It took me a while to finally get myself to the Jonathan LeVine Gallery. I had seen ads for a variety of cool shows by some great graffiti and comic book artists, but always wound up missing them. I finally made the trek to the gallery to see The Invader: Top 10 show, which featured popular album covers recreated with Rubik's Cubes. Awesome to say the least. There was also another exhibit of a french painter who created some truly stunning mixed media pieces and some disturbing (in a good way) portrait pieces.
This is one gallery I'll be keeping on my radar, because you can get yourself a solid dose of pop surrealism art without dropping major coin at a rip off like Moma. Plus, I liked the works here a hell of a lot better. It's also in a great building with many other galleries.
Most of the work is highly illustrative and though categorized as low brow/pop surrealism art, it is also commonly known under the graffiti movement prevalent in the art world now. Most of the work is emotional, powerful and controversial. in that sense it is also celebrated. these artists push the limits of art in a truly new form of art where no specific style exists in this movement save for the raw, surreal color pallet and the variety of artists that undress their world through their canvas, or at the JLGallery, the walls.
529 W 20th St
9E
New York, NY 10011
Neighborhood: Chelsea
(212) 243-3822
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