May 15 – June 7, 2009
Worm Getters, mixed media on found object, 79 x 30
Good Morning, mixed media on canvas, 31 x 29
Gotta Love Kelso of Brooklyn. thats all we pour.
Leo
Kesting Gallery Presents:
Jason Reynolds & Jason Douglas Griffin
My Name is Jason. Mine Too.
May 15 – June 7, 2009
Book Release Party and Signing : Friday, May 15 from 7:00 - 10:00 pm
812 Washington St (at Gansevoort) NY NY 10014
8th Ave A, C, E and L train Stop or 1,2,3 to 14th St
Tue - Sat from 11:00 am until 7:00 pm Sun 1– 6pm
Admission is free to the public phone: 917-650-3760 / 917-292-8865
http://www.leokesting.com
New talents Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin make their debut into the published world with a remarkably fresh and unique zine-like collection of text and art in My Name is Jason. Mine Too., a full color paperback perfectly styled for teens. Forged during the trials of being starving young artists in a big city, uncertain if they would succeed or fail but doing whatever it took to try, the work and friendship of these two young men is gripping and real.
Perfect for teens and graduates on the verge of adulthood or adults looking back on their early years in the working world, Reynolds and Griffin’s story is both personal and relatable: moving to Brooklyn, NY, living on cans of tuna, striving to create, and never letting go of their dreams This is their story of what it is to be young, creative, and determined to make your way in the world without sacrificing who you are. Its inspiring and hope-filled message will resonate with many—that that to be yourself, wholly and completely, is to have achieved.
Poet Jason Reynolds has self-published three books, including SELF with collaborator Jason Griffin, and served as the first artist-in-residence at Penn State University. He has a B.A. in Literature from the University of Maryland, College Park, and has been featured at colleges and universities all over the country. Reynolds has shared a stage with Sonia Sanchez, Amiri Baraka, and Nikki Giovanni and has spoken at the National Black Family reunion, on the National Mall, and at the 40th Anniversary of The March on Washington.
A full time artist and part–time art teacher, Jason Griffin has shown his work in NYC, Brooklyn, LA, Miami, Chicago, DC, and Beijing, and was recently an artist–in–residence in the Netherlands. Griffin attended the University of Maryland, College Park, where he was awarded an honors art studio. He self–published a book entitled SELF with collaborator Jason Reynolds in 2004.
My
Name is Jason. Mine Too.
By Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin
$12.99 ISBN: 9780061547881 Ages: 12 up
May 2009
Joanna Cotler Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
www.harperteen.com
My Name is Jason.
Mine Too, opens to the public with a book signing with the artists at
Leo Kesting Gallery on Friday May 15th from 7:00 until 10:00 pm.
From its origins as Capla Kesting Fine Art in Brooklyn, the Leo Kesting
Gallery launched in 2003 and developed an aggressive campaign to introduce
new figurative artists to collectors and art supporters. Leo Kesting offers
the art viewing public an opportunity to see forthcoming talents in an
intimate setting where undiscovered, cutting-edge artists are presented
to the contemporary art scene.
Leo Kesting Gallery is located at 812 Washington St at the corner of Gansevoort
in Manhattan's Meat Packing District. A, C, E, or L train to 8th Ave and
14th Street or 1,2,3 train to 14th Street. Gallery hours are Tuesday to
Sunday from 11am until 7pm.
Leo
Kesting Gallery
gallery
is located at 812 Washington St New York NY 10014
phone: 917-650-3760
at the corner of Ganesvoort
St
8th Ave 14th st A,C, E and L train Stop