Brian Belott, "A Goosh Noosh"

Painting

East Village

Until Sun Nov 4 2012

Courtesy Zürcher Studio

Brian Belott, Grid Locked Sock, 2012
Courtesy Zürcher Studio

Brian Belott, Dirty) Sock Bling—red, 2012
Courtesy Zürcher Studio

Brian Belott, Fritzbro, 2012
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Brian Belott, Lea Falfa, 2012
Courtesy Zürcher Studio

Brian Belott, Probing Pang II, 2012
Courtesy Zürcher Studio

Brian Belott, Pussy Painting, 2012
Courtesy Zürcher Studio

Brian Belott, Steps, 2012

Courtesy Zürcher Studio

Brian Belott, Grid Locked Sock, 2012

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Mon Oct 15 2012

Brian Belott apparently enjoys stuff like dirty socks and pocket combs, especially when they’re nestled into something shimmering or glittery. He mashes together items from clothing shops on Flatbush Avenue, stoop sales and thrifts stores, in a manner that both honors and degrades their origins as found objects. In his current show, the main gallery is ringed with 18 new pieces, each painted on the back of a small sheet of glass to achieve shifting light effects. The back room contains laminated collage-drawings, pinned to the walls like specimens.

Pussy Painting, a twisted take on tantric art, features two yellow vertical combs, facing each other between abstracted thighs to form a vagina, complete with pubic hairs dusting the top. In Steps, stained sweat socks are pressed against a reflective field of magenta, blue and silver stripes; one thinks of vulnerable stockinged feet, trudging through grimy city streets to escape into a flattened metallic world. A piece of hosiery also appears in Grid Locked Sock, where it’s caught in a geometric web that radiates out from the pattern on its fabric.

Belott filters modernism through elementary-school collage, and beauty through crudeness. His work stakes out the territory where fun colors and cheap crap meet, to create devotional icons.—Jennifer Coates

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Name:
Zürcher Studio
Address:
Zürcher Studio 33 Bleecker St
Greenwich Village
New York

Cross Street:
at Mott St
Phone:
212-777-0790
Website:
galeriezurcher.com
Opening hours:
Tue–Sat noon–6pm, Sun 2–6pm
Transport:
Subway: B, D, F, M to Broadway–Lafayette St; 6 to Bleecker St
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1. Zürcher Studio
  - 33 Bleecker St
    Greenwich Village
    New York
  - 212-777-0790
  - galeriezurcher.com
  - 40.725725,-73.993720

Event phone:
212-777-0790
Event website:
galeriezurcher.com

Categories:
Art. Mixed media. Painting
Good for:
Activities for a spare hour. Culture vultures. Dating. First date. Singles. Socializing. Going in a group. Going solo. Mood. Chill
Event type:
Exhibitions

Date Time Price information
Sat Oct 20 2012

12:00pm

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