The Contrast Art Show
March 25 & 26. 320 Studios. 320W 37th St. 14th Floor. New York, N.Y. 10018. 5pm-1am.
Al Benkin, Chelsea Greene Lewyta, Dumb Won, James Stover, Jonathan Fritz, Mr. Headlee, Kristy Lee, Mary Jean Canziani, Ocean Clark, Rachel Wilkins, River Clark, Roman Zelgatas, Rustam Davleshin, Samson Contompasis; The Market Place Gallery, Scott Ackerman, Tracy Von Becker, Valerie Vanone, Zofia Bogusz, Laura Bochet, Garaldine Visco, Rob Ordonez, Geary Marcello, Erin Dinan
Performances include: a live body painting show by Ocean Clark and "studies in ambidexterity" by Roman Zelgatas. Special appearance by Lady Life and Natasha Komis. Entrance is a recommended donation of $5. RSVP not required.
Contrast is an art exhibition which shows every few months in Manhattan at 320 Studios. I've been participating from the start, and it's been an evolution. The artists vary greatly in style, medium, generation, and background. Every show the standards have gotten higher, the displays more complex, and performances have become intense. It's a show run by artists working together, directed by Rustam Davletshin with the support of John Stavros, who is the owner of 320 Studios, an old friend of Andy Warhol's, and a co-creator of studio 54.
I volunteered to do the posters for this show, something we haven't yet done. The shows have been amazing visually but we need to get the word out there. That being said, please feel free to share the information about this show. If you are in the area, make it to 320 Studios on March 25th or 26th. It's very close to Penn Station, in the fashion district. The show is held in a window-lined penthouse suite, it's terrace overlooking the Hudson River and downtown Manhattan.
Being an illustrator at Pratt, they made me jump through some graphic design hoops. I'll share with you the project for Contrast.
First round of designs. The "?" is a placeholder for the logo.
^These two were the artist's picks^
Revisions, last minute artists.
I hope to see you there! I'll be having some new paintings and displaying my plexi painting/installation. I also hear plans of an artist building an entire house out of paintings. This is going to be crazy.
Having serious issues with blogger lately and how it lays out the text. Keeps popping up errors and screwing the type settings all up. Apologies.
