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September’s Art Exhibitions

cafegrumpy — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:01:49 +0000

In Park Slope: Photographs by Mari Lowery.
“My work spans many different subjects, but the one camera that I use most is a plastic camera called a Holga. When I first started using this camera, years ago, I was instantly taken with the soft focus, vignetting and vintage-like, dreamy colors that you can produce with it. It seemed to express what I was trying to convey previously by using photoshop. This collection includes mostly film, but some digital images as well.

Many of the the photos shown here were taken with a set up called a Holgaroid, which is a Holga camera, but instead of using 120 film, I’m using Polaroid, peel apart film. I also use two macro lens attachments, which allow me to shoot very small dolls and figures from as little as an inch away.

Photography is something that is very special in my life, and has inspired, kept me interested, and allowed me to channel my creativity for the last several years. It’s an honor to share my work with others, and I hope you enjoy looking at my images as much as I enjoy making them. This collection focuses predominately on my work with dolls, but also includes a few images from the work that I have done with masks.”

In Chelsea: “Market, Voyeurism, and Spaces” – Paintings by Tyrus Lytton.
“Born, in 1978, Tyrus Lytton won his first drawing award in 1984, receiving an honorable mention for his crayon on newsprint piece entitled “Helicopter.” Since that time, Ty has graduated from The University of Georgia with a degree in Fine Arts, and continues to win accolades as an artist. As the recipient of scholarships, fellowships, grants and residencies, his work is taken seriously and critically.”

In Greenpoint: “Line-up” – Drawings by Stephanie Ng
“This is a unique series of portraits and studies of the human form. Each piece captures the essence of its subject in an unexpected manner, transforming each image into a concentrated array of contours. The meandering lines appear to drift on a whim yet ultimately compose a deliberate shape. The lines flow freely and often frivolously, just as these subjects weave in and out of our lives.”

New York Artist Brings Colombia’s Coffee Culture Home

cafegrumpy — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 00:52:01 +0000

“A New York artist is on his way from the southwest-Colombian Huila department to his home town to display a collection of paintings he made of the coffee production process in one of Colombia’s renowned coffee regions.

Steven Weinberg, a painter and fanatic coffee-drinker, went to Huila to produce watercolor paintings that will be displayed in a Brooklyn coffee shop in August.

U.S. Coffee roaster (Cafe) Grumpy sent the New-Yorker to the tiny village of Gigante, Huila to portray how the coffee was grown, picked and dried, before being sent north for roasting and consumption.”

Read the full article here and visit Steven’s show this August at our Park Slope location.

June Art Exhibitions

cafegrumpy — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 17:56:56 +0000

We have some great artists showing work at the cafes throughout the month of June:

In Greenpoint, “See Saw”, by Sarah Lutkenhaus and Christine Garvey, is a set of collaborative drawings, where one artist begins a drawing and gives it to another to finish. The activity is an exercise in call and response; of creating a beginning and allowing another to find the end. The result is a new drawing that captures the tension between what we see and what was seen.

Sarah Lutkenhaus is a designer and illustrator currently residing in Brooklyn (via Kansas). She is interested in telling stories and visualizing ideas, no matter what the form may be: posters, books, installation, t-shirts.

Christine Garvey is an artist and printmaker also residing in Brooklyn. She teaches DIY Printmaking at Brooklyn’s The 3rd Ward and enjoys sharpened pencils, doughnuts, and collaborations of all kind.

In Chelsea, “Alteration” is a colorful series of portraits of people and their individual styles by Akane Ogura. Akane Ogura is originally from Japan where she studied Dressmaking and Fashion Design in Tokyo. After graduation, she worked as a Theatrical Costume Designer then moved to California. She found herself creating her world by using not only fabric and thread on a figure, but also with line, shape, value and color on a surface more freely. She received her BFA in Illustration at Academy of Art University in San Francisco in 2010. She currently lives in New York, and works as a Fine Artist and Illustrator.

In Park Slope, photographs of Diana Schoenbrun‘s “Beasties” are on display. Diana Schoenbrun is an illustrator, author, and crafter living in Park Slope, Brooklyn. She wrote Beasties: How to Make 22 Mischievous Monsters That Go Bump in the Night and Puppet Play: 20 Puppet Projects Made with Recycled Mittens, Towels, Socks, and More. She has worked in publishing, taught creative writing and puppetry workshops for children, and works as a freelance illustrator. She currently works as a puppet builder at Puppet Heap Studio. She received her BFA in illustration from the RISD.

Painting Exhibition by Chika Yoshii (Chelsea)

cafegrumpy — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 03:42:49 +0000

Chika Yoshii’s newest artwork is now on display in Chelsea. “Flowers” is a beautiful and subtle series of oil paintings.

Chika was born in Takamatsu City, Kagawa, Japan. She studied Japanese painting at Takamatsu Daiichi High School, then studied Textiles at Kyoto Art College. She currently lives in New York City where she attends the Art Students League of New York.

You can view more of Chika Yoshii’s work here.

This exhibition will be on view throughout the month of April. Please join us on Friday, April 15th from 6-8pm for an Artist’s reception.

Photography Exhibit by Catherine Hunsburger (Chelsea)

cafegrumpy — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:59:59 +0000

Stop by the Chelsea store to view Catherine Hunsburger’s newest exhibition of abstact compositions of lava sand and ice that she photographed in Iceland.

The work will be on display throughout the month of January.

Catherine is originally from Minnesota and currently lives and creates in Brooklyn. She graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2005 and has since been working in photography. She loves long walks, carbs, old family photos and new ways of looking at things.

See more of Catherine’s work here.

“Second Story” Illustrations by Shigeko Okada & Keiko Tokushima (Chelsea)

cafegrumpy — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 18:46:25 +0000

Second Story, a show of illustrations by Shigeko Okada and Keiko Tokushima, is on display throughout November in our Chelsea location.

The artists both received their BFA degrees from SVA in 2010 and currently work as freelance illustrators.

Read more about Shigeko Okada here and Keiko Tokushima here.