[su_dropcap style=”flat” size=”4″]W[/su_dropcap]e paid a visit to REED SPACE to check out The Art of Shack. Curated by artist ChrisRWK, the pop-up exhibition includes some awesome Shake Shack models—provided by Boundless Brooklyn—decorated by a plethora of artist that includes Cathie Urushibata, Zero Productivity, jeffstaple, Ruth Chan, Royce Bannon and many more! Check out our coverage below!
Flatbush Zombies Flee Market at REED SPACE.
oday is the last day of the Flatbush Zombies Flee Market at Reed Space. The pop up flee market has been on display since Friday and Zombie fans have been lining up on Orchard Street, braving the cold to get their hands on new exclusive merch. Flatbush Zombies member Meechy Darko even paid a visit, greeting shoppers as they came …
One Year of Resistance at The Untitled Space | Indira Cesarine
A year after the inauguration of President Trump, where are we, and how do we feel? In a follow-up to last years’ critically acclaimed show UPRISE/ ANGRY WOMEN, Indira Cesarine of The Untitled Space has invited over 80 artists to participate in ONE YEAR OF RESISTANCE. Artists from various backgrounds, ages, and genders will respond to the current political climate …
PROJECT/reed.
jeffstaple is at it again with the newly unveiled PROJECT/reed. PROJECT/reed was an installation created for the PROJECT tradeshow in Las Vegas and curated by jeffstaple and Reed Space. The exhibit was conceptualized as an archive of highly-coveted limited edition releases from the street culture world displayed as artifacts in a museum. “One of the things I wanted to address …
Marc Ecko x Jeff Staple x UNlabel.
Quiet Lunch stopped by Reed Space last week to check out Marc Eckō and Jeff Staple chopping it up about Eckō’s latest book UNlabel: How to Sell You Without Selling Out. Have a look at some of the moments from that night. Also, be sure to pick up a copy of the book UNlabel!
On Holiday.
With some of our staff going on their own little vacays, we couldn’t help but feature these awesome Holiday Shorts by Japanese brand Lafayette. Covered in a dazzling but soothing paisley print, these shorts even have a hidden snap pocket on the left leg–not that such a clandestine feature would ever be of use. Get them → here. ←
Through Rosewood Glasses.
Encouraging you to “Experiment with Nature”, these Canby East Indian Rosewood Grey Lens by Shwood are the perfect experiment. With its material being sourced from sustainable plantations in Africa, the glasses are in fact on the eco-friendly side.
Mobbin’ Like It’s ’95.
Just in case you didn’t know, the 20th anniversary of Mobb Deep‘s first album, Juvenile Hell, recently passed on April 13th. But what is even more interesting is that the anniversary of their highly successful, The Infamous, is just right around the corner (April 25th). Despite the bickering (and eventual reconciliation), the duo is still going strong until this day and we …
The Place: Downtown x The Year: 1977.
An homage to the Ralph Lauren “Stadium” jacket, this lightweight lid is perfect for anyone seeking a sportier look. Pick it up at REED Space!
Stro Pop Up Shop.
STRO is a new t-shirt brand created by Levi Maestro for the purpose of promoting a positive, fun, outgoing way of life. The brand’s simple tagline is easy to follow, “MAKE WHAT YOU LOVE”. Designed & produced in California, the idea here is not to turn this into a clothing line, just t-shirts & caps that make ya feel good! …
SHIRIN ABEDINIRAD in Conversation with Micaela Giovannotti.
Shirin Abedinirad is a conceptual, multimedia and performance artist from Iran currently residing in the United States. I came across her work few years ago while doing research on Instagram for a project on women empowerment by female artists expanding beyond the limitations of their own medium and into the Metaverse.
A Night in the Life of Nas Leber.
Checking my phone, I collected my thoughts and reviewed the few facts about this evening I was sure of: I was early to this meeting, the meeting location was on this block, and I would be shadowing the Brooklyn-based artist, musician, and producer Nas Leber.
Making Friends with Pajtim Osmanaj.
Pajtim Osmanaj was raised and educated in Kosovo, and lives and works in New York. His work grapples with discordant elements and reconciles them in ways that can be startling to an American eye.
Adebunmi Gbadebo Displays Remains at Claire Oliver.
