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Chadwick Whitehead
Liz Brown
Ross Racine
Nicole Stager
Steven Tabbutt
Masha Ryskin
Abby Goodman
Barry Hazard
Brian LaRossa
Allison Edge
Sean Flannigan
Steven Tabbutt
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Undine BrodLiz Brown @Like the Spice
Written by Julian Duron
Monday, 17 November 2008
Brooklyn hosted a bunch of openings in Williamsburg on Friday including this show at Like The Spice by Liz Brown titled OMGWTF. The show exhibited many new works by the artist revolving around a whimsical narrative set in outer space, at retro retail establishments and twisted movie sets. The work is solid and painted with a rigid edge creating a shiny like-new feeling that directly ties into the title of the show... Witty sense of sarcasm much? Anyway, get down to Like the Spice and check out this great little show before it closes December 7th.
Check out full post with loads of great images from the opening of Liz Brown:OMGWTF!! (Thanks Julian & Fecal Face, XO LTS)
...which, naturally, means "Opening Night For Liz Brown's OMGWTF And If You Weren't There You Should Have Been!" And that's how we feel in a digital nutshell.
Friday, November 14th was opening night for our current show, OMGWTF. And it was great. If you missed it, STFU with the excuses and get here as fast as you can!
For the digital types, head over to our special Internet sneak preview and LOL in the privacy of your own browser. But we're telling you, these things so hot in person.
Keep in mind that we've got our Monthly Dinner coming up on November 21st. The artist will be in attendance, and if you've never met Liz in person, you've totally got to come. We often fill up fast, so RSVP PDQ, thx.
OMGWTF runs until December 7th. Be sure you visit. TTFN.
This year, we are also privileged to be joining Dylan Peet in a co-curation at Bridge Miami. Bridge leads the way for contemporary art fairs worldwide, and South Beach will be filled with art from more than 80 galleries. Come find us in the Catalina Hotel: Room #209.
Like the Spice’s enormous success at last year’s Fountain Miami left us so excited to return to Florida. We’ll be taking the state by storm with an awesome arsenal of new work by up-and-coming artists.
Also as you might know from previous posts!
Like the Spice is thrilled to announce our participation in December’s SCOPE Miami. SCOPE, Miami’s original emerging art fair, is in its seventh year. Its reputation for adventurous alternative art and a museum-quality program of tours, lectures, and special events has made it one of the most respected art fairs currently in operation. LTS will be at booth 473 in the brand new SCOPE Pavilion, located in the famous Wynwood Art District, alongside 84 other exhibitors from 28 different countries.
Here are all the artists we are Bringing with us for the festivities! 
Rachel Beach's multifaceted wood veneer and oil paint constructions are derived from details of art, architecture and design history. Her works have been described as " tough, precise and disciplined with a hard edged cheeriness" and "steeped in a pleasant pluralism, bound by a shared material intelligence".
Liz Brown’s subjects are intended to be amusingly romantic, assembled from the ideal world that is delivered by traditional media. Her goal is a work that exists as itself, rather than a revelation of the thoughts other process of the artist.
Jason Bryant's unique approach to popular culture shows in his lavishly detailed, pristinely finished drawings and canvasses, reinvesting their stars with a bit of privacy, a bit of agency.
Anna Druzcz built her current visual methodology using a combination of photographic and digital techniques. Her most recent series features digitally composed photographic landscapes cobbled together from organic and synthetic sources.
Allison Edge works primarily in oil on canvas and watercolor on paper. Her work captures recurring themes of youth worship and idealized beauty, and are influenced by fashion advertising, boyfriends/friends, Pre-Raphaelites and growing up in the 80’s.
Dean Goelz’s sculptures and drawings depict the slightly odd ways we interact with each other and our environment, and the tenuous grip society and culture have on our gentle animal natures. Using a kind of reverse anthropomorphism, the characters depicted in his work evoke protective instincts usually reserved for cute animals and babies.
Abby Goodman combines animal imagery and manufactured products , creating a visual metaphor for the nameless longing for ideal balance between man and nature. Inspired by her own personal experiences, Goodman’s creatures become characters in a fantasy world that parallels the reality of her daily life.
Eric LoPresti paints from photographs using oils, sometimes with an airbrushed acrylic background. His imagery alludes to hidden forces, the world that exists beside us, and beyond our control.
Jenny Morgan’s physiological portraiture manipulates the figure to expose an individual's idiosyncrasies. Working with people from her own life as subject matter allows Morgan to hone in on specifics of their character and present their personalities as she experiences them.
Ross Racine’s digital prints are drawn completely freehand, on the computer. Joined together the pieces reveal familiar opposites of handmade and digital, organic and mechanical, subjective and technological, physical and virtual.
Michelle Hinebrook: More info coming!
We've seen a big jump in subscribers lately. It's so nice to be read. Welcome aboard! We know the holidays are coming up, so here's a quick blast to help you plan your visits. And remember, you can always visit our online calendar if you're not sure. It's usually correct!
On November 9th we've got the closing brunch forNicole Stager: Synesthesia. Come enjoy a mimosa as you scope out the art!
Speaking of Scope, we'll be down in Miami at the Scope Art Fair from December 3rd through December 7th. We'd be so happy if someone from home would visit us. We hear those Miami people are crazy!
While that's happening, our little gallery will remain open with a new show from the fantastic Liz Brown. It runs from November 14th to December 7th and we're calling it OMGWTF. We think that will be your reaction as well. Come November 14th to enjoy opening night.
Finally, November 21st will be the next installment of our Monthly Dinner Series, Smooth Operator. You'll enjoy dinner with artist Liz Brown as she talks about her work. Trust us, she's great, there's no way it won't be fun. But make your reservations soon. We tend to fill up fast!
As you can see, we're going non-stop this holiday. Thanks to all our fans, old and new!
Happy Halloween, Like the Spicers! We've been swarmed by fun-sized Supermen and Hannah Montanas all day, and our Tootsie-Roll bowl is running low. It is well-known amongst higher circles that there is only ONE cure for the brain-crushing crash that follows the Halloween sugar-high - Good Art. In which case, you should immediately make a reservation for the closing BRUNCH of "Synaesthesia", Sunday, November 9th, from 1-6pm.
Sadly, we can’t keep Nicole Stager’s “Synaesthesia” on our walls forever, but we can come together to celebrate it in style one more time. If you haven’t yet had a chance to spend time with this beautiful, welcoming exhibition, Sunday will be an opportunity to savor colorful photograms - hair-of-the-dog in hand.
If you’re a fan of our Monthly Dinner Series, you know that a meal at LTS - like “Synaesthesia” — is a thing not to be missed. Space is limited, so please RSVP as soon as possible to marisa@likethespice.com. Be here, or go hungry.
