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Hannah Nelson
Posted by admin in Hannah Nelson on February 2nd, 2010
Hannah Nelson
Hannah is also a fan of sexuality.
“Anatomically Incorrect” Closing Party, Feb 6. 6-9pm
Posted by admin in "Anatomically Incorrect" Closing Party, Feb 6. 6-9pm on February 1st, 2010
Saturday evening, Feb. 6th from 6-9PM, Lucky Gallery is hosting an a closing party for the exhibition “Anatomically Incorrect” which is an an on-site collaborative drawing installation by Anastasia Akulinina/Kaerfkrahs, Brian Butler, Downer, Faro, Scott Ferguson, Fish McGill, Maxwell Piersol, Cardon Webb, and Eunjeong Yoo.
Local Brooklyn-based band, Descender will be performing. Taking their name from an obscure typographic term, Descender is a band made up of four graphic designers. Drawing on influences ranging from early ’90s indie and punk rock to hardcore and new progressive metal, Descender effortlessly fuses together a sound that defies easy classification. Often sidestepping traditional verse/chorus conventions, their songs are short and to the point, but also richly textured. Try to imagine a hint of Sonic Youth’s wall of guitars, Snapcase’s brutal breakdowns and Fugazi’s anthemic energy mixed with Slayer’s unrelenting metal riffs and you’ll have a reference point for Descender.
Over the last year Descender has been making a name for itself playing regularly in NYC-area clubs, basement venues and DIY loft spaces. Lucky Gallery is excited to have them perform along with a live drawing performance from local Red Hook artists, Todd Von Ammon and Nate Luce.
Bring your earplugs and have a drink or two and say good bye to “Anatomically Incorrect”.
“Daily Porn” Opening Reception, Feb 13, 6-9PM
Posted by admin in "Daily Porn" Opening Reception, Feb 13, 6-9PM on January 27th, 2010
Spend part of your Valentines weekend at Lucky Gallery, join us Feb 13th for the opening reception of “Daily Porn.”
It might be cold outside but things are heating up in Red Hook with a pornographic bonanza of erotic books, collages, drawings, sculpture, and performance by artists Greg Beyer, Will Kurtz, John Lennon, Morgan Miller, Mark Mulroney, Kevin Muth, Hannah Nelson, Tara Sinn, Alix Sorrell, and Iulia Toacaci, exploring the ever-changing role of pornography in the realm of the contemporary art.
Curated by gallery director Laura Arena and artist Iulia Toacaci, Daily Porn aims to explore and define what is erotic and titillating to different creative individuals, displaying a diversity of sensibilities and approaches that range from the humorous and raunchy, to the personal and the intimate.
DJ Spacey Sissick will be spinning records, special Valentines Day treats made by Hannah Nelson, live sex drawings done by Alix Sorrell. Food and drink will be povided!
Lucky Gallery Presents “Daily Porn”
Posted by admin in Lucky Gallery Presents "Daily Porn" on January 27th, 2010
Iulia Toacaci
From Feb 13th to March 6th, Lucky Gallery is pleased to announce “Daily Porn”, a pornographic bonanza of erotic books, collages, drawings, sculpture, and performance by artists Greg Beyer, Will Kurtz, John Lennon, Morgan Miller, Mark Mulroney, Kevin Muth, Hannah Nelson, Tara Sinn, Alix Sorrell, and Iulia Toacaci, exploring the ever-changing role of pornography in the realm of the contemporary art.
No longer confined to the pages of antiquity (Re: Petronius), the erotic has transcended into the world of mainstream media to become a propaganda tool and everyday commodity. Regardless of its highbrow/lowbrow underpinnings, we continue to create, display, question and enjoy images of desire both openly and secretly.
From the surreal eroticism of Salvador Dali to the kitsch eroticism of Jeff Koons, erotic art (in all its forms) has always inflamed public opinion. Even today, our supposed relaxation of the codes of behavior often rings false, as images involving nudity and the erotic are considered provocative, dangerous, and unwelcome in the public sphere.
Curated by gallery director Laura Arena and artist Iulia Toacaci, Daily Porn aims to explore and define what is erotic and titillating to different creative individuals, displaying a diversity of sensibilities and approaches that range from the humorous and raunchy, to the personal and the intimate.