Remains from Adebunmi Gbadebo takes us on a journey of knowing. When you walk into Claire Oliver Gallery, a certain gravitas greets you at the door.
The Standout Booths at Spring Break Art Show 2022 and Their Artists/Curators.
Summer is well on its way out and fall is nigh but Spring Break Art Fair is in full bloom.
“May You Live In Interesting Times” Venice Biennale National Pavilions: On Empathy
The human body with its presence, absence, and agility define the most visceral and accessible national pavilion presentations at the 58th Venice Biennale. Titled “May You Live in Interesting Times” and curated by Ralph Rugoff, this biennale was split between Rugoff’s curatorial conceit and the various country’s presentations at both the Giardini and Arsenale sites of the Biennale. This year’s iteration met with several own challenges: for example, despite committing to the biennale both Algeria and Venezuela failed to open …
The Fairytale Protesters: A Q&A with Ana Wieder-Blank.
Ana Wieder-Blank’s recent solo exhibition ‘The Fairytale Protesters’ at Honey Ramka Gallery immersed viewers in a riotous intermingling of color and texture. Utilizing painting, ceramic sculpture, installation, and performance, the artist tackled issues of identity, sexual assault, marginalization, and women’s empowerment. We spoke with Ana about the inspiration behind her exhibition, her great love of creating alternate universes, and her plans for a sequel …
Constance Edwards Scopelitis Embraces The “Tech Effect”
“I have returned to the scene of the crime, as I call it… That’s Indianapolis, Indiana. But I’ve lived in New York, California, London… I’ve ventured out a lot.” Constance Edwards Scopelitis. Though Scopelitis finds the political climate in Indiana, where she grew up (“I mean hello, we gave you Pence”) really interesting to “rub up against,” especially from, as …
A Good Boy and a Wall of Sound at Olsen Gruin Gallery
There isn’t much time left to catch one of the best two-person shows on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, or more accurately, two unique, but not so disparate exhibitions; Kevin Bourgeois’ Wall of Sound and Rhys Lee’s Good Boy, both seamlessly coexisting inside Olsen Gruin Gallery and coming down Sunday, November 18th. Each body of work; Bourgeois’ angular, colorfully remixed, square (but …
Jean Pierre Roy: The Art of Corralling Perception or The Artist as the Original Neuroscientist
Warning: by reading this article you will expand your vocabulary and learn about neuroscience -I know I did when I wrote it! Should you find yourself in doubt when reading, please check the links. Enjoy! “There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.” –Aldous Huxley It’s a chilly mid-April afternoon in …
HBO’s Fahrenheit 451 is All Smoke With No Fire
There was a moment during the HBO film adaptation of the Ray Bradbury classic Fahrenheit 451 that I audibly groaned. Up until that point, I had been enjoying seeing the establishment of this dystopia and the struggle of it’s characters come to grips with its oppressiveness. There was subtle social commentary sprinkled here and there, and I enjoyed connecting the …
Andy Mister Ascends With “New Dawn Fades” At TURN GALLERY
There’s nothing overtly didactic about 39-year-old artist Andy Mister’s solo show at TURN Gallery, New Dawn Fades. There are, however, 11 painstaking works on display featuring roughly the same number of representational images, each deftly rendered in incredible detail on monochrome paper using carbon pencil, charcoal and acrylic. The recent passing of Tom Wolfe, an at times controversial literary giant, …
Caveat Brings “Intelligent Nightlife” To The Lower East Side
The still somewhat quaint, Callery pear tree-lined Clinton Street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side has served as an ongoing case study in urban advancement since the early nineties when it transformed from a drug-swirling hotbed to niche culinary destination. Molecular gastronomy pioneer Wylie Dufresne’s wd-50 led the gentrifying charge in many ways, but it was the restaurant’s late 2014 closing …
This is America is Social Dissonance You Can Dance To
Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain Seeking a home where he himself is free. (America never was America to me.) This is how Langston Hughes begins his poem Let America Be America Again. I teach this poem at least twice a year in my …
Mel Frank: When We Were Criminals
“My method of intake is smoking a joint that I rolled,” says Mel Frank, the super-chill, 73-year-old ‘godfather of marijuana growers’ over the phone from his home in Los Angeles. “I like to roll myself because I know what I’m smoking. When you smoke a joint you get the full effects; the taste, the fragrance.” Mel Frank is not the man-the …
Slow Motion with Charlie Rubin & Michael Chandler
On Thursday, March 1st, at the roughly year-old John Doe Gallery in Brooklyn, the Bronx-born multi-media artist Charlie Rubin and the long-time New York painter Michael Chandler joined forces for a joint exhibition they’re calling Slow Motion. Before getting into the work, the name of the gallery deserves some careful explanation. Grace Noh, John Doe’s Curator-who sat in during the …
Odili Donald Odita | Creating in Vain
In the lead up to the latest exhibition by Nigerian-born, American-raised artist Odili Donald Odita-his fifth solo outing since 2006 at Jack Shainman Gallery-all press materials pointed to this particular show being called Celebration. But in the days leading up to the exhibition’s January 5th opening, the show’s title evolved, one could say. It is now Third Sun. “There is …
Three Pulses: Ventiko, Fischer Cherry and Kennedy Yanko.
