Just when we thought spring was upon us, another late snow and chilly temperatures make us all want to curl up with a good book and a hot toddy. Before you don your Snuggie and slippers, check out these five art events this week that are sure to heat you up and give you reason to brave the last dreary days of winter in anticipation for warmer days ahead!
1. Brian Leo: I Hear The Droning @ David Kesting Presents (Friday, 7-10pm)
With ten years on the New York art scene under his belt, David Kesting has decided to open the doors of his first solo venture, David Kesting Presents, in the heart of Bushwick. Artist Brian Leo’s work draws from a myriad of sources, yet all arise from his experience growing up in New York City. Whether confronting issues of safe sex in high school or presenting technicolor depictions of the Twin Towers, Leo’s work is bound together by his love affair with New York City and the trials and tribulations that come from that relationship. As part of the exhibition, Leo will transform a section of gallery into a replica of his studio in the same spirit of other NYC-inspired installations, such as Calus Oldenburg’s The Store (1961), Warhol’s The American Super Market (1964), and Keith Harring’s Pop Shop (1986-2005). Paying homage to, yet distancing himself from, his predecessors, Leo’s studio installation will allow a conflation of public and private as the artist lets visitors encounter the intimacy involved in the artist’s process. (Allison Galgiani)
