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         <title>Urban Pop Life Gallery spotlight: Jonathan LeVine Gallery</title>
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<p>Jonathan LeVine Gallery exhibits a genre of work influenced by illustration, comic books, graffiti, street art and pop culture imagery. We represent a mix of emerging and mid-career level artists with an emphasis on cultivating new talent and creating an environment where artists can further develop their work. Stylistic and ideological tendencies shared by our artists create a fluid continuity within our program. Dissatisfaction with the conventional definitions of art and art making, an attraction to alternative subcultures and the creative energy inspired by the Do it Yourself ethic acts as a common thread. The works produced are primarily figurative with a strong sense of narration - the artist as storyteller.</p>

<p>The DIY attitude has helped shape our gallery's commitment to offering our space as one that encourages exploration. Bridging the gap between exhibiting artwork in the gallery setting, and ephemerally on the street, the challenge often faced by street artists is how to translate their imagery into a "whitebox" environment from it's context within the urban landscape. At Jonathan LeVine Gallery, artists are given complete freedom to fill the space with large scale pieces and incorporate the gallery walls into their work through complex and inventive installations. Past exhibitions have included alternative spaces in DUMBO, Brooklyn and mural projects throughout the city.<br />
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Since 2005, the first year established in New York, Jonathan LeVine Gallery has participated in a number of International Art Fairs during Art Basel week in Miami and Armory Arts Week in New York, cultivating an audience of international collectors and increasing visibility in the fine art arena. Additionally, the gallery's program has expanded beyond its space in Chelsea, collaborating with International galleries in presenting work by represented artists to new audiences overseas, in cities such as: Rome, Paris, London and Sao Paulo, Brazil. The goal is added exposure while creating a visual dialogue and cross-cultural exchange of ideas within our global community.</p>

<p>Jonathan LeVine Gallery remains focused on maintaining its mission of community, and commitment to providing our artists with a nurturing arena for experimentation and discussion.</p>

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Group exhibition<br />
February 27 thru March 27</p>

<p>NEW YORK, NY (January 26, 2010) — Jonathan LeVine Gallery will celebrate its fifth anniversary with a commemorative group exhibition featuring exceptional and exemplary new works by thirty-six artists who are either currently represented by the gallery or who have exhibited at the gallery in the past five years. The exhibition will be on view from February 27—March 27, 2010, and there will be an opening reception on Saturday, February 27, from 7—9pm.</p>

<p>Since 2005, Jonathan LeVine Gallery has been an important venue for Street Art (ephemeral work placed in public urban environments) and Pop Surrealism (work influenced by illustration, comic book art, and pop culture imagery). As such, the pieces in this exhibition—comprised of paintings, drawings, and sculptures—will be primarily figurative with a strong sense of narration.</p>

<p>Artists in this exhibition have developed prominent creative voices for themselves as individuals, while also playing valuable roles within the historical context of the larger Street Art and/or Pop Surrealism movements. All of them have been influential in shaping the gallery’s program, creating work with a unique counter-culture point of view.</p>

<p>In LeVine’s words: “I believe that my program represents a generational shift, and that the artists who I work with will continue to define the evolution of this genre.” </p>

<p><img alt="JL_aboutpic2.jpg" src="http://rickyday.net/blog/JL_aboutpic2.jpg" width="450" height="162" /><br />
About Jonathan LeVine</p>

<p>As a youth in the 1980s, LeVine recognized the appeal of countercultural aesthetics including punk flyers, comics, graffiti and tattoos. Beginning in 1994, LeVine became an independent curator, organizing exhibitions at punk and alternative rock venues in the NY/NJ area such as: CBGB, Webster Hall, Max Fish, and Maxwell's. By promoting these visual art forms through group shows in venues that were home to their musical counterparts, LeVine gave a home to this nascent art movement, early on.</p>

<p>In February 2001, LeVine opened his own gallery Tin Man Alley in New Hope, Pennsylvania. The gallery relocated to Philadelphia in late 2002. In January 2005, LeVine renamed and moved his gallery to the epicenter of the contemporary art world, Manhattan's Chelsea district.<br />
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Jonathan LeVine is pleased to continue cultivating new and long-standing relationships with featured artists and active collectors through his program at the gallery, participating in art fairs, and presenting special exhibitions in International locations. </p>

<p>For more info on me visit my official website<br />
<a href="http://www.rickyday.net" target="_blank">www.rickyday.net</a></p>

