Leo Kesting Gallery is the Meat Packing District expansion gallery of CKFA : a Williamsburg Brooklyn Gallery that started in 2003 and is still exhibtiting today.


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Artists:
Lincoln Capla
Daniel Edwards
Jonny Fenix
Jason Douglas Griffin
Brian Leo
Shawn Bishop Leo
David Meanix
Ray Sell
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Previous Exhibits:
Unconscious Capture
Guaranteed Good
NON GRATA-
3rd Ward: Artist Wanted
Femme Fatale
Ray Sell Raise 'Em
Jonny Fenix - Show Up
A Puppies’ Memorial
Friends of the Highline
Brian Leo - Truck Bomb Pre-Apocalyptic Exp
Oprah Burial Mask
Oprah Sarcophagus
Preview: Year Five
David Meanix: This City
Glowlab: Beka Goedde
Bipolart
Diane Dwyer
The Studio Collection
Preview Year One
Brian Leo: Martial Law
Miguel Paredes: B-Boys
The Painted Bird
Iraq War Memorial
The Life You Lead
Times Like This One
Jason & Steven
Sunset Part II
Blue sky
Paris Hilton Autopsy
Bridge Art Fair 2007
American Painting
David Meanix
Fountain NY pics are here!!
Fountain Miami (w pics)
Castro's Last Visit
LA Sunset & St Marks
Concept Album
The Free Associative
Suri Cruise Baby Poop
Hillary Clinton
Three Graces
Sunset & St. Marks
Bill Weiss - New Paintings
Guild of the Black Eagle
Tell the People
Birth of Sean-Preston
Fountain
Wica
Gesture of a Landscape
Garage Pop
Wife of a Genius
Closer
Crime Chronicles
Jesse McCloskey
Movement:Introspection
Departures
Armory Show 2005
Open Studio
3rd Annual Panjectivist Salon
Selected Works
RNC-NYC
Co-Lab
At The Armory
Art Storage Space
My Coulrophobia
Small Works
Salon des Refuses
New Works
Open Theat
Image Vs. Color

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both galleries are dedicated to the memory of Lincoln Capla 1969 - 2006 and try to exmplify the style and collection of artwork he enjoyed.

Leo Kesting Gallery Presents:
Cuddly Need Not Apply –
new artworks from James Turek, Casey Porn and Lisa Kuppinger
September 25 - October 12, 2008
Opening Night Reception: Thur Sept 25th from 7:00 - 10:00 pm

Bigfoot meets Chihuahuas, Sasquatch and kittens, silhouettes and line drawings, plaques and papers are the simplicities represented in Leo Kesting Gallery’s latest exhibition titled “Cuddly Need Not Apply” which is set to unveil on Thursday September 25th, 2008.

In this collection, Cuddly Need Not Apply, new works are presented from James Turek of Brooklyn, NY, Casey Porn from Raleigh, NC and Lisa Kuppinger from Chicago, IL. more...

Leo Kesting Gallery Presents:
Daniel Edwards : Michelle Obama’s Makeover for America
October 1 – 10, 2008
Press Unveiling - Wednesday October 1st from 11:00 - 1:00
Opening Night Reception: Thursday October 2nd from 7:00 – 10:00 pm

NEW YORK (September 17, 2008) – First Lady hopeful Michelle Obama receives an ‘Inaugural Ball’ makeover for providing a makeover to the face of the US. The sexy, bare-shouldered style-enhancement highlights Obama’s ethnicity to create a new fashion template for the 21st Century First Lady, and is the latest installment of sculptor Daniel Edwards’s “Inspire America” series, courtesy of Manhattan’s Leo Kesting Gallery.

“Michelle Obama’s Makeover for America” presents an accessorized mannequin bust of Obama that foregoes the conventional pearl necklace, and provides for her a ‘signature look’ to take to Washington. “The goal is to create a look for Michelle Obama that eliminates excessive comparisons to Jackie Kennedy,” said Edwards, who studied under the tutelage of legendary fashion illustrator Antonio Lopez, “like supermodel Tyra Banks’s photos in Harper’s Bazaar, or the puzzling comment from CBS’s Byron Pitts that recommended ‘less Jackee, more Jackie O.’” more...



OPEN LETTER TO THE BRITISH MUSEUM:

Dear Mr. MacGregor,

As a sculptor whose primary subject is the figure, I am appalled to see that the British Museum would contribute to what amounts to as racist behavior in the forthcoming exhibit “Statuephilia,” curated by Waldemar Januszczak and James Fox. By hosting Marc Quinn’s contribution to the exhibit, the gold cast sculpture of Kate Moss, which promotes the Anglo type as the ideal form of beauty, I feel your institution is reinforcing a destructive message of racial superiority. more...

Leo Kesting Gallery Presents:
Jason Douglas Griffin – 80’s Babies
October 16 – November 2, 2008
Opening Night Reception: Thursday October 16th from 7:00 - 10:00 pm

Jason Douglas Griffin, the critically acclaimed New York street painter who is preparing a monograph to be released on HarperCollins, presents a collection of figurative, narrative paintings and illustrations debuting at Leo Kesting on October 16th. The series of artworks entitled “80’s Babies” showcases Jason’s signature graphic style of strong line and color to capture what he refers to as collaboration or narrative of his sitters.

“For me it represents a passion for people, meeting a person getting to know them and collaborating with them to discover their story,“ Jason explains about his work. “In this collection I am trying to discover the sitter’s narrative and reflect that on my canvas, a representation of who they are as a person as opposed to a portrait.” more...

New photos from Fountain NY 2007! and Fountan Chicago!




Leo Kesting Gallery
gallery is located at 812 Washington St NY, NY. 10014
phone: 917-650-3760

Capla Kesting Fine Art
gallery is located at 121 Roebling St. Brooklyn, NY 11211
phone: 917-650-3760
Bedford Ave L Train at the corner of North 5th and Roebling.