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Bushwick, for many, evokes images of colorful, formally adroit, and slightly sterile abstract paintings, but wandering the halls of two buildings on Troutman Street on Saturday during Bushwick Open Studios, I was struck by the large number of artists making outstanding sculptures in a broad range of styles and media. In the massive warehouse building at 1717 Troutman especially, it seemed as if sculptors outnumbered painters.

At Bushwick Open Studios, Sculptors Make a Stand

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On Saturday evening about 300 people descended on the tiny People’s Garden under the elevated J and Z tracks in Bushwick for the opening of Paintings in Trees, a group show of paintings, drawings, and sculptures installed in every available space in the park, including the trees. Curated by Ben La Rocco, Linnea Paskow, and Ben Pritchard, the exhibition features about 150 works by over 100 artists, ranging from large canvases fastened to tree trunks, to smaller paintings hung discreetly amid the branches or from the walls of garden sheds and neighboring buildings.

In a Bushwick Park, the Artworks Are Growing on Trees

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Ben Godward at Centotto