Press | April 2, 2014

Dan Witz in The Village Voice

Dan Witz is painfully familiar with the sweat-stained violence of New York hardcore punk concerts. Attending shows in Brooklyn and Long Island by the bands Agnostic Front and Vision of Disorder, Witz has suffered black eyes, a broken finger, and various cuts and bruises. He once had a camera slammed into his face. He started... read more
Press | February 21, 2014

ARTINFO interviews Gary Taxali

It’s easy to mistake Gary Taxali for a foreigner, arriving from some other time, some other place. His illustration style feels distantly familiar, like a font or a character clipped from a generation you haven’t lived. His work goes exhibited in the United States and overseas, or tied into commercial exploits in such natural and... read more
Press | January 15, 2014

Complex features Jesse Hazelip

When I visited Jonathan LeVine Gallery the day before the opening of Jesse Hazelip’s “Love Lock: Cycle of Violence,” the gallery was abuzz with pre-installation fervor. Framed ballpoint drawings lay, meticulous arranged, on the gallery floor, later to be made vertical. Other works—printed wheatpaste cutouts on bold stenciled backgrounds and reclaimed wood panels from an abandoned prison in Upstate New... read more
Video | December 21, 2013

Jesse Hazelip eyebrow tattoos

Video of artist Jesse Hazelip, who recently shaved his head and eyebrows for 3 new tattoos in preparation for Love Lock: Cycle of Violence, his upcoming solo exhibition opening January 11, 2014. On the back of his head is a symbolic Ouroboros (snake eating its own tail), the subject of one of his drawings, referring to the... read more
Press | December 10, 2013

Michael Leavitt in Daily Mail

If Hillary Clinton were a Stormtrooper… Artist turns major figureheads into characters from Star Wars – Sculptor Mike Leavitt says he was inspired by Greco-Roman statuary – Models are hand-carved in wood or sculpted in clay before being painted – Just like the classic Star Wars toys, they are made with articulated joints By DAMIEN... read more
Video | November 13, 2013

Jim Houser artist profile video

Alter Street just released this great video profile on Philadelphia-based artist Jim Houser. Footage features the artist discussing his work, filmed in Houser’s studio and in a gallery setting while creating one of his signature site-specific installations. The video highlights a number of paintings from Search Party, Houser’s recent exhibition at Jonathan LeVine Gallery, and... read more
News | October 18, 2013

Invader film screening 10/29

Jonathan LeVine Gallery is pleased to announce a very special event — later this month, we will present the New York premiere of ART4SPACE, a short film by Parisian artist INVADER, documenting a project in which he launched a mosaic into the Earth’s stratosphere. In December 2012, Jonathan LeVine Gallery presented the film’s world premiere... read more
Press | October 17, 2013

Adam Wallacavage on VICE

In this video, Chris Nieratko visits the studio of Philadelphia-based sculptor Adam Wallacavage for a feature on VICE in advance of Magic Mountain, the artist’s upcoming solo exhibition. To read the full story, please visit: http://www.vice.com/read/adam-wallacavages-funhouse
Video | October 17, 2013

Tara McPherson timelapse

This video features timelapse footage of Brooklyn-based artist Tara McPherson in her studio working on her largest portrait to date, the title piece in Wandering Luminations, her upcoming solo exhibition.
Video | October 15, 2013

Adam Wallacavage video

Great video of Adam Wallacavage by Alter Street, filmed in the artist’s incredible Philadelphia home and studio. Produced and directed by J Devirgilis and Joseph Hasenauer, shot by Eric Wagner.
Press | October 3, 2013

Jason deCaires Taylor: NBC Today

A segment about the work of eco-sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor aired on NBC’s Today Show this morning. http://www.today.com/video/today/53157560