BROOKLYN STREET ART LOVES YOU MORE EVERY DAY
Sophisticated and poppy palette-play coupled with a mid century affection for abstract geometry? Meet the night-glo arcade color selections and graphically charged motion of a 90s inspired digital graffiti artist.
Brad Howe and Demsky, both internationally known on the street and inside gallery walls, are separated by two decades but united by a desire to define the aesthetics and experience of public space.
J. Demsky – Brad Howe off the Wall. GR Gallery, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Their intersections and contrasts are on display in a double-solo show at New York’s GR Gallery with examples of two and three dimensional optical play, similar to the diversionary activities that they both employ on the streets.
J. Demsky – Brad Howe off the Wall. GR Gallery, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
A collection of 20 works including paintings, sculptures and installations, “Off the Wall” keeps the focus on interaction with the wall, even though the Californian Howe may be better known for his abstract sculptures, his public art commissions and his Calder-inspired installations.
Demsky’s time-travel to an early virtual place that is optically elegant and illusionary taps a nostalgia for the period when he became a graffiti writer in Spain.
The interplay of these strong singular voices is charged in this common space and is often full of motion.
J. Demsky off the Wall. GR Gallery, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
J. Demsky off the Wall. GR Gallery, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
J. Demsky off the Wall. Detail. GR Gallery, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
J. Demsky off the Wall. Detail. GR Gallery, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Brad Howe off the Wall. Detail. GR Gallery, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Brad Howe off the Wall. GR Gallery, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Brad Howe off the Wall. GR Gallery, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Brad Howe off the Wall. GR Gallery, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Brad Howe off the Wall. GR Gallery, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
Brad Howe off the Wall. Detail. GR Gallery, NYC. (photo © Jaime Rojo)
J. Demsky – Brad Howe off the Wall is currently on view at the GR Gallery in Manhattan, NYC. Click HERE for further information.
238
138
45
Other Articles You May Like from BSA:
Antonio Segura Donat, aka Dulk is an illustrator and graphic designer from Valencia, Spain who is now also known in many cities for his painting in the street. Since copying images in encyclopedias as...
4th of July weekend here in New York so we are headed to a barbecue and a frisbee game. Maybe to the Jersey shore for some sun. Happy 4th ya'll! Looks like the country needs to take itself back ...
Banksy may be sought after by the Prime Minister of Israel but one of his old mates Ben Eine is shaking cans and hitting up an embassy with a Sheikh in the UAE. Ben Eine. Presenting a gift ...
Animals use natural space without transforming it but they seek the space to meet their needs. A cave will provide shelter for a bear. The bear will not paint it, wire it for electricity or install a...
Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities. Now screening : 1. Escif: Magic Piano2. Adele Renault: St+Art India. Lodhi Art Festival 20193. Jeff Koons at t...