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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Check out this beautiful slide show of 2009 from the White House point of view. Politics aside these are simply beautiful images that I wanted to share.</p>

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         <title>DORIAN GRAY IS TONIGHT - DON&apos;T MISS THE PARTY OF THE YEAR!</title>
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<p>I've joined forces with Derrick Adams and Miss Nico Wheadon to create and exciting new party on Friday nights. The party is called Dorian Gray. It's a party centered around the art world, but open to everyone. Artists, curators, gallery owners, models, fashion professionals, regular people with a creative spirit, black, white, latino, straight, gay, bi, everyone is welcome. This event is our contribution to a new world where people come together in the spirit of creativity, love and all things funky.</p>

<p>Derrick Adams, Nico Wheadon and Ricky Day present</p>

<p>DORIAN GRAY<br />
"This party will never get old"</p>

<p>Every Friday starting this Friday March 5, 2010<br />
at Le Royale <br />
21 Seventh Avenue (at the corner of Leroy Street)<br />
10pm until 4am (Free before Midnight and $10 after)<br />
21 and over with i.d.<br />
Attire: Chic, but casual, creative and sexy (don't be afraid to let your creativity reign)<br />
VIP bottle service available upon request. (advance table reservation suggested)</p>

<p>Dance-pop, hip hop, freestyle and b-more beats by our deejays:<br />
Derrick Adams and Designer Imposter</p>

<p>Featuring special performances by:<br />
Lainie Dalby<br />
Jacolby Satterwhite<br />
Tiny Dinosaur</p>]]></description>
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         <title>Urban Pop Life Video World Premiere: Estelle and Kanye West</title>
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<p>For more info on me visit my official website<br />
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         <title>NEW YORK ART FAIR WEEK</title>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>It's that time of year when all the Art Fairs are in town, PLUS the Whitney Biennial, PLUS a group photography show that I am participating in. So grab your walking shoes, some cab fare and your reading glasses and get out and enjoy great art from all over the world. </p>

<p>After you look at all the great art you can join Derrick Adams, Nico Wheadon and myself as we host a great new party:</p>

<p>Dorian Gray "This party will never grow old"<br />
Check for details in a separate post. So for now here's the information on the largest fairs. Google NY Art Fairs to find out about other fairs and events.</p>

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<p><strong>THE ARMORY SHOW</strong><br />
Piers 92 & 94</p>

<p>The Armory Show is America's leading fine art fair devoted to the most important art of the 20th and 21st centuries. In its eleven years, the fair has become an international institution. Every March, artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators from all over the world make New York their destination during Armory Arts Week.</p>

<p>Twelfth Avenue at 55th Street<br />
New York City</p>

<p>The Armory Show 2010 Opening Day takes place Wednesday, March 3rd for invited guests.<br />
Opening Hours:<br />
Thursday, March 4 - Saturday, March 6 Noon to 8 pm<br />
Sunday, March 7 Noon to 7 pm </p>

<p>Piers 92 & 94 are located on Manhattan's far West side on the Hudson River (Twelfth Avenue) at 55th Street in the Passenger Ship Terminal complex. The piers are easily accessible by public transportation, taxi, and private vehicle. The nearest subway stop is four cross-town blocks east at 50th Street and Eighth Avenue.</p>

<p>Ticket prices</p>

<p>General Admission US$30<br />
Students US$10<br />
Groups (10+) US$15<br />
Run of Show Pass (4 day) US$60<br />
The Armory Show/VOLTA NY Pass US$40</p>

<p>Shuttle Bus Service<br />
Shuttles are available between The Armory Show on Piers 92 & 94 and VOLTA NY on 34th street near 5th Avenue.</p>

<p>Mass Transit<br />
Piers 92 & 94 can be reached by public transportation via the Eighth Avenue subway, E or C trains to 50th street, then via M50 bus line. The M50 bus runs West on 49th Street (to the pier) and East on 50th Street (from the pier) connecting at Eighth Avenue (E or C subway) and at Seventh Avenue (1 or 9 subway). Also, bus lines M16 and M42 provide service to 42nd Street and Twelfth Avenue. For subway and bus information and schedules, call (718) 330-1234 or click here.</p>

