Bowery Days
Justin Wood
Bowery Days is an experimental presentation of recent works from Justin Wood. Inspired by the history of 222 Bowery, Wood is creating new projection-mapped installation based on Mark Rothko’s Seagram Paintings as well as a new iteration of March Towards Extinction, a video-mapped installation built out of wreckage from Hurricane Irma. The exhibit will also include new mixed-media paintings and screen-based works that highlight Wood’s signature digital-hybrid approach to time-based painting.
Bowery Days takes its name from a painting by Michael Goldberg, who once lived and worked at 222 Bowery. Wood studied under Goldberg and considers the artist one of his earliest influences. Over the years, the building has had many famous tenants and served as mixing point for the most notable artists, musicians and writers throughout the 20th century. To continue in this spirit, Wood is collaborating with some of the city’s most important emerging musicians and poets, and will present a live audio visual performance on 2/16 and a reading on 2/23.
About Justin Wood
Justin Wood is a New York City-based artist working in the overlap of the digital and physical worlds. His work is built on a conceptual framework derived from the impact of emerging technologies on humankind. His work has been exhibited internationally in numerous solo and group exhibitions in the mediums of Projection Mapping, Screen Paintings, Video Sculpture, Painting, Installation, Video Art and Virtual Reality. He holds a BFA from the School of Visual Arts (NY) where he studied painting with Jack Whitten, Michael Goldberg and Joanne Greenbaum. His work was featured recently with Wallplay’s OnCanal Series, Spring Break 2018 and Art for Climate Justice, an installation on board the Greenpeace ship, Arctic Sunrise. His work has been covered by ArtNews, ArtInfo, Artnet.com, Hyperallergic, Art Nerd, the Miami New Times and The Takeaway (WNYC).
For more information about Justin, please visit http://justinwood.us/ To schedule a viewing outside of the open hours please contact him at justinwoodart@gmail.com He may also be followed on Instagram.
