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Only in Bushwick: Art Show In a Strip Club

“I have been really interested in drawing dancers,” says artist and curator Aubrey Roemer under the dim light at Pumps, a strip bar on Grand St

Only in Bushwick: Art Show In a Strip Club
Welcome to Pumps (all photos by Katarina Hybenova for Bushwick Daily)

Only in Bushwick: Art Show In a Strip Club

“I have been really interested in drawing dancers,” says artist and curator Aubrey Roemer under the dim light at Pumps, a strip bar on Grand St

Only in Bushwick: Art Show In a Strip Club

“I have been really interested in drawing dancers,” says artist and curator Aubrey Roemer under the dim light at Pumps, a strip bar on Grand St. “I kinda infiltrated the community, and that was only a step away from curating this show.” The mirrored walls of Pumps, self-proclaimed ‘last titty bar of Brooklyn,’ are covered with art that centers around “the salacious, the sexual and opulent feminity.” All the participating artists were asked to create a site-specific work to fit the nightlife decadence of Pumps.

I request a Heineken from Bianca who will later perform here. She tells me she bartends at Pumps but does a lot of burlesque. Bushwick artists are mingling with the…

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