<p>By Car<br />
From the Lincoln Tunnel, take 42nd Street west to Twelfth Avenue. Continue north on Twelfth Avenue to Piers 92 & 94 (at the Passenger Ship Terminal). From the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, go west via 34th Street to Twelfth Avenue. Continue north to the piers (at the Passenger Ship Terminal). Access to the piers for private cars via at 55th Street and Twelfth Avenue. All vehicles should follow signs for the Passenger Ship Terminal parking. </p>

<p>Parking<br />
Roof top parking is available for all visitors and exhibitors. No reservations are necessary. Only cash and travelers checks are accepted. For more information, call (212) 246-5450. Additional public parking facilities are available across Twelfth Avenue and throughout the neighboring vicinity. <br />
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<strong><br />
PULSE Contemporary Art Fair</strong></p>

<p>PULSE Contemporary Art Fair is the leading US art fair dedicated solely to contemporary art. Held annually in New York and Miami, PULSE bridges the gap between main and alternative fairs and provides participating galleries with a platform to present new works to a strong and growing audience of collectors, art professionals and art lovers.</p>

<p>The Fair is divided into two sections and is comprised of a mix of established and emerging galleries vetted by a committee of prominent international dealers. The IMPULSE section presents galleries invited by the Committee to present solo exhibitions of artist's work created in the past two years.</p>

<p>In addition, PULSE develops original cultural programming with a series of large-scale installations, its PULSE Play> video lounge, the PULSE Performance events, and the recently launched PULSE Profiles series of artists and curators talks. The PULSE Prize is awarded in New York and in Miami to one of the artists presented in the IMPULSE section. PULSE supports numerous nonprofit art organizations and schools.</p>

<p>PULSE New York<br />
330 West Street @ West Houston<br />
New York, NY 10014</p>

<p>Fair Hours</p>

<p>Thursday, March 4<br />
Press and VIP Private Preview 	<br />
9am - 12pm<br />
Open to public 	12pm - 8pm</p>

<p>Friday, March 5 	12pm - 8pm<br />
Saturday, March 6 	12pm - 8pm<br />
Sunday, March 7 	12pm - 5pm</p>

<p>Admission</p>

<p>General Admission 	$20.00<br />
Students/Seniors 	$15.00<br />
Group Discount 	$12.00</p>

<p>Please note that the group discount applies to groups of ten or more.</p>

<p>Entrance for Children under 12 is free.</p>

<p>Shuttle Service</p>

<p>PULSE will offer a shuttle service, Thursday March 4 - Sunday March 7, between the Armory Show at Piers 92 and 94 and PULSE.</p>

<p> </p>

<p>MASS TRANSIT</p>

<p>Via Subway<br />
Take the 1 or 9 train to Houston Street. Walk west four blocks on Houston to the West Side Highway.  330 West is the building just before crossing the West Side Highway.</p>

<p>Via Bus<br />
From the East. Take the #21 bus west on Houston Street to Washington Street. Walk west on Houston to the West Side Highway.</p>

<p>From the North or South. Take the #20 bus (Hudson Street north, 7th Avenue south) to Houston Street. Walk west on Houston to the West Side Highway.</p>

<p>DRIVING</p>

<p>East Side and New England<br />
Take the FDR Drive south to the HOUSTON Street Exit Make a right onto HOUSTON and head west to the Hudson River.</p>

<p>Via Queens- Midtown Tunnel<br />
Go Southwest on FDR DR and turn RIGHT onto E 34TH ST. Turn LEFT onto 12TH AVE/ WEST SIDE HWY. Continue to follow NY-9A S/WEST SIDE HWY. Make a U-TURN at CLARKSON ST onto West St. WEST SIDE HWY. End at 330 West ST.</p>

<p>Via Lincoln Tunnel<br />
Start out going SOUTH on WEST SIDE HWY toward W 34TH ST. Continue to follow NY-9A S / WEST SIDE HWY. Make a U-TURN at CLARKSON ST onto WEST SIDE HWY. End at 330 West ST.</p>

<p>Via George Washington Bridge<br />
Merge onto NY-9A S via EXIT 1 toward DOWNTOWN. Make a U-TURN at CLARKSON ST onto WEST ST/ WEST SIDE HWY. End at 330 West ST.</p>

<p>Via Holland Tunnel<br />
Take EXIT 1 toward WEST ST. Turn SLIGHT LEFT onto LAIGHT ST. Turn RIGHT onto WEST ST/WEST SIDE HWY. End at 330 West ST.</p>

