Yes Yes
Cecily Brown is coming to town.............
Opening Reception
Sept. 20th
Gagosian Gallery
555 West 24th street
New York City, between 10th and 11th
6-8pm
Sept 20-October 25
Time to pull out the outfit, proper shoes, and paint the town multiple colors on Sept. 20th.
Perhaps, some people really go to openings to look at the Art; others like myself, use an opening to score some free wine and kick off a long night of fun, meet interesting people, and dance the night away at the Passerby till 5am which is now gone! Such a shame. I would try to hang out with Larry myself. According to Phoebe Hoban who wrote,"Basquiat, A Quick Killing in Art", Larry was described as quite the party animal. Perfect guy for me to meet. Right. But I do love Cecily Brown's work and decided to dig up some info for all the other Art fanatics out there.....
-Born in London and studied at the Slade School of Art
-First Solo project was at Deitch in 1997
-Her Lips are in style
-At P.S. 1 you can see a painting she created in the stairway
-Has cool crazy curly hair
-Shown at such prestigious instutions such as the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden;
Museum of Fine Art in Boston;Kunstnalle Mannheim in Germany; IA and Modern Art Oxford, England;The Macro in Rome; and others
-Loves Karaoke
-She has participated in group exhibitions at the Saatchi Collection, The Whitney Museum of American Art, and P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Ceter Long Island City, NY.
-Loves artisits such as Francisco de Goya, Nicolas Poussin, William de Kooning, and Joan Mitchell
-Can spot her in Vogue or V magazine from time to time
-Her paintings combine figuration and abstraction
-Sir Elton John collects her work
-She's the daughter of Shena Mackay, a novelist, and David Sylvester, one of Britain's leading art critics.
-Likes to party with Tara Subkoff
-Has work


on Artnet
-Her father and pal Francis Bacon took Cecily to exhibitions and art parties as a young girl
-Was a waitress when she first moved to New York
-Her work collected by the Tate and the Guggenheim and is collected by Charles Saatchi
-Is buddies with art stars Rachel Feinstein and John Currin
-Some claim that she became famous for restoring a certain sensuality to painting
-Her first solo show at the Gagosian were erotic and depicted sexual acts
-Can work on 20 paintings at once
-Smokes cigarettes
-Has been photographed by Chuck Close and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
-Has sipped wine with Bruno Bischofberger
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