March 18 - May 2, 2010
Cliche, mixed media
on canvas, 72" x 60", 2010
Nobel
Peace Prize, mixed media on canvas, 72" x 60", 2010
Tiger's Speech, mixed
media on canvas, 24" x 24", 2010
Toilet, mixed media
on canvas, 8" x 6", 2010
Leo
Kesting Gallery Presents:
Brian Leo: This Air is Full
March 18 – May 2
Opening Night Reception: Thursday March 18 7:00 - 10:00 pm
812 Washington St (at Gansevoort) NY NY 10014
8th Ave A, C, E and L train Stop or 1,2,3 to 14th St
Tue - Sat from 11:00 am until 7:00 pm Sun & Mon 1 - 6pm
Admission is free to the public
phone: 917-650-3760 / 917-292-8865
http://www.leokesting.com
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THE CATALOG!
Brian
Leo’s latest exhibition, This Air is Full, questions the media’s
role in terror, lies and false propaganda. Viewers are invited into the
provocative realm of “garage-pop surrealism” examining everything
from environmental destruction to tabloid sex scandals. In Brian’s
world, nothing is off limits and things are never what they seem.
Seduced by a stunning barrage of popular imagery, viewers quickly uncover haunting messages hidden just beneath the surface. In Cliche (mixed media, 72 x 60, 2010), a terrorized image of a polar bear can be seen with the word cliché on its head amongst an abstraction of modern warfare as a symbol of environmental disaster. With Nobel Peace Prize (mixed media, 72 x 60, 2010), Leo examines the irony of both the Prize’s origins and Obama’s premature reception of it through masturbatory gesture. In Tiger’s Speech, (mixed media, 24 x 24, 2010), an image of a tiger’s head is seen among a golf course in the distant background with the words “Is it a Crime to Love Pussy” in the foreground. Each candy-coated image sets the stage for Brian’s most salacious exhibition yet.
“The Snoopy
house found in the center of the installation with a set of phalluses
resembling the Twin Towers is a symbolic reference to the foreclosure
financial crisis. In these hard times, even childhood icons are forced
to leave their homes,” states gallerist David Kesting
Brian Leo: This Air is Full from Ethan H. Minsker on Vimeo.
Leo Kesting Gallery invites you to attend the opening night reception for Brian Leo’s new exhibition This Air is Full, March 18 from 7:00 to 10:00 pm. The exhibition runs until May 2. Brian Leo has exhibited in Tokyo, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, and galleries throughout New York City. He was also noted in the July 29, 2007 issue of the NY Times and the April 2006 Brooklyn Rail Armory Review. He holds a B.F.A. from Rutgers University/ Mason Gross School of Arts.
Leo Kesting Gallery launched in 2003 and developed an aggressive campaign to introduce new figurative artists to collectors and art supporters. Leo Kesting offers the art viewing public an opportunity to see forthcoming talents in an intimate setting where undiscovered, cutting-edge artists are presented to the contemporary art scene.
Leo Kesting Gallery
is located at 812 Washington Street at the corner of Gansevoort in Manhattan's
Meat Packing District. A, C, E or L train to 8th Ave and 14th Street or
1, 2, 3 train to 14th Street. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Sunday from
11am until 7pm.
Leo
Kesting Gallery
gallery
is located at 812 Washington St New York NY 10014
phone: 917-650-3760
at the corner of Ganesvoort
St
8th Ave 14th st A,C, E and L train Stop