99% Gallery, 100% Vice: The Artist, His Gallery, A Glossy Mag, Their Landlord
When Mikal Hameed opened up 99% Gallery and Art Center in Williamsburg in June 2010, it took off, presenting seven shows in six months showcasing prominent under-ground artists to large crowds, all while becoming the latest de facto haunt for Brooklyn’s cultural extroverts. By December, almost as swiftly as it emerged, 99% Gallery was closed. In half a year, Hameed launched and shuttered the promising business he built from scratch, lost his family, became the victim of possible embezzlement, and was forced to negotiate just to keep a roof over his head.
Reality Bites: The Too-True Art of Andrew Ohanesian
Andrew Ohanesian doesn’t just create art; he creates art that passes for reality. The 30-year-old Bushwick transplant—when he isn’t working at his “day job” as studio manager for NYC-based new media artist Jon Kessler—is busy in his studio (site of such detritus as a working stove, piles of raw lumber, a man-sized safe, and dismembered mannequins), plotting out how to best create his next, accurately textured, convincingly lit, art installation that feels, looks, and smells so real, it blurs the boundaries between art and life.
Trent’s Top Gallery Picks—January 2011
Trent’s Top Gallery Picks: Knit Nature, Rite Stuff, Yore in Japan
Trent’s Top Gallery Picks—November 2010
Alicia Ross at Black & White Gallery, Antek Walczak at Real Fine Arts, Charles Koegel at Slate Gallery…
Psychedelic Resonance—The Art of Fred Tomaselli
Tomaselli’s paintings use pills, leaves, and found images encapsulated behind a thick layer of resin, but his references go way beyond the specific materials.
Photo Show at WG Gallery Nov 13
WG Gallery 50-52 Dobbin St, Greenpoint, Brooklyn (behind Automotive HS and btwn North 14th and Guernsey/Norman and Nassau)
