MID-CAREER RETROSPECTIVE
Leslie Brack
April 11 - May 10, 2015
Leslie Brack: Left to right, "Bite me," oil on panel, 13.5" x 14.5", 2004;"Flying Monkey," oil on panel, 18" x 16", 2004;“Knife,” oil paint on LP album cover, 12” x 12”, 2014 ; "Poodlehead," oil paint on LP album cover, 2014; "Bouquet," oil paint on LP album cover, 12” x 12”, 2014; "Art," oil paint on LP album cover, 12.5" x 12.5", 2013"; “Streaker,” oil paint on LP album cover, 12” x 12”, 2013; "Cloud in Trousers," oil paint on LP album cover, 12.5" x 12.5", 2013
Leslie Brack: "Tourist," oil and acrylic paint on box, 15" x 12" x 10", 2013; "Clock," oil on linen, 8" x 8", 2011; "Bats," oil on panel, 19.5" x 17", 2006
Leslie Brack: “Streaker,” oil paint on LP album cover, 12” x 12”, 2013; "Cloud in Trousers," oil paint on LP album cover, 12.5" x 12.5", 2013; "Yosemite," oil paint on found, framed print, 2014
Leslie Brack:"Flying Monkey," oil on panel, 18" x 16", 2004; "Bite me," oil on panel, 13.5" x 14.5", 2004; “Knife,” oil paint on LP album cover, 12” x 12”, 2014
Leslie Brack:"Sunburst," oil on canvas, 12" x 12", 2010; "Spilled Drink," oil on canvas, 6" x 12", 2012; "blank.," oil on canvas, 8" x 10", 2010; "TV," oil on canvas, 12" x 12", 2010; "Flower," oil on canvas, 6" x 8", 2008; "What To Do When Nothing Happens," oil on canvas, 10" x 10", 2008; "Make Friends with an Alcoholic," oil on canvas, 8" x 10", 2008;"Being Canadian Isn't Everything," oil on canvas, 8" x 10", 2008; "Rocks," oil on canvas, 8" x 8", 2010; "Prepare to be underwhelmed.," oil on canvas, 8" x 10", 2009
Leslie Brack: "Yosemite," oil pant on found, framed print, 2014; "Tourist," oil and acrylic paint on box, 15" x 12" x 10", 2013; "Family Store," foam helmet, wood clock, spray paint, screws, 13" x 11" x 5.5", 2013
Leslie Brack: "Licks," oil on panel, 8" x 10", 2006; "Monkey Lips," oil on canvas, 7" x 12", 2007; "Speaking in Tongues", oil paint on found, framed print, 2014; "Earth Works," oil on panel, 11" x 9", 2005
Leslie Brack: "Icebergs (after Church)," oil on canvas, 6" x 12", 2011; "Tooth," oil on canvas, 6" x 8", 2011
Leslie Brack: "Clock," oil on linen, 8" x 8", 2011; "Er Chest Ch Chin," oil on panel, 2001
Leslie Brack: "Flea Fleas," oil and mixed media, 1992; "Very Cold Beer," oil a paint on panel 2001; "Guest Star," oil paint on panel, 1996; "Demi’s Movie," oil paint on panel, 1996
Leslie Brack: "Swimmer," mixed media, 1993; "Bang Bang," oil on found wood, 1993
Leslie Brack: "Dear Grandma," watercolor on paper, 12" x 9” unframed, 2013; "my life is to hard," watercolor on paper, 8" x 11” unframed, 2012
Leslie Brack: "Bite me," oil on panel, 13.5" x 14.5", 2004;"Flying Monkey," oil on panel, 18" x 16", 2004
Leslie Brack: “Knife,” oil paint on LP album cover, 12” x 12”, 2014; "Poodlehead," oil paint on LP album cover, 2014; "Bouquet," oil paint on LP album cover, 12” x 12”, 2014"Art," oil paint on LP album cover, 12.5" x 12.5", 2013
Leslie Brack: "Cigarette," oil on canvas, 4" x 4", 2012; "Best Fishes," oil on panel, 2002
Leslie Brack: "Cigarette," oil on canvas, 4" x 4", 2012
Leslie Brack: "Best Fishes," oil on panel, 2002
Leslei Brack: "Lighter," oil on canvas, 2.5" x 3.5", 2012
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(exhibition photos thanks to Bernard Yenelouis)
Opening night, Saturday April 11, 2015 with music by Powerdove
above: Annie Lewandowski of Powerdove and Leslie Brack
Michael Ashkin, Maggie Prendergast, Libby Denault, Jackie Zdrojeski
Jeannie Weissglass and Andy Cross
Michael Ballou with Whisky
Stephen Dean, Michael Ashkin, Timmy Simonds, Danilo Correale
Leslie Brack
Dave,
Here are some possible title ideas for my Cathouse retrospective! Let me know if any appeal to you:
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If a Tree Falls
It’s a Long Way to the Top
MoMA called. Just kidding.
OMG SO OLD
Chronological Indignities
The Path Less Seen
Mid-Career Collision
Uncomfortable Silences
The Good Old Days: 1995 – Yesterday
If this is a mid-career retrospective, does that mean I only have twenty more years in me tops? FUCK.
Closing Party Bonfire
Your call,
Les
BIO
Despite this show’s being in a morgue out in Brooklyn, Leslie Brack’s next exhibition will be in a museum! Really! Brack has shown many places that have since closed. She has spent lots of time staring at the walls at several residencies and has won several awards. Some even gave her money! Brack holds an MFA from a giant art mill and spent over a decade making the Williamsburg waterside attractive enough for bankers and “developers” to feel the need to crush it with their gross architecture. She currently lives and works in exile.