Martin Wong, Peter Hujar, Lee Brozgol, and Charles Jarm, LES Legends on exhibit through May 30th at Powers / Lowenfels, PPOW, and Ortuzar. Don’t miss ‘em!
#queerartist #martinwong #peterhujar #charlesjarm #leebrozgol @ppowgallery@ortuzargallery@leebrozgol
EXTENDED THRU MAY 30! Lee Brozgol & Charles Jarm: Eldridge & Mulberry.
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Brozgol’s “Tenement Series,” graphite drawings from the late 70s to early 80s, depict the grit and the historic architecture around him.
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These drawings complement his friend Anton van Dalen’s “Night Street” series, and his meticulous brickwork foreshadows the paintings of Martin Wong.
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In the early 1970s, Charles Jarm, a gay Chinese-American, lived in New York City on Mulberry, where Little Italy and Chinatown overlap. Photographs from the period document him chiseling large nude figures flat on the floor of his living room while naked himself!
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Constructed of lumber-store boards, he carved the figures in shallow relief and then further defined them with graphite to strengthen and add volume. Each figure is distinct and likely portraits of friends.
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Figuratively speaking, as Eldridge and Mulberry run parallel to each other, Brozgol and Jarm never crossed paths; their work now meets at our gallery at 53 Stanton.
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We are a NYC gallery exhibiting a Venn diagram of Outsider, Self-Taught & Contemporary Works of Art. Thursday-Sunday 12-6 p.m.
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#queerart #queerartist #asianamericanartist #gayartist
Eldridge & Mulberry continues … open all weekend 12-6 p.m.
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Lee Brozgol’s “Tenement Series,” graphite drawings from the late 70s to early 80s, depict the grit and the historic architecture around him.
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These drawings complement his friend Anton van Dalen’s “Night Street” series, and his meticulous brickwork foreshadows the paintings of Martin Wong.
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Lee Brozgol & Charles Jarm: Eldridge & Mulberry. Brozgol & Jarm worked in the Lower East Side for decades: Brozgol on Eldridge, and Jarm on Mulberry. Through May 23.
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We are a NYC gallery exhibiting a Venn diagram of Outsider, Self-Taught & Contemporary Works of Art. Thursday-Sunday 12-6 p.m.
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#queerart #queerartist #lowereastsideart
The contact sheets of Charles Jarm working are just as remarkable as the work itself. Whenever do you find such documentation?!?! The images record Jarm working naked in his Mulberry Street apartment, carving the naked figures. They answer some questions but invite so many more. Did he always create in the nude? Or was he nude just for this documentation as performance? Was the documentation meant to be part of the sculpture? Or was it a spontaneous moment created by Jarm and his boyfriend?
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Contact sheet of Charles Jarm (1932-2021) working in his apartment/studio on Mulberry Street, NYC.
Circa: 1970
Size: 15” (w) x 16 1/2” (h) (framed)
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In the early 1970s, Charles Jarm, a gay Chinese-American, lived in New York City on Mulberry, where Little Italy and Chinatown overlap. Photographs from the period document him chiseling large nude figures flat on the floor of his living room while naked himself!
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Constructed of lumber-store boards, he carved the figures in shallow relief and then further defined them with graphite to strengthen and add volume. Each figure is distinct and likely portraits of friends.
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We are a NYC gallery exhibiting a Venn diagram of Outsider, Self-Taught & Contemporary Works of Art. Thursday-Sunday 12-6 p.m.
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#queerart #queerartist #lowereastsideart
Open Thursday -Sunday 12-6 p.m. Sometimes in drawing and painting, it’s what you do outside of the subject that can be the most inventive and interesting. The patterned “cloud-like” space to the interior here is spellbinding.
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Lee Brozgol (1941-2021)
Study From Life
Graphite on paper
Circa: September 1979
Size: 23 1/2” x 21”
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Lee Brozgol’s “Tenement Series,” graphite drawings from the late 70s to early 80s, depict the grit and the historic architecture around him.
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These drawings complement his friend Anton van Dalen’s “Night Street” series, and his meticulous brickwork foreshadows the paintings of Martin Wong.
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Lee Brozgol & Charles Jarm: Eldridge & Mulberry. Brozgol & Jarm worked in the Lower East Side for decades: Brozgol on Eldridge, and Jarm on Mulberry. Through May 23.
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We are a NYC gallery exhibiting a Venn diagram of Outsider, Self-Taught & Contemporary Works of Art. Thursday-Sunday 12-6 p.m.
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#queerart #queerartist #lowereastsideart
Yes, we are open Sundays 12-6 p.m. Perhaps a metaphor about Lower East Side (and life)—from death comes life and you have to destroy in order to rebuild.
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Lee Brozgol (1941-2021)
Flowering Skull
Graphite on paper
Circa: 1980
Size: 30” x 23”
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Lee Brozgol’s “Tenement Series,” graphite drawings from the late 70s to early 80s, depict the grit and the historic architecture around him.
.
These drawings complement his friend Anton van Dalen’s “Night Street” series, and his meticulous brickwork foreshadows the paintings of Martin Wong.
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Lee Brozgol & Charles Jarm: Eldridge & Mulberry. Brozgol & Jarm worked in the Lower East Side for decades: Brozgol on Eldridge, and Jarm on Mulberry. Through May 23.
