Closing Reception for Twenty-Three: This Sunday, Nov. 22!

It’s been a long-ass week at the end of one hell-of-a year. Please come join us for some art, artists, cookies and beers on Sunday to celebrate the closing of our first show, Twenty-Three!

Famous Accountants is pleased to announce a closing reception for their inaugural exhibit “Twenty-Three” on Sunday, November 22, 2009 from 4-7PM. There will be drinks & snacks (and coffee and talking) and we’d love to see you!

Famous Accountants (described by Hyperallergic as “Pocket Utopia’s underground stepchild“) is a shared work/studio and gallery space in Greater Bushwick run by artists Ellen Letcher and Kevin Regan. Their concept for the space is “gallery as sketchbook.” Their inspiration for opening Famous Accountants is  Austin Thomas and her concept of the perch. Thomas ran the recently-closed Pocket Utopia: “a relational exhibition, salon and social space” housed in a renovated storefront space on Flushing Avenue.

The inaugural show, “Twenty-Three” features work by both Letcher and Regan. Over the course of 2 months, the two artists visited the studio separately and together, composing a dialogue of works. The show features a combination of previous pieces as well as site-specific collages, found images, words and objects.

Famous Accountants
1673 Gates Avenue
Ridgewood, NY 11385
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Open Sundays from 1-6PM and by appointment.

BushwickBK on Twenty-Three : Meaning is Inevitable

TV Party: One Down, Millions to Go

Everyone’s favorite accountants had a sweet set-up for TV Party #1 last night.

Thanks to all who came out!

We watched Fischli and Weiss’ The Way Things Go about 15 times through. It continued to get more awesome as the night went on.

Good art, good people, super art film, and cheap beers. Can’t beat it.

More to come…

Check out the Flickr set from last night.

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Mona Lisa on the Job.

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Sundays at Famous Accountants

photo(6) We had such a lovely Sunday at Famous Accountants yesterday!

Thanks to all who came out – it was such a pleasure.

Please visit us every Sunday from 1-6PM.

Upcoming Events:

TV Party #1 on Wednesday, November 18, 8-11pm.

Closing Reception  for “Twenty-Three” on Sunday, November 22, 4-7PM.

S.T. @ FA

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This Weekend: Kevin Regan Shows at Fortress to Solitude

FtS Famous Accountant’s very own Kevin Regan will be exhibiting in Fortress to Solitude’s Portrait Show! The opening reception will be Friday, November 6th, 6-10PM.

Participating artists:

Mauricio Alejo, Jonathan Allen, Lucas Blalock, Phong Bui, Katie Commodore, Claudia Cortes , Peter Dobill , Glen Fogel, Karen Heagle, Andrew Hurst, Barney Kulok, Anne Kunsemiller, Christopher Lee, Loren Munk, Anthony Patti, William Powhida, Don Pedro Pablo, Kevin Regan, Tom Sanford, Ash Sechler, Alfred Steiner, Pablo Tauler, Cibele Vieira

Curated by Guillermo Creus

Though it is generally considered to be a formal, traditional and relatively staid artistic practice, portraiture nevertheless maintains some presence in the production of these twenty three young New York artists. In the prime examples that comprise this exhibition, these artists explore both the boundaries of portraiture – redefining it based on principles of representation and the question of how identities are constructed – as well as investigate its essence, its relationship to history and its relevance for contemporary art.

For more information visit: http://www.fortresstosolitude.com

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