Tag Archives: Carroll Gardens

Intelligent(sia) spotted in Carroll Gardens

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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Halloween in Brooklyn

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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Union Street Outpost: WORK

Interrupting this studio-visit bonanza to say (once again) that Carroll Gardens, proper, has an outpost of art as serendipitously fun as that last studio—and accessible, ’cause it’s a gallery: WORK. At the end of Union Street. Wandered into the open door this morning. And, in addition to these nifty stools and table altered with wooden ball/dowl-y [...]
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Gallery at the end of the Universe: go there

Trekking out to WORK gallery (on Union St. @ Van Brunt) might feel a bit like falling off the planet if you don’t live in Carroll Gardens or Red Hook. That said: it’s worth the trip. At first, frankly, I didn’t expect to like Ryan V. Brennan’s  video/sculptural assemblage/performance stuff… …the sculptures, on a surface level, seemed [...]
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