I recently went to see the work of Regina Bogat at Art 101 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. As documented in an interview with Hyperallergic’s Jillian Steinhauer earlier this month, the artist has been hanging around the NYC art establishment since the 1950s.
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Art, Life, Commercialism and Sexism in the New York School: Regina Bogat’s Story
Painter Regina Bogat has been involved the New York art world since the 1950s. (I promised not to reveal her age.) She had her first solo exhibition in the city in 1956, at Terrain Gallery, and her most recent one, Stars, which features colorful, vigorously messy paintings of different variations on the shape, is currently on view at Williamsburg’s Art 101. I had never heard of Bogat before this exhibition, nor seen her art, as I suspect many people haven’t. Who knows how many under-recognized women artists have been lost to the male-centric narrative of art history?
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Boogieing Back to the 60s at Williamsburg 2nd Friday
Are the 60s still cool? Williamsburg says yes. This month’s 2nd Friday event convinced me that some things will never go out of style. For example, hot chocolate from Ella Cafe on a crisp November evening and the light sweet taste of cotton candy, thanks to the boutique and gallery Cotton Candy Machine. It also persuaded me that Williamsburg has a foot remaining in the 1960s. And it’s not just because everyone is wearing bull-horn black glasses.
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[Sponsor] Join the Williamsburg Every 2:ND Friday Art Crawl, Oct 14, 6-9pm
This Friday October 14th, 2011 6-9pm, join Williamsburg Every 2:ND Friday for their next Art Crawl through galleries in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
