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Vanessa Watts

image-411 Wedding, acrylic on canvas, 18x18' Sid, acrylic on canvas, 16x8' McCarren Park, acrylic on canvas, 18x18' Dawn, casein and acrylic on canvas, 8x10' Artist Biography I paint because I feel I must urgently create a record. I am cataloging the significant people and scenes in my life. I am consumed by the idea that I ...

Rebecca Schiffman

image-397 “Jiva” 2007, Watercolor on paper, 9' x 12' “Water #1' 2006, Watercolor on paper, 15' x 8' “Framed Feet” 2006, Watercolor on paper Bio I graduated from Cooper Union in 2004, moved back uptown to my parents house and started a zine/blog about The Upper East Side called The UES Journal. I have ...

Suzan Choy

image-382 Artist Bio I am an illustrator living and working in Brooklyn, NY. Things I think about on a daily basis include sandwiches, Tina Fey + 30 Rock, monograms, masking fluids, humidity, laundry, NYTimes Science Times, and microns. You can contact me at suzan@obokchoy.com. BFA from Pratt Institute. FUN FACT// Suzan is pronounced as Suzanne ...

Bruce Davidson’s 1959 “Brooklyn Gang” series

A new Bob Dylan video features photographs from Bruce Davidson's 1959 'Brooklyn Gang' series to illustrate the song.  In the spring of 1959, Davidson met a group of Brooklyn teens called “The Jokers”.  That summer, he photographed the entire gang in their natural habitat, from hanging out late at night on ...

Haley Jane Samuelson

image-256 Artist Statement My own work is largely concerned with the meaning and existence of the self in today’s unstable, fragmented world, specifically how the individual is able to reconcile the external and internal forces that cause us to function in different, often contradictory, roles. Performative in essence, frequently employing role play ...

Josh George

image-193 'Voracious Vehemance' mixed media on wood panel  36x48 'Be Recumbent and Hushed' mixed media on wood panel  36x48 'Staunter Through Subversion' mixed media on wood panel  24x36 'Freedom Patrol' mixed media on wood panel  48x48 Artist Statement My studio is about 200 square feet.  I have one window that lets in morning and afternoon light ...

Louisa Armbrust

image-166 Free Range Hockey, artist's rendering of ongoing project, final materials are adhesive vinyl, dimensions variable Melee 1, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40', 2008 Scenario 3, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 16', 2008 Artist Statement The conflicting characteristics of play fascinate me. Play is described as the opposite of work, but is used to ...