Mike McManus Art NYC

make art don't fake art

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#splashing #droaring #tearing #making

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#SneakPeak of my piece for #KidsGroupShow curated by MasPaz​ and Laura Jean Nielsen​ Over 60 artists from the #DMV, #NYC, #Miami, #LA and #Australia. #10x10 #paintings to be silent actioned the night of. All artist proceeds go to #orphanage - Fundación Casa de la Madre y el Niño​ . Bogota, #Colombia. Febuary 8th, 2015 . 5-9pm at Bourbon Glover Park 2348 Wisconsin Avenue NW, #DC 20007 #KIDS #artForKids #art #upclose #character #face #droaring

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#detail #wip of my piece for the #KIDS #GroupArtShow supporting Casa de la Madre y el Niño #orphanage in Bogota, #Columbia This Sunday February 8, 5-9pm at Bourbon Glover Park, 2348 Widconsin Ave., NW, #DC. Over 40 #Artists #10x10 works to be #silentauctioned ,,Come Thru if you're in the area!! Honor to @maspaz for organizing and putting me down! #love#art#brother

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'My Heart Be Like', found rope, bought bananas, 2014. sketch for a sculpture,,got to exhibit it last night for #hangnight thanks #heathgallery

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A Powerful film documenting the skid row of 125 st. & Lexington ave. where just today I witnessed a young woman, Drop Top, who is a subject of the film, overdosing into a seizure. After I called an ambulance along with several other people & prayed for her until help arrived, I walked away in tears and full of righteous indignation & an anger towards the plague of drugs on my city; on my people. I vow to cry out, stand up and raise a helping hand to the lost, hurt and in chains. I pray this film sheds light and empowers more to join the fight. I will be exhibiting drawings and photos along with many other talented artists depicting the people of this city and the streets as we see them. Come Support and help raise money for children's mentoring program that will strike first and keep them off drugs & off the streets. OCTOBER 25th 3-9pm 147 W. 105st basement Free wine, snacks, music,,,, $10 suggested donation

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Got to install my #ToTemper series at El Barrio's ArtSpace PS109 for tonight's inauguration thanks to @artbygia & @artspace with help from, as always, the one-man team @yeahimaaron

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If you missed my solo show at Heath Gallery I'll be showing my 'To Temper' body of work at ArtSpace PS109 in East Harlem Oct. 21st,,,details to follow,,, 👀👂

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TONIGHT! Drawings Paintings Live Music! DRAMATIS PERSONÆ Friday August 29th 7:30-11pm 5012 3rd Ave., Sunset Park, BK #artexhibit #brooklyn #sunsetpark #drawings #painting #celebration

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SNEAK PEAK PREVIEW Tomorrow night get immersed in my world DRAMATIS PERSONÆ Friday August 29th 7:30-11pm 5012 3rd Ave., Sunset Park, BK #artexhibit #canvas #painting #behindthescene #hanging #art #brooklyn #sunsetpark

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SNEAK PEAK PREVIEW 'More stories than a skyscraper' @ DRAMATIS PERSONÆ Friday August 29th 7:30-11pm 5012 3rd Ave., Sunset Park, BK #livesonpaper #drawings #faces #people #artexhibit #brooklyn #sunsetpark #hanging #curatorview (at Cotton Hustle Printing)

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"Brooklyn Keeps on Taking It" #RansomNoteStyle# One of Two limited edition Tees I designed for my upcoming solo salon DRAMATIS PERSONÆ FRIDAY AUGUST 29th 7:30-11pm 5012 3rd Ave., Sunset Park, BK Plus over 40 #drawings & #paintings #brooklynkeepsontakingit #collage #teeshirtdesign #limitededition #forsale #sunsetpark

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#afropunk

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Birth on the bed where his dead father's guitar laid, the strings amidst John's tendons weaved the fretboard a crafty prosthetic,,,plucking and ducking the LES of the 70's his saunter stayed stable by the staff of the music he played,,,Ripping through dive bar haunts and legendary stages ,,studding dark nights bright rocking with Lou Reed at Max's and filling in for a comatose Johnny Ramone at CBGB the night he met Sheila, his wife of 38 years,,,and I saw the two of them the other day, like they were just kids playing hooky on a Friday afternoon, swaying to the beat up Ave A.---- Come meet John and more characters than you can fit in a comment box at my solo art exhibit 'DRAMATIS PERSONÆ' FRIDAY AUGUST 29th, 7:30-11 @artandhustle @cottonhustle 5012 3rd Ave., Sunset Park, BK #liveMusic #drinks #cupcakes #paintings #drawings and #limitedEdition #tShirts ,,,, #artAndhustle #artexhibit #brooklyn #newyorkartscene

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Standing tall on a boulder tattooed with graffiti in the wooded part of Central Park, King Rasmus held court. Because he was safe behind the angular lines of the buildings of stone and glass In manhattan. Because he could still hear the traffic and the cussing through the trees. Because he could see the truth and the sun shining through fractals of branches and leaves. The light made shadows and phantoms for his mind to play with. For him, this was that place in the city where he could make believe that all of it is green. (As told to me by Dennis Barnes) #TheKingofCentralPark Come and check him out at Mike McManus' DRAMATIS PERSONÆ art exhibit Friday August 29th 7:30-11pm @artandhustle @cottonhustle 5012 3rd Ave., Sunset Park, BK #art #character #drawing #livesonpaper #bearded #king #artexhibit #nyc #newyorkartworld #centralpark

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Emigrating to the United States with his family from Puerto Rico at the age of 13, Marcos landed in The Bronx, and right into the fury of the 90's in Nueva York. Working at his family's bodega by day, Marcos liked to lose his mind at night. Narcotic cocktails took him on maniac adventures until he overdosed one summer afternoon. Revived at the hospital Marcos awoke determined to get clean. 10 years later he's beat the disease, chairs an NA meeting, works as a graphic designer and is in the process of creating a comic book recounting the crazy days of old. #Experience#Strength#Hope Witness his and many more lives on paper at DRAMATIS PRRSONÆ art exhibit @artandhustle @cottonhustle FRIDAY AUGUST 29th 7:30-11pm #stories #artwork #drawinglives #livesonpaper #characters #newyorkcity #people #thegreatunwashed #artexhibit

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This is Vera, a beast in the advertising sphere, about that 💵about that business and her 💇💅&👠 game always 🔪,,peep her out at DRAMATIS PERSONÆ art exhibit Friday August 29th, 7:30-11pm @artandhustle @cottonhustle 5012 3rd Ave., Sunset Park, BK, Plus live musical performance, tees, drinks and cupcakes,,,,, #artexhibit #brooklyn #art #drawing #killinit

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Butch is a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan and moved to Bushwick Brooklyn 3 years ago to open a custom woodworking shop. He has a fetish for tattoos and likes the look of saw dust in his beard. Come meet this guy and whole gang of new faces at DRAMTIS PEESONÆ art exhibit @cottonhustle @artandhustle AUGUST 29th 7:30-11pm 5012 3rd Ave, Sunset Park, BK #Canvas #Paintings #Drawings #Tees and #oneOfaKind #worksonPaper from $25⬆️ Made for the Everyday Man & woman to #TakeHomeArt #weloveyouandyourhome #brooklyn #art #drawing #artexhibit #nycartworld