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| Dirty Little Things, Acrylic, Enamel and Dirt on Birch, 48 x 72, 2009 |
Leo Kesting Gallery Presents:
Greg Haberny : Dirty Little Things
September 10 – September 27
Reception with the Artist: Thurs Sep 10 from 7:00 – 10:00 pm
812 Washington St (at Gansevoort) NY NY 10014
8th Ave A, C, E and L train Stop or 1,2,3 to 14th St
Tue - Sat from 11:00 am until 7:00 pm Sun & Mon 1– 6pm
Admission is free to the public phone: 917-650-3760 / 917-292-8865
www.leokesting.com
Greg Haberny, known for his outlandish in-your-face installations, returns to the Leo Kesting Gallery with his
2009 collection entitled Dirty Little Things. The new collection of paintings, sculpture and a 25 min video
details the underworld correspondent to the spoiled myth of the American dream.
Through various mediums including paint, prescription drugs, and subversive pastries, Haberny provides a
colorful, cynical perspective on somber issues such as economic bailouts and health care reform.
Incorporating cupcakes in his installation, ArtForum notes that Haberny does anything but coat his work in
frosting. With the “unavoidable presence of a gyrating go-go girl,” and “a stack of cupcakes frosted with the
slogans FUCK YOU and BLOW ME,” Haberny’s work succeeds in retaining a tangibly raw and uninhibited
attitude.
The second floor of the gallery is sectioned off with a red velvet curtain behind which the art viewer is
confronted with a spacious dark room screening a video of modern day indentured servants. Utilizing cinéma
vérité, Haberny conveys the plight of Latin American immigrants living in suburban America. Knowing little
English and with no family connections the victims are forced to play out parts in a violent reality. The video
plays without amplified sound, only a series of headsets on the wall mandating the viewer to opt into
witnessing this everyday gruesome reality.
Leo Kesting Gallery invites you to join us in unveiling these new works with a reception for the artist on
Thursday, September 10 from 7:00 until 10:00 pm and then running daily until September 27.
Leo Kesting Gallery launched in 2003 and developed an aggressive campaign to introduce new figurative
artists to collectors and art supporters. Leo Kesting offers the art viewing public an opportunity to see
forthcoming talents in an intimate setting where undiscovered, cutting-edge artists are presented to the
contemporary art scene.
Leo Kesting Gallery is located at 812 Washington Street at the corner of Gansevoort in Manhattan's Meat
Packing District. A, C, E or L train to 8th Ave and 14th Street or 1, 2, 3 train to 14th Street. Gallery hours are
Tuesday to Sunday from 11am until 7pm.
Leo Kesting Gallery
gallery is located at 812 Washington St New York NY 10014
phone: 917-650-3760
at the corner of Ganesvoort St
8th Ave 14th st A,C, E and L train Stop
www.leokesting.com
Greg Haberny : Dirty Little Things
September 10 – September 27
Reception with the Artist: Thurs Sep 10 from 7:00 – 10:00 pm
812 Washington St (at Gansevoort) NY NY 10014
8th Ave A, C, E and L train Stop or 1,2,3 to 14th St
Tue - Sat from 11:00 am until 7:00 pm Sun & Mon 1– 6pm
Admission is free to the public phone: 917-650-3760 / 917-292-8865
www.leokesting.com
Greg Haberny, known for his outlandish in-your-face installations, returns to the Leo Kesting Gallery with his
2009 collection entitled Dirty Little Things. The new collection of paintings, sculpture and a 25 min video
details the underworld correspondent to the spoiled myth of the American dream.
Through various mediums including paint, prescription drugs, and subversive pastries, Haberny provides a
colorful, cynical perspective on somber issues such as economic bailouts and health care reform.
Incorporating cupcakes in his installation, ArtForum notes that Haberny does anything but coat his work in
frosting. With the “unavoidable presence of a gyrating go-go girl,” and “a stack of cupcakes frosted with the
slogans FUCK YOU and BLOW ME,” Haberny’s work succeeds in retaining a tangibly raw and uninhibited
attitude.
The second floor of the gallery is sectioned off with a red velvet curtain behind which the art viewer is
confronted with a spacious dark room screening a video of modern day indentured servants. Utilizing cinéma
vérité, Haberny conveys the plight of Latin American immigrants living in suburban America. Knowing little
English and with no family connections the victims are forced to play out parts in a violent reality. The video
plays without amplified sound, only a series of headsets on the wall mandating the viewer to opt into
witnessing this everyday gruesome reality.
Leo Kesting Gallery invites you to join us in unveiling these new works with a reception for the artist on
Thursday, September 10 from 7:00 until 10:00 pm and then running daily until September 27.
Leo Kesting Gallery launched in 2003 and developed an aggressive campaign to introduce new figurative
artists to collectors and art supporters. Leo Kesting offers the art viewing public an opportunity to see
forthcoming talents in an intimate setting where undiscovered, cutting-edge artists are presented to the
contemporary art scene.
Leo Kesting Gallery is located at 812 Washington Street at the corner of Gansevoort in Manhattan's Meat
Packing District. A, C, E or L train to 8th Ave and 14th Street or 1, 2, 3 train to 14th Street. Gallery hours are
Tuesday to Sunday from 11am until 7pm.
Leo Kesting Gallery
gallery is located at 812 Washington St New York NY 10014
phone: 917-650-3760
at the corner of Ganesvoort St
8th Ave 14th st A,C, E and L train Stop
www.leokesting.com
| Greg Haberny: Dirty LittleThings September 10 – September 27 |
| F Troop, paper and dirt on wood, 7 x 5, 2009 |
| March Of the Wooden Communist, Enamel and Paper On Canvas, 8 x 6, 2009 |