B.O.S.

I went to the Bushwick open studios this year and had a terrific time. I saw the studios and work of Clintel Steed, Gabbe Grodin, Gili Levi, Andy Piedilato, Kat Zavvides , Jerry Blackman and Sean Gallagher among others.

I spent a while in Gili Levi's studio discussing her work, it's ugly/beautiful mood, and the hilarious awkwardness of entertaining passersby to an open studio.

Gili, a twenty something, Israeli gemini makes great paintings. Her work is full of dark pink and charged, impossibly varied marks. They teeter and breath, being both difficult to confront and welcoming. She unveils dark secrets of a sexual, quest seeking nature to a musical tune.