X Marks The Spot By BTA (All Photos By Gail)
The latest group show at Dorian Grey Gallery in the East village, entitled Mixed Mediums, is a true mixed bag of styles. The collected works of more than a dozen artists still manages to achieve a cohesive feel, however, owing to the crossover appeal of various styles of contemporary/pop art.
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Japanese artist Haroshi has returned to the Jonathan LeVine Gallery for a new exhibit called Virtual Reality, the second solo show of his skateboard deck sculptures at the gallery in two years.
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Facade By Jason Bryant
Sick Kicks, Skate Decks and Old School Hollywood Glamour come together in Jason Bryant’s latest solo exhibit, up now at Porter Contemporary. Smoke and Mirrors is a cohesive exhibition of oil paintings – on unconventional media – through which the artist explores themes of loneliness, vulnerability and frailty.
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The scene inside I-20 Gallery was as hot as the temperature outside for last night’s opening of Make Skateboards, a group exhibition and pop-up skate shop that has to be one of the most fun and original exhibits I’ve seen all year. Conceived as a throwback to the days when art took precedence over branding and a welcoming vibe met you at the door, the show is a playful take on running a skateboard shop, transforming I-20 into a functional retail space. While open, the shop will be offering a custom line of artist-designed skateboards, skate-related ephemera and accessories, original artwork, vintage objects, custom furniture and clothing by up-and-coming New York designers. You gotta check this place out!
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“Big Apple”
Geoffrey and I went out on an ambitious urban art crawl yesterday and saw many amazing things. One of our many pit stops included Future Primitive, new works by Tokyo-based artist Haroshi on exhibit now at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery. This is the artist’s debut solo exhibition in the United States and first solo gallery show outside of Japan. In Future Primitive, Haroshi introduces unique, full-scale, three-dimensional, wooden sculptures made from used skateboard decks – all inspired by the city of New York.
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