FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
EASTERN DISTRICT PRESENTS AS THE GRAND OPENING ART EXHIBIT:
JUAN DOE
COLLATERAL MATERIAL
“MADE IN BROOKLYN”
A COLLECTION OF COMIC BOOK INSPIRED VISUAL RHETORIC
FEBRUARY 27TH – MARCH 22ND, 2009
OPENING RECEPTION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27TH, 2009, 7 – 10
SPONSORED BY ASAHI BEER "Made In Brooklyn", denotes the aboriginal, solitary, artistic representation of works and amalgamated concepts of visual retort for the artist and word-mongering engineer, Juan Doe. Created under the auspice of super-heroes, giant-bio-luminescent sea monsters and hydroponic chambers of restituted imaginations, the show collects a sampling of the deep and resonating influence of the comic book art form into the hybridized confluences of painting, writing and story telling.
Amidst the umbrella of the jazz-like-bebop-staccato-strains of the comic book art form, the works range from over-sized, narrative paintings, uprooted from the constraints of printed proportions and exorcised to life with enamel and hand skills, to conceptual constructs of systematic word play, to portraits of satirical messiahs, to a collection of printed comic book covers depicting the heroes of Marvel comics lore and short stories of wife-abusing robots and self-aggrandizing reflections of pure ego. The pieces are created from the recesses of the underground to the hysteria of the mainstream. A kaleidoscopic array of color, movement and heady stylings, made in a vestibule of secrecy... made in
a borough of a great city that never sleeps... made in a comic book panel named Brooklyn.
A Marvel comic artist and receiver of the BRIO Award on 2006 and again 2008, this is a rare opportunity to see Juan’s art in a gallery setting as a solo exhibition.
In the artist’s own words: Juan Doe is an idea freighted in a vessel of biological myth. A paramount investigator of life's encryption
and armed with an array of code-breaking assets, he exists as an artist with no supplication for
anything but his dreams, imaginations and rhetoric of experience emboldened through a hallucinatory
approach to image-making. He can be found in the catalogue of forgotten legacies, reflecting his inner
depth, and telling stories by the campfires of history using magical words as the bait of entrapment. He
is also a proponent of pints, painting, process and comic books.
He lives and works in NYC and loves punching the back of necks.
http://www.juandoe.com/
ABOUT EASTERN DISTRICT:
EASTERN DISTRICT is an exhibition space located at 43 Bogart Street in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Eastern District will present ongoing performance and event-based programming - monthly art exhibits and live music events. We will also feature our in house fashion and apparel line, “La Mode Noir”. Apparel designers include:
Orignal fake by Kaws
Kris Van Assche
Claw money
Public School
Manish Arora
Geoffrey B. Small (exclusive for Eastern District)
Under Eastern District’s art-direction, “La Mode Noir” is also collaborating to create apparel with such artists/designers as William Lemon III, Long Nguyen, and Jesus Saves. William, a Brooklyn based artist who has worked with both Marc Jacobs and Chloe Sevigny, has been featured in fashion editorials and worked with corporate companies such as Motorola. Long, a pioneer in fashion, known for his somewhat sinister graphic designs, has created graphics for some of fashion's favorite brands including Alexandre Plokhov's Cloak. And Jesus Saves, a graffiti artist born and raised in Bushwick, is considered one of New York's most consistent and active writers. Eastern District will also feature exclusive artist-designed sustainable furniture by Jason Horvath of Uhuru; as well as showcase art, design, and culture based books.
Eastern District is a unique fusion of young creativity focusing on the New York City Area. Recognizing that art, culture and inspiration aren’t linear, the space provides a multi-faceted creative atmosphere that draws from and encourages the synergy that evolves from the merging of these different artistic avenues. Eastern District will feature highly creative and exciting young designers, rotating the apparel collection regularly as we present diverse music performances and monthly exhibits by some of the top young fine and graphic artists.
Eastern District is a project of Michael “Tido” Cabrera, Jordan Seiler, and Jesse Lee Denning. The creative forces behind Eastern District, each born and raised within the five boroughs, bring to this space their love of New York as well as their individual creative expertise.
Bushwick’s own Michael “Tido” Cabrera, an artistic visionary consultant, was the personal stylist and design assistant to Sean Combs. He has contributed to “The Fader” and “LVMH”, and was responsible for coordinating Paul Rowland’s first solo photography exhibit during Art Basel Miami ’08 as a satellite show for Eastern District. Tido currently styles a number of top pop stars.
Jordan Seiler, a native New Yorker, graduated from The Rhode Island School of Design and then returned to the city to pursue a career in the arts. He runs PublicAdCampaign, an art and activist project founded nine years ago. Dealing with public space and outdoor advertising issues in the city, PublicAdCampaign is responsible for hundreds of unauthorized public installations around the city. Jordan also works in the photography industry, creating and producing fashion as well as advertising content. Recently he has begun curating and producing gallery exhibitions, including the recent solo exhibition of Paul Rowland's photography at Art Basel Miami 2008, and its upcoming re-imagination in Chelsea.
Jesse Lee Denning was born, grew up and continues to live in NYC’s West Village. With undergraduate and Masters degrees in Art History and Video Art from New York University she has worked in high-profile galleries in mid-town, Chelsea, and Soho. Jesse co-founded and was creative director and manager of Invisible NYC, the highly rated art gallery and tattoo studio that for four years presented some of the finest, cutting edge urban art in New York. Shows that she curated have been praised in publications ranging from The New York Times to Time Out New York.
Eastern District will host the creation and the exhibition of art in its many forms including fashion, fine art and music, advancing new directions in the presentation of contemporary art. The space is simultaneously an extension and microcosm of the fusion of urban life and the artistic creativity that characterizes New York City. Eastern District and the City combine to form a unique setting for artists in all media to work and to show their work. Eastern District supports and participates in the creative process. Eastern District is a place for interaction among diverse artists and between artists and the public.
Eastern District
43 Bogart Street
Brooklyn, NY 11206
718-628-0400
www.eastern-district.com