FRESH Art Long Island Presents:

THREE GENERATIONS OF DECAY

New work by REME

at Toast Coffeehouse

242 E Main St Port Jefferson, NY 11777

Opening Reception Thursday March 12th from 7pm - 11pm

As one of the undeniable godfathers of the Long Island graffiti art scene,  REME has remained a creative force to be reckoned with.  While his roots dug into the walls and streets some twenty five years ago,  REME has continued to evolve as an artist, designer, and entrepreneur.  After a successful run as a featured customizer on the Speed Channel's popular "Unique Whips" automobile show,  REME has recently celebrated the grand opening of his own REME Designs Studio in Patchogue.

 For "Three Generations Of Decay", REME has produced over fifteen new works on canvas.  The new series of works pay tribute to the essence and soul of graffiti.  The paintings are like urban art shrines pulled directly from our own visual collective consciousness.  With an unwavering respect for his craft and abstract sensibilities,  REME continues to blur the lines of what a graffiti-based artist could and should be.

Through April 7th, 2009

Live DJ Sets by DARNTINGS

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Coming Soon at Toast: Tim Needles, Owens

FRESH Art Long Island Presents:

Austin Furtak-Cole

at Toast Coffeehouse

242 E Main St, Port Jefferson, NY 11777

Opening Reception Thursday, January 8th from 7pm-11pm

Austin Furtak-Cole is one of the most engaging and promising young painters on the Long Island art scene.  His new body of work, which premiered recently at the Lawrence Alloway Gallery at Stony Brook University, is a powerful exploration of the connection between figurative and abstract-based work.  Like DeKooning, whose women paintings were seen as a "retreat back to the figure", Austin has snubbed convention as an abstract painter, following his own inner direction, regardless of where it leads him.  Rather than trying to live up to some false sense of dogma, Austin has challenged his notion of painting by allowing his images to come into existence as they do.  

Through February 4th, 2009

Live Music by The Others

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