon Thing of the Day: NY State License Plate

Thanks to Allison Kwah for the image!