<p>Parking<br />
Parking is available at Pier 40. Please see the costs below:<br />
Up to 12 hours - $21.96<br />
Up to 24 hours - $27.03<br />
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<p>SCOPE New York 2010</p>

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Photo by James Painter Belvin</p>

<p>NEW YORK- Building on Miami's overwhelming success, SCOPE launches its 2010 season with its flagship fair, SCOPE New York Art Show. SCOPE proudly returns to Manhattan's most famous cultural icon, Lincoln Center, with a glass facade pavilion situated in Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park, at the corner of 62nd Street and 10th Avenue. SCOPE New York is just blocks from the Armory Show and serviced daily by shuttles and pedicabs.</p>

<p>Last year's fair featured galleries from four continents and 20 countries, including China, Mexico, Japan, Korea, Brazil, Italy, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Germany, UK, Spain, and Canada. SCOPE New York's invitees will uphold its unique tradition of solo and thematic group shows presented alongside museum-quality programming, collector tours, screenings, and special events. The fair opens to Press, SCOPE and Armory VIPs on Wednesday, March 3, 3-9pm with the FirstView benefit, a $100 charitable donation for all non-VIP cardholders.</p>

<p>Introducing artists, curators, and cutting-edge galleries to new audiences internationally has made SCOPE the most comprehensive destination for the emerging art world available anywhere. With art fairs in Miami, Basel, New York, London, and the Hamptons, SCOPE is proud to be an influential presence in the expanding global art market.</p>

<p>Location<br />
Lincoln Center Damrosch Park<br />
62nd Street and Amsterdam (10th Avenue)<br />
New York, NY 10023</p>

<p>General Admission Fair Hours<br />
Thursday | March 4 | noon - 8pm<br />
Friday | March 5 | noon - 8pm<br />
Saturday | March 6 | noon - 8pm<br />
Sunday | March 7 | noon - 6pm</p>

<p>SCOPE FOUNDATION</p>

<p>Film Program | Daily | March 4 - 7<br />
Thursday | March 4 | Martha Colburn | "Political Revolution in my Basement"<br />
Friday | March 5 | A Shaded View on Fashion Film curated by Diane Pernet | A selection of films for A Shaded View on Fashion Film Festival<br />
Saturday | March 6 | Zach Layton | "d.i.y. sci-fi"<br />
Sunday | March 7 | Divya Mehra and Rammy Lee Park | "The Interruption" a hyperreal installation and selection of films from the MFA Film Program at Columbia University</p>

<p>Markt | Curated by Diane Pernet | March 4 - 7<br />
PDA (Personal Development Auction)<br />
Final Bid | Saturday March 6 | 6p</p>

<p></p>

<p>Admission<br />
Free for VIP cardholders<br />
FirstView | Wednesday Only | $100<br />
General | Thursday - Sunday | $20<br />
Student | Thursday - Sunday | $10</p>

<p>Subway<br />
Take the 1 train to 66th Street/Lincoln Center Station or the 1, A, B, C, D to 59th Street/Columbus Circle and proceed towards 62nd Street on Columbus Avenue.</p>

<p><br />
Bus<br />
The M5, M7, M10, M11, M20 M66, and M104 bus lines all stop within one block of Lincoln Center.</p>

<p><br />
By Car<br />
From Long Island<br />
Take Long Island Expressway to Midtown Tunnel. Follow signs to Uptown/West Side and go cross-town at 34th Street to 8th Avenue. Turn right onto 8th Avenue and proceed to 59th Street. Turn right onto Columbus Circle, making another right onto Broadway. Take Broadway to West 62nd Street and turn left. Cross Columbus Avenue. The Lincoln Center parking garage entrance is on the northern side of the street (right side).</p>

<p>From Southern New Jersey<br />
Take the Lincoln or Holland Tunnels.<br />
From Lincoln Tunnel take the exit on the left towards 40th Street and North. Turn left onto West 42nd Street. Turn right onto 10th Avenue, continuing all the way to 65th Street. Turn right onto West 65th Street. The Lincoln Center parking garage entrance is on the southern side of the street (right side).<br />
From Holland Tunnel follow signs to Exit 1 (Uptown and Canal Street) into Laight Street. Follow Laight Street to West Side Highway (Joe DiMaggio Highway). Follow to 56th Street, staying to the right after 42nd Street. Turn right onto West 56th Street. Turn left onto 11th Avenue. Turn right on West 65th Street. Cross Amsterdam Avenue. Lincoln Center parking garage entrance is on the northern side of the street (right side).</p>

