Kenny Scharf's Cosmic Cavern

Kenny Scharf, pop artist and friend to the late Keith Haring and the late Klaus Nomi, has transformed his Bushwick basement into a haven "alive with the spirit of the early ’80s, lined in the Day-Glo-painted trash-bedecked panels he once deployed in nightclubs and galleries" says the New York Times. I was lucky enough to attend an event he hosted there this past Saturday, a "Living Installation" with Draw-A-Thon connoisseur, local artist Michael Alan. Mr. Scharf was decked out in a skin-tight white t-shirt which read in neon letters, "get me drunk and enjoy the show", skin tight neon pink leggings, neon orange converse high-tops, and a neon pink bob-style wig, naturally. While Michael Alan proceeded to paint, spray, draw, the works on the nude models in the center of the room, the audience themselves watched, drew, painted, wrote, thought, etc. Entering the cosmic cavern and basking in its entirety is an experience alone. It is truly breathtaking and unlike anything you've ever seen before, I guarantee it.

Kenny Scharf's website: http://www.kennyscharf.com/

Michael Alan's website: http://www.michaelalanart.com/art/

The New York Times on the Cosmic Cavern: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/garden/04ROOMS.html