Brooklyn-based artist Dan Witz’s new show opened last night, so you can go and get a close up gander at those hyperreal paintings of mosh pits, yuppie swarms and rat herds. Also on view: new trompe l’oeil portraits of friends – gagged, masked and cellphone screen illuminated chiaroscuro-style. Read more »
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The Dan Witz art book “IN PLAIN VIEW: 30 Years of Artworks Illegal and Otherwise” is finally coming out. To celebrate, the artist will be signing… nay… hand-painting the linen covers of 120 10 of 120 limited edition copies at Clic Gallery on Nov. 22. Spanning three decades of NYC street mischief, from hummingbird block haunts to the homeless in fine oils to tromp l’oeil installations. Preview the monster of a book above.
This Is a Painting of a Mosh Pit
Really. It is. Urban prankster and trompe-l’œil street artist and Dan Witz has been adding more hyper-real paintings to his mosh pit series. It’s all concert crowds, punks, suits, dogs and rats a-swarming all over each other. Check ‘em out below and see Gen X run-off and Yankee caps get swallowed into big mangled masses of the moshing yesteryear. Wait, do people still do this? Read more »
Artist To Reveal His ‘Dark Doings’
Next week, trompe-l’Å“il street artist Dan Witz will open a solo show of his sad summer series, “Dark Doings.” Featuring sinister images of animals and people trapped behind closed doors, the fuax-window installations are the New York-based artist’s latest attempt “to make obvious in your face art that ninety-nine percent of the people who walk by won’t notice.” Befitting the artist’s wishes, the exhibition opens in pedestrian-unfriendly Los Angeles, from November 5 through December 3rd at Carmichael Gallery.
Images via Dan Witz
Tomorrow night, Jonathan Levine Gallery hosts a round of “Beach Blanket Bingo” in Chelsea. The summer mixer/group show features the works of more than 30 artists, a mix of locals, out-of-towners, new jacks and gallery alumni including BAST, Andrew Foster, AJ Fosik, Dan Witz, Elbow Toe, Korin Faught, Skinner, Ron English, Anthony Lister and Natalia Fabia among others. The show opens from 6 to 8 PM and is on view through August 22nd at 529 West 20th Street, 9th Floor. Read more »
Dan Witz Has Street Art Tied Up
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- “Dark Doings” by Dan Witz
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- “Dark Doings” by Dan Witz
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- “Dark Doings” by Dan Witz
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- “Dark Doings” by Dan Witz
The trompe-l’Å“il installations from street artist Dan Witz have taken a sinisiter turn as of late. His latest work features bound and gagged figures as well as dangerous jungle animals behind faux-window constructions quietly installed in public doorways. Until you take a close look, you might never notice the “Dark Doings” behind closed doors.
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