"LEON REID IV a.k.a DARIUS JONES" Book Signing Party
Brooklynite Gallery
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LEON REID aka DARIUS, began to stretch his imagination in ways that he could make artwork engrained into the social fabric, challenging everyday people's interpretation of their surroundings. Using acquired skill in welding, he donned a hardhat and vest and went underground on New York City streets from Myrtle Ave in the heart of Brooklyn all the way to East 86th St in Manhattan. Incorporating painting and sculpture, he erected signs with timely and ironic messages, including a series incorporating telephone booths with refined signs that forces viewers to reconsider their environment, from destitute blocks to bustling street corners. A forlorn blue and white-scripted public phone sign strains on its side, leaning on the shoulder of a sympathetic one-way post. A site specific self-portrait on a phone sign recreates the surrounding environment, leaving viewers the distinct impression that they are looking in a mirror and seeing the face of the artist peering back at them.
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October 24, 2008 from 20:00