Category Archives: Brooklyn

Nelson Bradley’s faux Movie Poster vs. Real Life Williamsburg

By sarah | Published: February 13, 2011
A sneak peek from curator Larry Walczak’s upcoming show: The show’s name is Williamsburg2000, opening in March. It promises to evoke a bygone W’burg-gallery heyday. Here’s a copy of Roberta Smith’s “Brooklyn Haven for Artists Heats Up” from the New York Times, ca. 1998, for added context.
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Loren Monk at MINUS Space

By sarah | Published: January 31, 2011
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Intelligent(sia) spotted in Carroll Gardens

By sarah | Published: January 30, 2011
We interrupt all this musing on the nature of representation in the visual arts (blah blah blah) to make an important Coffee Culture announcement: Intelligentsia Coffee is now being served on Henry Street, at Naidre’s former location. I was so stunned, I didn’t even bother to note the new ownership’s name. Though served in an over-large cup [...]
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Famous Accountants, and more Augmented Reality Art

By sarah | Published: January 11, 2011
Really good show in Ridgewood. took on new media.
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-fitti (Alternative to Alternative Street Art)

By sarah | Published: December 19, 2010
Truck-fitti: (I love that ray-artist. I just saw another “ray” today on a rollshutter in Bushwick.) Sidewalk-fitti (seen in Ridgewood): And, my extra-favorite: Curb-fitti! Call them Street Interventions in the Narrowest-possible Space! Gotta bend down to see that one—and not get run over in the process. And, you’ve gotta look sideways to see this one: Lintel-fitti:
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Andrew Ohanesian’s One-Man Bar

By sarah | Published: November 22, 2010
Artist Andrew Ohanesian creates a working bar with one bar stool (all you need to have a damn good conversation); unlimited Bud on tap (well it felt unlimited and now my head sorta hurts); authentic roll shutters over the doors which you enter from inside the Arch Collective on Wyckoff in Bushwick. The perfect serendipitous spot [...]
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best Homeless Artist

By sarah | Published: November 12, 2010
My friend the homeless artist is back on Atlantic Avenue. I don’t know why I should regard my conversations with him any differently than I would my conversations with any other (read: MFA-educated, “bona-fide”) artist. Last week, he was on my street corner. I was clearly glad to see him, and he, me. He seemed very agitated, [...]
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Halloween in Brooklyn

By sarah | Published: November 1, 2010
Walls are bleeding in Bushwick: Pumkins are vomiting in Carroll Gardens: All is right with the world. Happy November. Remember to vote.
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Bookcase as portrait

By sarah | Published: October 26, 2010
I was part of an artist-curator-critic talk at Melville House publishers in Dumbo earlier this month. I suggested that the bookcase would make for a good portrait of the artist, whose work was hanging in the space. I wrote out a brief questionnaire, asking people which titles in the room (and they were very cool publications, ranging [...]
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now, @ Bushwick

By sarah | Published: October 24, 2010
This artist, whom I don’t know, is one of a four-person group show at Sugar in Brooklyn (private, salon-style gallery on Troutman Street). Wendaferd Gregory. I enjoyed looking at the artist’s blog because I, too, like taking pictures of sinks and empty plates…for years now. Whoops. Here’s the power of knee-jerk reaction: I just looked at the [...]
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