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A small agallery located just south of Chelsea in the Meat Packing District. Originally CKFA from Brooklyn New York, the Leo Kesting Gallery started in 2003 and developed an aggressive campaign to introduce new figurative artists to collectors and art supports. Leo Kesting offers the art viewing public an opportunity to see forthcoming talents in an intimate setting where new undiscovered cutting-edge artists are exposed to the contemporary art scene. In this way, we present our collectors with an off-the-beaten-path approach to acquiring artwork for our minds and culture.

The 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.

About my artwork

We mostly show figurative artworks with a graphic illustration style. Most of the artwork has some tyrpe of political satire associtated to it. We currently are working with the following artsts:

Lincoln Capla
Daniel Edwards
Jonny Fenix
Jason Douglas Griffin
Brian Leo
Shawn Bishop Leo
David Meanix and
Ray Sell

But we often work with othere artists at our Williamsburg Brooklyn Gallery CKFA at 121 Roebling St at the corner of North 5th

Artists I like

thats going to be us writing way to much right now. outside of the artists we have and work with here is the short list:

Louise Bourgeios
Charles Demuth
Diego Rivera
RObert Rauchenberg
BANKSY - ohhhh he is soooo hot now!

What exhibitions are good at the moment?

Diane Dwyer at Leo Kesting ! how about.. Dave Tree at McCaig Welles Gallery whatever is at Ad Hoc Art right now.

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New York

Leo Kesting Gallery's Blog

Jonny Fenix : The Show Up - Leo Kesting Gallery - May 29th - June 13th, 2008

Leo Kesting Gallery Presents:
Jonny Fenix - The Show Up
May 29 - June 15, 2008
Opening Night Reception: Thursday May 29th from 7:00 – 10:00 pm
812 Washington St (at the corner of Gansevoort) New York NY 10014
8th Ave A, C, E and L train Stop or 1,2,3 to 14th Street
… Continue

Posted on May 28, 2008 at 5:58pm —

YUM YUM FACTORY AT CKFA

Capla Kesting Fine Art Presents:
Greg Haberny - Yum Yum Factory
April 18 – May 1, 2008
Reception for the Artist: Friday April 18 from 7:00 – 10:00 pm
121 Roebling Street (at the corner of North 5th) Brooklyn NY 11211
Bedford Ave L train Stop
Thursday – Monday from Noon until 6:00 pm
Admission is free to the public phone : 917-650-3760
http://www.caplakesting.com

For Immediate Release:

Greg Haberny’s work is a visual overview of explosive, violent, humorous and controversial images and installa… Continue

Posted on April 18, 2008 at 6:30pm —

Brain Leo - Truck Bomb - April 7 - 27

Leo Kesting Gallery Presents:
Brian Leo - Truck Bomb -
Dam Stuhltrager - Mark Andreas
April 10 - 27, 2008
Opening Reception: Thur April 10, 7-10 pm
812 Washington St (at Gansevoort) NY, NY 10014

After Party at Level V : hosted by Adele Balderston

In this latest collection of works titled Truck Bomb, Brian Leo completes his series of paintings revolving around the morbid, yet feasible… Continue

Posted on April 8, 2008 at 10:30pm —

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At 3:10pm on August 19, 2008, artreview.com said…: Hi Leo Kesting Gallery.

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At 8:39pm on March 14, 2008, Leo Kesting Gallery said…: tonight at the gallery:

Leo Kesting Gallery Presents:
Diane Dwyer
March 14 – March 16, 2008
Opening Night Reception: Friday March 14 from 7:00 – 10:00 pm
812 Washington St (at the corner of Gansevoort) New York NY 10014
8th Ave A, C, E and L train Stop or 1,2,3 to 14th Street
Tuesday – Sunday from 11:00 am until 7:00 pm
Admission is free to the public
phone : 917-650-3760 / 917-292-8865
http://www.leokesting.com

Diane Dwyer's quiet, subtle paintings of birds, storm clouds and underwater scenes give a serene calm as a backdrop to the tumultuous storms through which we endure. As a painter her works are enigmatic. Her use of color, line and perspective create an image that our eye is easily caught in and spun from one side of the canvas to the other not unlike a leaf caught in a current.

In this collection expect to see a consortium of Diane's repertoire, from early paintings of bird portraits to her well known storm cloud abstracts and birds as they are caught inside of them. As well as underwater images such as a 1940's battleship in its submerged grave after atomic testing.

"Dwyer's first solo show at the gallery featured the signature 'dramatic oils of splay-winged birds sideswiped by tumultuous weather ... a true delight.' (Village Voice Best of 2006), as well as lovely skewed perspectives of skies with wires, cornices and other seemingly banal objects teasing us from outside the center of the picture, leaving space and time for contemplation of their meeting with the "divine" and timeless sky-scapes with which they were paired. The new work is looser, and we think "deeper" both literally and otherwise." -Brook Bartlett