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We are a NYC gallery exhibiting a Venn diagram of Outsider, Self-Taught & Contemporary Works of Art. Thursday-Sunday 12-6 p.m.
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#queerart #queerartist #lowereastsideart
Open today 12-6. Lee Brozgol & Charles Jarm: Eldridge & Mulberry. Brozgol & Jarm worked in the Lower East Side for decades: Brozgol on Eldridge, and Jarm on Mulberry. Through May 23.
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Charles Jarm (1932-2021)
Standing Woman I
Wood, graphite
Circa: 1970
Size: 48” (h)
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In the early 1970s, Charles Jarm, a gay Chinese-American, lived in New York City on Mulberry, where Little Italy and Chinatown overlap. Photographs from the period document him chiseling large nude figures flat on the floor of his living room while naked himself!
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Constructed of lumber-store boards, he carved the figures in shallow relief and then further defined them with graphite to strengthen and add volume. Each figure is distinct and likely portraits of friends.
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We are a NYC gallery exhibiting a Venn diagram of Outsider, Self-Taught & Contemporary Works of Art. Thursday-Sunday 12-6 p.m.
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#queerart #queerartist #asianamericanartist #gayartist
Five years and two weeks ago, Josh and I walked past an empty storefront on Stanton Street. Five years ago today, we opened our gallery at 53 Stanton! It was during the pandemic—seemed like a good time to open a commercial venture 😅. Since then, two additional galleries have become our neighbors (JJ Murphy and Abri Mars), and Stanton Street is a destination.
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We are currently exhibiting Lee Brozgol & Charles Jarm: Eldridge & Mulberry. Brozgol & Jarm worked in the Lower East Side for decades: Brozgol on Eldridge, and Jarm on Mulberry. Through May 23. Come on by.
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We are a NYC gallery exhibiting a Venn diagram of Outsider, Self-Taught, & Contemporary Works of Art. Thursday-Sunday, 12-6 p.m.
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@jjmurphygallery@abri.mars
Open today 12-6 p.m. Fire escapes are part of the architectural vernacular of tenement buildings. Also known as “economy balconies,” as they were used as a place to hang out, get some air or even places to sleep. This woman is dressed for the night; she’s not Maria from West Side Story, but with her stiletto heels, striped shirt, and floral skirt, she looks like she has a plan for the evening.
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Lee Brozgol (1941-2021)
Woman on Fire Escape
Graphite on paper
Circa: 1978
Size: 23” x 17”
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Lee Brozgol’s “Tenement Series,” graphite drawings from the late 70s to early 80s, depict the grit and the historic architecture around him.
.
These drawings complement his friend Anton van Dalen’s “Night Street” series, and his meticulous brickwork foreshadows the paintings of Martin Wong.
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Lee Brozgol & Charles Jarm: Eldridge & Mulberry. Brozgol & Jarm worked in the Lower East Side for decades: Brozgol on Eldridge, and Jarm on Mulberry. Through May 23.
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We are a NYC gallery exhibiting a Venn diagram of Outsider, Self-Taught & Contemporary Works of Art. Thursday-Sunday 12-6 p.m.
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#queerart #queerartist #lowereastsideart
Though only 3/4 of a mile long, Eldridge Street on the Lower East Side has a storied history. Named after Lt. Joseph C. Eldridge, Eldridge Street is the site of the Eldridge Street Synagogue, which was built in 1887 and is one of the earliest synagogues built by Eastern European Jews. Jacob Riis photographed the squalor of inmates at the Eldridge Street Police Station in his influential book, How the Other Half Lives, and musicians from Ira Gershwin to Eddie Cantor to Sonic Youth have lived on Eldridge, and of course artists, such as Lee Brozgol, of the Tenement Series drawings which we are exhibiting through May 23.
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We are a NYC gallery exhibiting a Venn diagram of Outsider, Self-Taught & Contemporary Works of Art. Thursday-Sunday 12-6 p.m.
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#queerart #queerartist #eldridgestreet #lowereastsideartist
Small, balsa wood carved head by Charles Jarm on view in our current exhibit, Lee Brozgol & Charles Jarm: Eldridge & Mulberry. Through May 23.
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In the early 1970s, Charles Jarm, a gay Chinese-American, lived in New York City on Mulberry, where Little Italy and Chinatown overlap. Photographs from the period document him chiseling large nude figures flat on the floor of his living room while naked himself!
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Charles Jarm (1932-2021)
Small Carved Head
Balsa wood
Circa: 1970
Size: 7 3/4” (h)
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We are a NYC gallery exhibiting a Venn diagram of Outsider, Self-Taught & Contemporary Works of Art. Thursday-Sunday 12-6 p.m.
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#queerart #queerartist #asianamericanartist #gayartist
Voyeurism has always been part of New York. How couldn’t it? In Rear Window, Hitchcock’s voyeurism is central to the plot, or it is the plot. And in Seinfeld, it serves as comic relief with everyone’s fantasy of a nude neighbor across the way. And then there is the Standard Hotel in Chelsea, where voyeurism and exhibitionism meet.
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In Lee Brozgol’s Tenement series drawings, voyeurism plays a role as we peek into the lives of others in their private spaces.
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In a city of 8 million people Brozgol only scratched the surface. These drawings are on view through May 23. #queerart #queerartist #voyeurism #standardhotel
