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This week, we make sure you know about a hair braiding workshop (social practice!), a discussion of artistic property (own!), a feminist media conference (represent!), and much more.
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Heady Dreams Collide in Bushwick
The current joint exhibition Stone Dreams at apartment-turned-gallery ORGY PARK features the space’s founder/resident, Steve Mykietyn, and London-based artist Keef Winter.
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Thoughts on the Present and Future of Bushwick Open Studios
People's reactions to Bushwick Open Studios (BOS) generally fall into two passionate camps: those who love the event and those who despise it.
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Dancing to the Beat of a Different Drumstick
The landscapes of the body and of the universe collide in a series of new works at Marissa Perel’s solo show The Voyager, the inaugural exhibition of Pseudo Empire gallery in Bushwick.
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Is the Planet Screwed? Artists at Bushwick Open Studios Ponder Nature's Future
It's no secret that climate change and pollution are wrecking the planet. Many artists at the Bushwick Open Studios were internalizing the doom and visualizing the gloom.
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The Amazing Erotic Art of Dorothy Iannone
As New York Times art critic Roberta Smith has written, we live in the age of the art revival — a time when all sorts of artists are being recovered from their forgotten corners and brought into the art-world limelight.
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Adventures in Styrofoam, Maximalism, and Photography During Bushwick Open Studios 2014
Stepping off the L at the Morgan stop on Friday afternoon, the first thing I saw was two girls lugging giant canvases across the platform; just outside, there’s a pair of white humanoid busts surrounded by cans of spray paint, seemingly inviting passerby to contribute. The main event may be over the
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With Mouths Wide Open: Guy Goodwin’s America
In her glowing review of Guy Goodwin’s previous exhibition at Brennan & Griffin, which appeared in the New York Times on March 8, 2012, Roberta Smith suggested that Goodwin belonged to the “tradition of raucous American abstraction,” which began with “Stuart Davis and George Sugarman.”
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Standouts from 17-17 Troutman During Bushwick Open Studios 2014
From hard-edge geometric abstraction to messy paintings to video works and photography, the range of the output was vast, and the quality often surprising. Though crowds were thinner than at the centrally-located 56 Bogart, which offers strong galleries but weaker studios, 17-17 Troutman remains a v
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Behind-the-scenes of Bushwick Art at 56 Bogart
Crowds flocked this Saturday to 56 Bogart Street, one of the main stops on the Bushwick Open Studios circuit.
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From Surface to Air at Two Bushwick Galleries
The soapbox derby is fine-tuned American nostalgia (or was it tradition?), a rugged pursuit combining patrilineal bonding with the values of shopworn ingenuity and competition.
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Before the Studios Open: Friday Night Shows at Bushwick Open Studios
Opening night of the 2014 Bushwick Open Studios took place on a cool May night, and thousands of people were bouncing between art spaces, bars, restaurants, and private studios to meet friends, share stories, and talk about how much the neighborhood has changed.