<p>From Northern New Jersey<br />
Take I-95 North/US-9 North/US 1 North. This becomes I-95 North/Upper Level George Washington Bridge/US-9. Take the Henry Hudson Parkway/178th Street exit. Follow signs to Henry Hudson Parkway South/West Side Highway (Joe DiMaggio Highway). Merge onto Henry Hudson Parkway South. Take the West 79th Street (Boat Basin) exit. Follow the circle and exit onto 79th street. Turn right onto West End Avenue, heading south. Turn left onto 65th Street. Cross over Amsterdam Avenue, continuing on 65th Street. The Lincoln Center parking garage entrance is on south side of the street (right side).</p>

<p>From Southern Connecticut<br />
Take I-95 South to Cross Bronx Expressway, taking the last Manhattan exit (leading towards George Washington Bridge). Follow the Henry Hudson Parkway South. Take the West 79th Street (Boat Basin) exit. Follow the circle and exit onto 79th street. Turn right onto West End Avenue, heading south. Turn left onto 65th Street. Cross over Amsterdam Avenue, continuing on 65th Street. The Lincoln Center parking garage entrance is on south side of the street (right side). <br />
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<p>VOLTA NY</p>

<p>VOLTA NY is the American incarnation of the successful young fair founded in Basel in 2005. VOLTA NY was conceived to continue the original mandate to create a tightly-focused, boutique event that is a place for discovery and a showcase for current art production and relevant contemporary positions—regardless of the artist or gallery’s age.</p>

<p>VOLTA NY is an invitational show, organized by art critic and Fair Director Amanda Coulson, to complement the offerings across town at The Armory Show, with whom VOLTA NY shares the VIP and Talks Programs and shuttles to and from both fairs. By putting the focus back on artists through exclusively featuring solo projects, VOLTA NY promotes a deep exploration of the work of its selected projects, an opportunity for discoveries that move beyond those afforded by a traditional art fair.</p>

<p>A platform for challenging, often complimentary, sometimes competing ideas about contemporary art, the strictly solo format is what gives the fair its unique character. While visitors have positively compared VOLTA NY to doing a series of intense studio visits, nonetheless the dedication to a single artist, while surely the most striking of presentations in any economic landscape, has always be something of a risk. The dedication and confidence shown by the exhibiting galleries to continue to commit themselves to a risky and challenging format has therefore given rise to this year’s title: No Guts No Glory, a phrase that can be applied both to the work on show, its creators and its supporters/presenters. </p>

<p>Previews<br />
Thursday, March 4th, 2010</p>

<p>Guest of Honor: 11 am - 12 pm (accessible by invitation from VOLTA or with The Armory Show VIP card)<br />
VIP: 12 pm - 2 pm</p>

<p>Public Hours Daily</p>

<p>Thursday,  March 4th, 2010 <br />
2 pm - 8 pm<br />
Friday 5th - Sunday 7th, March, 2010       <br />
11am - 7 pm<br />
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<p>The 22nd Annual Art Show</p>

<p>During the first week of March 2010, the international art world will converge in New York City during the 22nd annual Art Show, organized by the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) to benefit Henry Street Settlement. The 2010 edition of The Art Show continues ADAA's tradition of bringing the highest quality artworks to one monumental art exhibition space at the Park Avenue Armory. The 70 selected exhibitions, presented by the nation's leading art galleries, will feature museum-quality works ranging from 19th and 20th century Old Master works to recently completed contemporary painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and multi-media. The Art Show and its Gala Preview, on March 2, 2010, will benefit Henry Street Settlement and continue an art world institution.</p>

<p>March 3–7, 2010<br />
Park Avenue Armory<br />
Park Avenue at 67th Street<br />
New York City</p>

<p>Admission $20</p>

<p>Wednesday – Saturday: noon to 8 pm<br />
Sunday: noon to 6 pm<br />
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         <title>LATENT: an En Foco exhibition Curated by Terry Boddie at Umbrella Arts + Projects</title>
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Photo: © Ricky Day, Kalup Linzy Contemplation, 2009. This is The Life series. Digital c-print, 16" x 20"</p>

<p>I'm in a new group photography show here in New York and you are cordially invited </p>

