GO Brooklyn: Vivian Outlaw’s Portraits are Full of Life
Brooklyn, NEW YORK—A lively group is hanging out in Vivian Outlaw‘s studio at Screwball Spaces in Red Hook. The portrait artist captures her friends and family, and also paints commissioned portraits, in a…
GO Brooklyn: Sean Patrick Gallagher Taps the Imagination
Brooklyn, NEW YORK— Sean Patrick Gallagher paints on canvas, and yet his latest series is interactive. “Covered” is a collection of various-sized paintings depicting objects wrapped in fabric and tied with rope. It…
Go Brooklyn: A Campaign for ‘Fearless’ Black Legends
Brooklyn, NEW YORK—Like promotional posters for the ancestors, Adrian Franks‘s latest series pays tribute to black change makers. Called “Fearless,” the works feature a slogan that is a double entendre, meant to be…
GO Brooklyn: An Instrumental Role in Upcycling Cigar Boxes
NEW YORK—Everyone saves, reuses and displays old cigar boxes and coffee and cookie tins, because the vintage containers are great for storage and add character to interiors. Barry Rust recycles them too. He…
GO Brooklyn: Exploring Identity Using a Computer Program
NEW YORK—If you look closely, the silhouetted portraits are actually composed of thin computer tape strips with holes punched in them, creating the negative and positive space that essentially “draws” the works. A…
