~JASON GRUNWALD CLOSING PARTY – TO-NITE !!

Jason Grunwald closing party

JASON GRUNWALD & EASTERN DISTRICT – are throwing a big closing bash for his dyno-mite show – to-nite – THURS APRIL 29 – from 7-11 PM – !! featuring a s-l-i-c-k . . . “sick lineup of bands including the Brooklyn noise duo Sisters, underground Iranian rockers The Yellow Dogs, and the electro-garage rock band Electric People !!!”
FREE SHOW + FREE DRINKS

the actual show – JASON GRUNWALD: ‘Was It All A Dream’ actually runs thru this SUN MAY 2, 2010.
the show is a multi-medium mini-retrospective for this artist – who is mostly known for his illustrative music world posters, for bands such as the COACH WHIPS, SONIC YOUTH & DEVENDRA BANHART. There are large oil paintings on canvas – esp one that seems to be a complicated and detailed rendition of his studio at home – full of the art – now seen on the walls, here !! also included are some charcoal and pencil drawings and studies as well as some free-standing sculptural assemblages. personally I like his 2-D stuff, best. both the paintings and drawings, as well as the more formal band posters.
you can see a nice, brief range of his artwork here – on his website.
see: jasongrunwald.com

EASTERN DISTRICT – 43 BOGART ST – BUSHWICK/L TRAIN to MORGAN

POSTED BY NANCY SMITH – THURS APRIL 29, 2010 – 1:47 PM

here’s a few more pix from the OPENING NITE – FRI APRIL 16, 2010

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JASON GRUNWALD at the show’s opening reception.
‘Was it all just a dream’ – EASTERN DISTRICT / BROOKLYN / APRIL 16 – MAY 2, 2010

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there was a huge array of (diverse) work in the relatively small space – it almost had an ‘outsider’ feel.

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a poster for DEVENDRA BANHART & his sidekicks – HAIRY FAIRY.

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it was like a collage, but of real art, not as in: found images – and had a nice rough-style, ‘let’s rumble’ edge.

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the calligraphy was cool, too.
“in the future no one will be famous”.

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LOL for sure. POSTER BOY kept his niche on the wall !!
and, what about BROOKLYN POSTER BOY – will he be – famous ?
got great great super great pix of that immediately previous show – but artlovers had just admin PHP busted – aka blown apart – so when the site gets back to 100% – will be sure to post them . . . pronto.
including lyrical assemblage tag work by NohJColey, photos of green shaped trees by LUCAS McGOWEN, that I totally loved, some terrific large scale photo wall murals by JIM KIERNAN, a big painting by JUAN DOE and this small green mo-hawked portrait – painted right on the wall by a certain BROOKLYN POSTER BOY – who it seems, can also – paint !! as well as he can cut, tear & re-arrange !! with new message, and usually pretty scary, too. dude.

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JASON GRUNWALD – no looking back !!

ALL PHOTOS COPYRIGHT – NANCY SMITH
JASON GRUNWALD, ‘Was it all just a dream?’, EASTERN DISTRICT, BROOKLYN, NYC
FRI APRIL 16, 2010

POSTED BY NANCY SMITH – THURS APRIL 29, 2010 – 3:17 PM