<p>LATENT: an En Foco exhibition Curated by Terry Boddie</p>

<p>Featuring:<br />
Wilfredo Benitez<br />
Shraddha Borawake<br />
Ricky Day<br />
Vanina Feldsztein<br />
Terri Garland<br />
Rizzhel Mae Javier<br />
Margaret LeJeune<br />
Jaime Permuth<br />
Wendy Phillips<br />
Magdalena Solé<br />
Stacey Tyrell<br />
Elizabeth Valentin</p>

<p>March 3-27, 2010</p>

<p>ARTIST RECEPTION: Friday, March 12 from 6:00 to 9:00pm</p>

<p>Umbrella Arts + Projects<br />
317 East 9th Street (between 1st & 2nd Ave)<br />
New York, NY 10003<br />
212.505.7196 / www.umbrellaarts.com</p>

<p>The theme Latent, refers not only to the process of photography, but the positive potential of the exhibiting photographers.</p>

<p>To learn more about En Foco, Inc, please visit www.enfoco.org</p>

<p>For more info on me visit my official website<br />
<a href="http://www.rickyday.net" target="_blank">www.rickyday.net</a></p>

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         <title>Introducing Dorian Gray: This party will NEVER get old!</title>
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<p>I've joined forces with Derrick Adams and Miss Nico Wheadon to create and exciting new party on Friday nights. The party is called Dorian Gray. It's a party centered around the art world, but open to everyone. Artists, curators, gallery owners, models, fashion professionals, regular people with a creative spirit, black, white, latino, straight, gay, bi, everyone is welcome. This event is our contribution to a new world where people come together in the spirit of creativity, love and all things funky.</p>

<p>Derrick Adams, Nico Wheadon and Ricky Day present</p>

<p>DORIAN GRAY<br />
"This party will never get old"</p>

<p>Every Friday starting this Friday March 5, 2010<br />
at Le Royale <br />
21 Seventh Avenue (at the corner of Leroy Street)<br />
10pm until 4am (Free before Midnight and $10 after)<br />
21 and over with i.d.<br />
Attire: Chic, but casual, creative and sexy (don't be afraid to let your creativity reign)<br />
VIP bottle service available upon request. (advance table reservation suggested)</p>

<p>Dance-pop, hip hop, freestyle and b-more beats by our deejays:<br />
Derrick Adams and Designer Imposter</p>

<p>Featuring special performances by:<br />
Lainie Dalby<br />
Jacolby Satterwhite<br />
Tiny Dinosaur<br />
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         <title>Urban Pop Life Listening Room featuring new music from Janet, Estelle and Kelis</title>
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<p>Janet Jackson -  HeartBeat Love Feat. Pitbull, Machel Montano & Rock City</p>

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<p>Estelle  - Freak Feat. Kardiinal Offishall</p>

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<p>Kelis - Scream and Shout</p>

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         <title>Dean Monogenis  Above the Railing, Above the World 5 March - 18 April, 2010 at Collette Blanchard Gallery</title>
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<p>Dean Monogenis <br />
Above the Railing, Above the World<br />
5 March - 18 April, 2010</p>

<p>Opening Reception Friday, March 5, 6-9</p>

<p>Collette Blanchard Gallery is pleased to present its first gallery exhibition with  Dean Monogenis entitled "Above the Railing, Above the World", on view from March 5th - April 18th.  </p>

<p>Monogenis continues his presentation of inventive landscapes that explore the natural progressions of entropy.  The subjects of his works depict architecture in different phases of construction including buildings, tents, antennas, electrical posts, windmills and scaffoldings.  The focus however is not on the placement of each structure within the landscape but rather on the notion of each monument as a means to articulate transition and purpose.  Monogenis re-positions real structures from his encounters in his ever-changing neighborhood in eastern Williamsburg to communities and places he visits around the world.  The process of conceptually removing a building from its natural environment and rendering it in an imaginative space with lush landscape and dramatic skies challenges the visual, historical and resourceful components of traditional city planning.</p>

