Rosson Crow's exhibition of her new paintings titled Bowery Boys opened last night. Though the usual party atmosphere of the Deitch following seemed lighter, whether that was due to a dilution from fairs or a growing apprehension of what will come of the legendary downtown seen, the crowd was still full of New York's own talent and was a good time.
The paintings are large scale interior spaces of New York that have been inhabited, "tagged", or transformed by the bad boys of the downtown scene. Painted in a wildly gestural style harkening back to abstract expressionism, the work has a very manly pressence, yet the colors and sensibility seems to be fantastically femenine. This contradiction is what gives the work it's exciting charge.
I highly reccomend seeing this show. As these are the last days for the current incarnation of Deitch, I would say to just go down and see the space which will undoubtedly be a part of our history.
Deitch Projects is located at 18 Wooster street. For more info on the show and the gallery see their website, or click here.
