New York Magazine
5 of 9
Refrigerated Skull at the Silent Barn
(915 Wyckoff Ave., nr. Hancock St., Ridgewood; no phone)
“The skull must never leave the fridge or the bar may implode. The last time it was taken from the fridge for a mere 30 seconds, my roommate got into a car accident. This was no coincidence.” —Nat Roe, co-manager
Photo: Lisa Kereszi
Swan Mirror at Happy Ending
(302 Broome St., nr. Forsyth St.; 212-334-9676)
“Happy Ending was originally a massage parlor, and this sexy swan mirror was part of the original décor. It’s about twenty years old, and we kept it when we renovated.” —Adrien Gallo, manager
Photo: Lisa Kereszi
Last Supper Mural at Art Bar
(52 Eighth Ave., nr. Horatio St.; 212-727-0244)
“Instead of the traditional lineup, it features Jim Morrison as Jesus surrounded by twelve cultural apostles, including John Lennon and Salvador Dalí. They’re eating cheeseburgers with Heinz ketchup.” —Robin Borg, manager
Photo: Lisa Kereszi
Taxidermy Menagerie at Red Hook Bait & Tackle
(320 Van Brunt St., at Pioneer St., Red Hook; 718-451-4665)
“I bought the whistling marmot in Vienna from a Gypsy. I got stopped at immigration, but the guy let me through because he claimed the marmot looked like his mother-in-law.” —Barry O’Meara, co-owner
Photo: Lisa Kereszi
Vintage Ski Gondola at the Diamond
(43 Franklin St., nr. Calyer St., Greenpoint; 718-383-5030)
“It’s on long-term loan from Gore Mountain in the Adirondacks. We had to haul it over the roof to get it into the backyard, which took some doing. It’s a very popular drinking spot.” —David Pollack, owner
Photo: Lisa Kereszi
Jesus Tap at Spuyten Duyvil
(359 Metropolitan Ave., nr. Havemeyer St., Williamsburg; 718-963-4140)
“This Jesus bust came from a flea market in Anderlecht, Brussels; he lives on the bar just below the beer menu. Sadly, he doesn’t actually dispense beer.” —Joe Carroll, co-owner
Photo: Lisa Kereszi
Backward-Printed Longfellow Quote at the Dead Poet
(450 Amsterdam Ave., nr. 82nd St.; 212-595-5670)
“You can only read it in the bar’s mirror: ‘And the night shall be filled with music, and the cares that infest the day, shall fold their tents like the Nomad, and as silently steal away.’” —Drew Dvorkin, co-owner
Photo: Lisa Kereszi
Mug Shots at Bedlam
(40 Ave. C, nr. 3rd St.; 212-228-1049)
“We papered our bathroom in early-nineteenth-century mug shots called Bertillon cards, named after Alphonse Bertillon, a French police officer. They were used in the days before fingerprinting.” —Sam Chiera, Manager
Photo: Lisa Kereszi
PBR Windmill at Bushwick Country Club
(618 Grand St., nr. Leonard St., Williamsburg; 718-388-2114)
This is the electric windmill on the six-hole mini-golf course I built in the backyard—it has a motor that spins the blades. It took about six cases of beer.” —John Roberts, owner
Photo: Lisa Kereszi
Slide Header
Address, date, or similar info here.
For me, the high point of the show is this, which manages simultaneously to be a painting, a force field, and an electromagnetic visual discharge. This is an artist sloughing off old consciousness, making something he doesn’t even know is art, giving up nearly all known languages of painting, and maybe violating the laws of nature by making something that seemingly puts off more energy than went into making it.
Photo: Lisa Kereszi
Slide Header
Address, date, or similar info here.
For me, the high point of the show is this, which manages simultaneously to be a painting, a force field, and an electromagnetic visual discharge. This is an artist sloughing off old consciousness, making something he doesn’t even know is art, giving up nearly all known languages of painting, and maybe violating the laws of nature by making something that seemingly puts off more energy than went into making it.
Photo: Lisa Kereszi
Slide Header
Address, date, or similar info here.
For me, the high point of the show is this, which manages simultaneously to be a painting, a force field, and an electromagnetic visual discharge. This is an artist sloughing off old consciousness, making something he doesn’t even know is art, giving up nearly all known languages of painting, and maybe violating the laws of nature by making something that seemingly puts off more energy than went into making it.
Photo: Lisa Kereszi
Slide Header
Address, date, or similar info here.
For me, the high point of the show is this, which manages simultaneously to be a painting, a force field, and an electromagnetic visual discharge. This is an artist sloughing off old consciousness, making something he doesn’t even know is art, giving up nearly all known languages of painting, and maybe violating the laws of nature by making something that seemingly puts off more energy than went into making it.
Photo: Lisa Kereszi
Slide Header
Address, date, or similar info here.
For me, the high point of the show is this, which manages simultaneously to be a painting, a force field, and an electromagnetic visual discharge. This is an artist sloughing off old consciousness, making something he doesn’t even know is art, giving up nearly all known languages of painting, and maybe violating the laws of nature by making something that seemingly puts off more energy than went into making it.
Photo: Lisa Kereszi
Slide Header
Address, date, or similar info here.
For me, the high point of the show is this, which manages simultaneously to be a painting, a force field, and an electromagnetic visual discharge. This is an artist sloughing off old consciousness, making something he doesn’t even know is art, giving up nearly all known languages of painting, and maybe violating the laws of nature by making something that seemingly puts off more energy than went into making it.
Photo: Lisa Kereszi
Slide Header
Address, date, or similar info here.
For me, the high point of the show is this, which manages simultaneously to be a painting, a force field, and an electromagnetic visual discharge. This is an artist sloughing off old consciousness, making something he doesn’t even know is art, giving up nearly all known languages of painting, and maybe violating the laws of nature by making something that seemingly puts off more energy than went into making it.
Photo: Lisa Kereszi
Slide Header
Address, date, or similar info here.
For me, the high point of the show is this, which manages simultaneously to be a painting, a force field, and an electromagnetic visual discharge. This is an artist sloughing off old consciousness, making something he doesn’t even know is art, giving up nearly all known languages of painting, and maybe violating the laws of nature by making something that seemingly puts off more energy than went into making it.
Photo: Lisa Kereszi
Slide Header
Address, date, or similar info here.
For me, the high point of the show is this, which manages simultaneously to be a painting, a force field, and an electromagnetic visual discharge. This is an artist sloughing off old consciousness, making something he doesn’t even know is art, giving up nearly all known languages of painting, and maybe violating the laws of nature by making something that seemingly puts off more energy than went into making it.
Photo: Lisa Kereszi
Slide Header
Address, date, or similar info here.
For me, the high point of the show is this, which manages simultaneously to be a painting, a force field, and an electromagnetic visual discharge. This is an artist sloughing off old consciousness, making something he doesn’t even know is art, giving up nearly all known languages of painting, and maybe violating the laws of nature by making something that seemingly puts off more energy than went into making it.
Photo: Lisa Kereszi
Slide Header
Address, date, or similar info here.
For me, the high point of the show is this, which manages simultaneously to be a painting, a force field, and an electromagnetic visual discharge. This is an artist sloughing off old consciousness, making something he doesn’t even know is art, giving up nearly all known languages of painting, and maybe violating the laws of nature by making something that seemingly puts off more energy than went into making it.