<p>Done in acrylic on wood panels with a high gloss finish, the paintings reveal a distinction between the bold flat areas used to create the architecture with the tightly rendered areas of rock formations and highly textured depictions of greenery.  A building can serve two purposes--it can be built as a functioning space or it can be non-space simply existing as a structure with physical matter supporting its construction.  Aside from his experience of living among the architecture that is represented in the work, Monogenis's interest in architectural forms is inherent from his many childhood experiences touring ancient ruins while visiting family in Greece.  His works often includes depictions of older monuments shown in comparison with contemporary architecture.  <br />
 <br />
Mr. Monogenis received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1996.   Monogenis is included in the group exhibition Skeptical Landscape at the Herter Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts in Amherst.  His work has been exhibited in group shows at Robert Miller Gallery, Annina Nosei Gallery and Priska C. Juschka Fine Art and iis currently on view at Walter maciel Gallery.  He was recently featured in New American Paintings.  A series of ten images was reproduced in the September 2009 edition of the Georgia Review.  A 66 page catalogue with a an essay by curator Elizabeth Grady will accompany the exhibition. <br />
 </p>

<p>For more information, please contact the gallery at 646.249.7720 or gallery@colletteblanchard.com.</p>

<p><a href="http://colletteblanchard.com">colletteblanchard.com</a><br />
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         <title>The Whitney Biennial opens today in NYC</title>
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<p>It's that magical time again. Opening today is the 75th Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art in NYC.</p>

<p>This year marks the seventy-fifth edition of the Whitney’s signature exhibition. While Biennials are always affected by the cultural, political, and social moment, this exhibition “simply titled 2010” embodies a cross section of contemporary art production rather than a specific theme. To underscore the idea of time as an element of the Biennial and to demonstrate the influence of the past on 2010, familiar and less well-known artists from previous exhibitions are brought together in Collecting Biennials, an accompanying installation drawn from the Museum’s collection on view on the fifth floor. Balancing different media ranging from painting and sculpture to video, photography, performance, and installation, 2010 also serves as a two-way telescope through which the Whitney’s past and future can be observed.</p>

<p>Whitney Museum of American Art<br />
945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street<br />
New York, NY 10021<br />
General Information: (212) 570-3600<br />
info@whitney.org</p>

<p>How to get there:<br />
Subway: 6 Train to 77th Street<br />
Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4 to 74th Street<br />
Car: Two parking garages offer <br />
discounts with Whitney ticket <br />
validation.</p>

<p>General admission: $18<br />
Ages 19–25: $12<br />
Ages 62 and over: $12<br />
Full-time students: $12<br />
Ages 18 and under: FREE<br />
Members: FREE</p>

<p>Admission is pay-what-you-wish on Fridays, 6–9 pm</p>

<p>Tickets include admission to all current exhibitions.</p>

<p>Check out these videos from a couple of Biennial artists</p>

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         <description><![CDATA[<p>I miss my girls dearly. TLC is one of the biggest selling musical groups of all time. Check out these two classic videos from TLC. R.I.P. Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes.</p>

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         <title> JOSH AZZARELLA at DCKT Contemporary in NYC</title>
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Untitled #86 (Lopez), 2009, Cibachrome, edition of 3 + 1 AP, 10 x 10" image</p>

<p>DCKT Contemporary is pleased to present new photographs by JOSH AZZARELLA. AZZARELLA manipulates images from cinema, journalism and amateur photography. His photographs muddy the waters between the artificial beauty of a cinematic set and the inherent beauty of the natural landscape. Absent their most significant events, AZZARELLA’s images raise questions about how our society constructs a narrative of our collective history.</p>

<p>The emptying of the photographs presents each scene in its formal beauty but leaves a ghost of its narrative past. The viewer is tempted to draw relational lines between individual photographs and to decipher patterns and groupings, taking cues from color and film grain. Movie stills, homemade images and documentary footage mix together, as in our collective memory. How individual and collective memories form, the possibilities of confusing memories with realities or creating memories where none previously existed are all key to his oeuvre.</p>

<p>In one photograph vines drape across branches, hearkening documentary photographs of the Vietnam War although its true source is the B movie classic Creature from the Black Lagoon. Emptied seascapes recall the stillness of Hiroshi Sugimoto photographs. The backs of two men on an Elvis Presley film set evoke 1960s family photographs, perhaps of a picnic.</p>

<p>AZZARELLA lives and works in New York City. Solo and group exhibitions include Mark Moore Gallery (Santa Monica, CA); Vancouver Art Gallery (British Columbia); Kavi Gupta Gallery (Chicago); Akademie der Künste (Berlin). He was the recipient of the 2006 Emerging Artist Award and a solo exhibition from The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum (Ridgefield, CT). His work is included in the permanent collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. This is his third solo exhibition with DCKT Contemporary.</p>

<p>For more info on me visit my official website<br />
<a href="http://www.rickyday.net" target="_blank">www.rickyday.net</a></p>

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