The intent is not to criticize a direction or another, an attitude or a preconceived idea on the existence, the nature, and the social / political and economic implications of sexual imagery. The exhibition is not a re-action to people’s prudeness when it comes to exposure to sexual content and is not actively and consciously trying to educate an audience but reinforce something that everybody already knows, whether they agree with or not, accept it or not, and that sex and its visual representations have been part of our lives for as long as we can discuss consciousness.
To quote Henry Miller “obscenity, like sex, has its natural, rightful place in literature as it does in life”.
Featured Artist Works for Sale – “Anatomically Incorrect”
Posted by admin in Featured Artist Works for Sale - "Anatomically Incorrect" on January 27th, 2010
Featured Artist Works for Sale – “Anatomically Incorrect”
Anastasia Akulinina/Kaerfkrahs
Fish McGill
Faro
Eunjeong Yoo
Downer
Scott Ferguson
Brian Butler
Limited edition of 10, dimensions are 11 x 17″, price $50.00. For sale inquiries email Laura@LuckyGallery.com.
Tara Sinn
Tara Sinn is California born artist who lives and works in New York City. Her work includes videos, animation and collage.
She recently collaborated with Olivier Mosset on a series of animated kaleidoscopes. An artist zine of her 3-D collages of nudes and sweets called Just Desserts was published by Medium Rare last summer. Her work can be found at www.babydinosaureyes.com.
John Lennon
Posted by admin in John Lennon on January 26th, 2010
John Lennon + Yoko Ono
John Lennon’s BAG ONE PORTFOLIO, (Bag Productions. 1970. First edition). A complete set of the Lennon lithographs. John Lennon produced the drawings for these lithographs as a wedding gift for Yoko Ono and as a celebration of their new marriage. Eight are erotic, intimate images of himself and Yoko and the rest show scenes from their honeymoon and wedding, including the ceremony itself and the Bed In.
The lithographs were first exhibited in January 1970 at the London Arts Gallery and were on sale at £40 each or £550 for the set. On the second day, the exhibition was raided by Scotland Yard, who confiscated the eight erotic lithographs on grounds of indecency.
Anthony Fawcett’s 1976 biography of John Lennon, One Day At A Time, records that during the subsequent court case, “Detective-Inspector Patrick Luff, of the Central Office, New Scotland Yard, said that when he went to the gallery on January 15 about forty people were viewing the prints. ‘I saw no display of annoyance from the younger age group, but one gentleman was clearly annoyed,’ he said. Mr. St. John Harmsworth, the magistrate, asked: ‘Did he stamp his foot?’ ‘Anger was registered on his face,’ Inspector Luff replied. Mr. Napley, the defending lawyer, handed over a set of lithographs to the court with the comment: ‘I hope the officer will not mark them, because no doubt by the end of this case they will be worth more than five hundred and fifty pounds.’
BAG ONE
The case was dismissed when the magistrate decided that John’s prints were ‘unlikely to deprave or corrupt.’
BAG ONE PORTFOLIO comprises a complete suite of lithographs, together with title-page and hand-numbered limitation page all housed in the original white vinyl bag. The bag has two white vinyl handles, a white vinyl buckle and a heavy duty zip closure.
Mark Mulroney
Posted by admin in Mark Mulroney on January 26th, 2010
Mark Mulroney
Instead of paying attention during class Mark copied his older brothers Iron Maiden album covers in his notebooks using a Ticonderoga #2 pencil. Several years later and following a two year long bout with colon cancer Mark’s work changed in a direction that disturbed his mother. The work became more sexual and absurd. Mark accounts for this by saying, “Impotence will do a lot to stimulate the imagination.”
Kevin Muth
Posted by admin in Kevin Muth on January 25th, 2010
Kevin Muth is a Philly born photographer/visual artist who now calls Brooklyn home.
He graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design in 1994 and has had solo shows in Savannah GA, Washington DC, San Francisco, Santa Cruz and Brooklyn, NY.
His work focuses on the playful, silly, and colorful facets of life, while letting the twisted darker aspects peek out around the corners. Past shows have featured everything from scabulous taxidermy and decaying mannequins from South America to fabulous nightlife characters frolicking in the daylight.
His latest work brings together two of his favorite things; 70’s Crafts and 70’s Porn.
Greg Beyer
Posted by admin in Greg Beyer on January 21st, 2010
Greg Beyer
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