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Tracing Federal Dollars in Bushwick: Big Corps Win
March 1st, 2010
Spectrum Paint Applicator Corp., at 95 Evergreen Ave., is the only locally based business to win significant federal contract dollars, while the bulk of “local” spending went to multinationals. — Photo by Diego CupoloThe government spends…
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Local Dems, Confused on Health Care Reform, Push for It Anyway
February 10th, 2010Brooklyn Democrats who supported Obama want to support his health care reform — but don’t know what it entails. “The bill is too complicated to break into four points. It’s 2,300 pages long, and though it’s been reduced to a 17-page hand out, even that’s too long.”
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The Body is a Temple; Sometimes a Temple Breaks
January 6th, 2010
In the most basic sense, one could describe Suzanne Stroebe’s works as Postminimalist. Against the industrial sterility inherent to Minimalist art, artists considered to be Postminimalist — such as READ MORE »
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Famous Artists, Nudity, Gerontophilia: Ho-Hum
November 4th, 2009Held at Starr Space as part of his continuing partnership there, Curator Joseph Whitt’s Halloween event, “Codex Gigas,” proved to be an exuberantly depraved show…
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The Apartment Show Comes to Bushwick
October 20th, 2009
Crowding in to see vibrating bottles and such. — Photos by Mimi LuseBushwick saw it’s own installment of the Apartment Show phenomenon two Sundays ago. Organized by artists Denise Kupferschmidt and…
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Billy Hahn: Art as Escape, Art as Work
October 13th, 2009
Billy Hahn, aka The Wizard Clown, sells his art to Bedford Avenue passerby. — Photos by Mimi LuseFew emerging artists without gallery representation can claim to support themselves solely through the sale of their artwork, but…
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Crabapple, We Hardly Knew Ye!
October 7th, 2009Burlesque illustrator and founder of Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School, Molly Crabapple kept a studio in Bushwick for three years, showing at Ad Hoc multiple times…
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BETA Spaces Submission Deadline Extended
October 5th, 2009Happening this November 8 for one day only, and constrained to the 15-block area bordered by Bushwick and Johnson Avenues and Starr Street — two blocks deeper into the neighborhood than last year’s — BETA Spaces is easier to handle than Bushwick Open Studios.
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This Street Artist Has Nothing to Hide
September 24th, 2009
From the street to the street-art gallery, Aakash Nihalani’s art remains accessible. — Photos by Mimi Luse unless otherwise attributed.Artists who work on walls and sidewalks (ok, call them street artists) cultivate a kind of mysterious…
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If You Build it, They Will Come… to Bushwick
September 15th, 2009Even people from the UES came to look at art — and apartments — in Bushwick this weekend at the Castle Braid on Troutman Street.
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