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Kevin Lips - Studio Visit

The photos above were taken in December, 2014 at Kevin's studio in Brooklyn.

I’ve known Kevin a long time and my visit to his studio last December was a real eye-opener for me. I was impressed with the volume, variety, and quality of the work. Kevin’s laid-back social grace belies his insane work ethic. He’s tirelessly creating almost all the time.  He’s wandered the earth to learn his craft, studying and working in China, Thailand, Germany, and France. He’s schlepped art to galleries and museums all over the world as an art handler. He’s worked in the studios of Hervé Rousseau and Mathew Barney. He’s helped to organize group shows, to create publications, to support and collaborate with other artist friends. While doing all this he’s maintained an incredible output of his own work, which he’s shown at PPOW and Interstate Projects in New York, at Galerie Metzger in Germany, and at the Centre Ceramique Contemporain in France, just to name a few.

His years of exploring and learning have made him an artist with an immense vocabulary of materials and methods. His work combines all forms of media until you’re not sure exactly how to classify the finished products. A work on paper layered with molten metal is at once a painting and a sculpture. A series of cast concrete sculptures hang side-by-side with their mold as equals. Items are cast in sand molds that become a part of the object itself. He mines beauty from the repetition and variation involved in the trial and error of crafting new and different forms.

Kevin was recently honored with a residency from the Jerome Foundation, and I can’t wait to see what he’ll produce while he’s sequestered with only his own work to focus on.

For more, visit: kevinlips.com

Also, on Instagram: @groundhog000

#1 D.A.D.s - 2014

#1 D.A.D.s is an annual compilation of snapshot portraits of some of the people who have been kind enough to let me take their photo.

These pictures were taken in the bars, backrooms, basements, clubs, diners, galleries, homes, lofts, parks, parties, rooftops, restaurants, streets, studios, and theatres of New York City over the last year.

There are actors, authors, comedians, curators, dancers, designers, DJs, editors, filmmakers, gallerists, graffitos, journalists, models, musicians, organizers, party animals, photographers, poets, provocateurs, publishers, rappers, singers, skaters, storytellers,  tastemakers, tweeters, etc. They all do something to make the world more interesting and I am honored to have shared a moment with each of them.

Thanks to everyone here and thank YOU for looking.

Previous D.A.D.s  can be seen here: 2012 & 2013

Amy Shearn

A$AP Ferg

A$AP Rocky

Adam Stennett

Al Jaffee

Alex Olson and Aaron Bondaroff

Alexandra Marzella and Justin Kovacs

Amani Olu

Andrew Andrew

Andrew Kuo

Anya

ATL Twins and Sandy Kim

Aurel Schmidt and Jen Reynolds

Ben Gocker

Ben Shearn

Bill Hoover

Brendan Fowler

Bruce LaBruce

Calder Zwicky

Cali and Jenna Thornhill DeWitt

Cameron Gray

Charlotte Free

Cheryl Dunn and Lele Sauvari

Clayton Patterson

Dapwell

Darius Greyson

David Brandon Geeting

David Fishkind

Despot

Dev Hynes

Douglas McQueen

Eric Elms

Fryd Frydendahl

Gogy Esparza

Hannah Gross and Matt Porterfield

Harmony Korine

Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band

Ivan Perez

James Moore

Jamie Sterns

Jamison Brosseau

Jarrett Mitchell

Jason Nocito

Jeffrey Deitch

Jennette

Jenny Volodarsky and Evie Falci

Josh Doster

Joshua Wildman and Lauren Leigh

Julian Schnabel

Jungle Pussy

Karen O

Kentaro and Jeanette Hayes

Kevin Lips

Kiernen Costello

King Vashtie and Chris Keeffe

Kitty

Kool A.D.

Kubiat Nnamdie

Kunle

Le1f

Leo Fitzpatrick

Lil Government

Lissy Trullie and Jason Dill

Little Bastards

Macon Blair and Jeremy Saulnier

Maggie Lee

Maia Ruth Lee and Aine Vonnegut

Makonnen

Manny 404

Manu Sawkar

Marcella Zimmermann

Meryl Smith

Mike Bones

Mira Gonzalez

Mykki Blanco

Nick Gazin and Stephanie Hurtado

Nicole Reber

Paul Cary and Bob Adams

Peter Sutherland

Petra Collins

Hak - Ratking

Sporting Life - Ratking

Wiki - Ratking

Ratking

Raymond Pettibon

Rory Scovel

Ryan McGinley

Sam Ratanarat

Sarah de Burgh

Steve Nishimoto

T-Berry, The World's Greatest Storyteller

Tammy Card

Telfar and Heron Preston

Tim Barber

Tom Sachs

Torey Kish

Tunde Adebimpe

Tyann Jackson and Lakutis

Tyshawn Jones, Ty Lyons, Na-kel Smith

Vincent Dermody

Weirdo Dave

William Strobek

Zachary German

Zefery Throwell

In loving memory of my blood brother

Nick Rahn