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Willoughby Windows Project |
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Photo by Martha Cooper
Ad Hoc Art presents "Willoughby Windows" on Friday, July 10th, 2 - 7pm An ambitious creative venture featuring 12 storefronts on an entire block
(89-106 Willoughby) of downtown Brooklyn which will highlight installations by 15+ artists.
The opening will be a street party on Friday, June 19th, from 2-7pm.
Some of New York's artistic finest will be representing to the fullest.
Some of the artists included in this event will be:
Ad Hoc Art staff/interns, Cannonball Press, Chris Stain, Cycle, Dennis McNett, Ellis G,
Gaia, Greg Lamarche, John Ahearn, Josh MacPhee, Lady Pink, Logan Hicks,
Mare139, Michael De Feo, Morning Breath, and Tom Beale.
Also, some very special guests will be documenting our efforts,
including Martha Cooper, Charlie Ahearn, Luna Park, and Art Jones.
The party will be featuring entertainment by
DJ $mall Change, DJ Painted, Lady Circus, and Mickey Western.
Food will be provided from local vendors.
COME OUT, enjoy the food, music, art, and artists!
Photo by Martha Cooper
Hope you can make it out!
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Gaia & Imminent Disaster in the Front Gallery |
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IN THE FRONT GALLERY 
GAIA & IMMINENT DISASTER June 26th - July 26th Opening Reception: Friday, June 26th 2009 Choosing a moniker after the Greek goddess of the earth, Gaia uses animals, folklore, fairytales and stories from other cultures to convey a narrative within his pieces. Having first been exposed to street art by Cheekz, Gaia’s awareness of street art came as a truly momentous direction for his artistic endeavors. Gaia continues to experiment with different processes as he brings his works to the galleries and the streets of NYC and beyond.
Imminent Disaster first started doing street art as a way of culture jamming. Since then she has gradually been developing pieces that explore the tensions between present day and historical New York. From bits of cobblestone and defunct tramlines to old warehouses gutted and resold as hip condos, Imminent Disaster turns a classical eye toward modern urban life, and reveals what has been lost. |
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Nancie Yang in the Alcove |
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IN THE ALCOVE 
Nancie Yang June 26th - July 26th 2009 Opening Reception: Friday, June 26th, 7-10pm Nancie Yang creates her works out of her rural Pennsylvania home. Her female characters are rarely happy, barely looking you in the eye. You may judge them as an emotional void, filled with demons. There is, however, much to discover beyond these girls' guarded exteriors. Their creativity is manifested by swirling geometric spirits, representative of their surreal inner selves. |
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Hiro Kurata and Tommii Lim in the Project Room |
IN THE PROJECT ROOM 
Hiro Kurata & Tommii LimJune 26th - July 26th 2009 Opening Reception: Friday, June 26th, 7-10pm Tommii Lim’s paintings problematize the paradigms governing the (in) activity of “minority” races and of Hollywood against an urban American landscape rife with social, cultural and political challenges. His previous work captured silent (complacent) Asians in America through characters with unidentifiable faces. Current work places familiar celebrities or other skeletal subjects in unwittingly destructive situations. He lives, paints and does apparel design in Long Beach, CA. Hiro Kurata was born in Osaka Japan, and grew up in Tokyo and Chicago. His main focus is in creating surrealistic moment through his paintings,using motif of baseball figures, chairs and monsters. Creation is a progress and he believes that true creation will contribute to the human society in an evolutionary way. |
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