n the lead up to Art Basel Miami this year and every year for that matter, freelance art writers accumulate a plethora of urgent press materials advocating for why certain fairs cannot be missed, why their party will be the party, their activation, intervention, booth or installation the most memorable, salacious or avant-garde, and so on and so forth. Some …
Artists We Know: “The Water Carrier” | Profile Lucia Love.
elcome back to our fall edition of Artists We Know. For our second series of articles for Quiet Lunch, we will be serving both new and lesser-known artists as well as artists well into their respective careers. So without further ado: Our second article of this season profiles Lucia Love, a visual artist whose use of evolving story arcs beckons …
Ron Agam. | An Ode to Black and White.
“Color weakens”, Pablo Picasso. New York’s own Ron Agam strongly agrees. The internationally renowned artist, is widely acclaimed for his “furiously chromatic” geometric artworks. His artistic output successfully attempts to replace sensual pleasure with intellectual design, primarily through mesmerizing black and white acrylics atop low relief wood panels. His optical creations fit perfectly within the resurgence of Op and Kinetic …
Artists We Know Season 2: Who is David Byrd?
elcome back to our later summer/fall edition of Artists We Know. For our second series of articles for Quiet Lunch will be serving both new and lesser known artists as well as artists well into their respective careers. So without further ado: Our first article of this season profiles David Byrd, an artist since deceased whose oeuvre leaves an impression. …
Rooting for the Underdog or Undermining Black Girl Magic?
veryone loves an underdog—especially when it comes to sports. The 1980 US Olympic hockey team versus the Soviet Union, Patrick Ewing and the Knicks versus Michael Jordan and the Bulls… everyone wants the “little guy” to have their day in the sun. But sometimes things aren’t so simple. Sometimes there are politics involved that can add meaning to the jeers …
Electoral Collages: An Interview with Isabella Huffington.
sabella Huffington’s self-titled art show at Anastasia Photo on the Lower East Side could have been called Just Me or Nevertheless… or, in a decidedly more straightforward approach, Women in Politics and Power. It’s an overtly political show from someone who, as you may have already surmised, carries a weighty surname that has become synonymous with hard line, left-leaning political …
Jethro Bunny Sculpture by Jeremyville. | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Exhibit.
eginning May 5 and running through the summer, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design will exhibit Jethro Bunny, a seven-foot tall pink fiberglass sculpture by Brooklyn-based artist Jeremyville. Jethro Bunny is the newest incarnation in the artist’s “Community Service Announcement” series—an ongoing collection of drawings and sculptures created as a tool for change and positivity. Jethro Bunny will be installed in the museum’s Arthur …
Freak Power Reigns in a Summer Idyll by Hayley McCulloch. | The Opening of the Gonzo Gallery.
first met Daniel Joseph Watkins as he shook some gritty residue from his straw hat and stepped onto the pavement where I’d just been arrested by an image in a window—an oversized black and white photograph of a handsome young Hunter S. Thompson with a Sheriff’s Badge pinned near his heart. Next to that hung a large Freak Power poster. …
Getting Free.
We’ve featured a number of collage artists as of late but none are more unique than Sienna Freeman. The Philly based artist doesn’t exactly stick out like a sore thumb but possesses an elegant macabre that surely sets her apart from her peers. Freeman’s work is unshackled. It does what it wants, when it wants. But despite its untamed nature, …