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Jon Burgerman and Jim Avignon tonight at Factory Fresh

February 12, 2009 , ,

Anxiety Room is Open. Step on in.

Look what Ali and Ad locked up in their basement! Is this what they mean by Anxiety Room? All week Jon and Jim have been painting like mad men to get ready for this opening tonight. They are all very anxious and excited about the show, which will be full of brilliant characters no doubt (not just the guests).

Jon in a Blue Swirly Mood

Jon in a Blue Swirly Mood (photo DA Stover)

Jon in a Blue Swirly Mood (photo DA Stover)

"Um, when you are done with the pink can I borrow it?" (photo DA Stover)

Anxiety Room at Factory Fresh

And you can see a cool new animal sexy piece by Jon Burgerman in the “Street Crush” show.


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Anxiety Room – Jon Burgerman & Jim Avignon at Factory Fresh

January 8, 2009 , ,

Jon Burgerman & Jim Avignon

Anxiety Room

featuring “Anxiety Broom” Opening Night Painting Performance
with Jon and Jim

Opening night is Thursday, February 12 from 6pm -10pm

Jon Burgerman flies across the pond to collaborate with his friend Jim Avignon
and fill the gallery with many drawings and paintings of their beloved characters. It will
be a space to relieve your anxieties, or
perhaps further incubate them.

jonburgerman.com
jimavignon.com

Factory Fresh

Show runs till March 15, 2009

Jon Burgerman & Jim Avignon
Anxiety Room
featuring “Anxiety Broom”
Opening Night Painting Performance with Jon and Jim
Opening night is Thursday, February 12 from 6pm -10pm
Show runs till March 15, 2009

Factory Fresh gallery is proud to present Jon Burgerman and Jim Avignon in their first collaborative effort, Anxiety Room, an eye-popping showcase of sly, mind-bending drawings and paintings offering viewers an opportunity to alleviate – or exacerbate – their tender nerves. The show, which premiers Thursday, February 12th, also features “Anxiety Broom”, a live, opening night painting performance with Burgerman and Avignon.

With a prodigious resume remarkable in both size and scope, Anxiety Room marks Jon Burgerman’s second effort with Factory Fresh founders Ali Ha and Ad Deville. The Nottingham-based artist is the designer of a series of figurines for Kidrobot, creator of the visually stunning book Pens Are My Friends, and the source of inspiration for innumerable tattoos. Dazed & Confused magazine has described Burgerman’s vibrant, labyrinthine images as “Walt Disney at an Incan monument on mescaline”, and he would like everyone to know he is not just another pretty face. jonburgerman.com


Unpredictable and sensational, Jim Avignon has become a pop-icon in fewer than 15 years, defying the rules of the art market and delivering his crisp, Technicolor works directly to the people. Avignon is the author and illustrator of the Attack Delay series, founder of the one-man-techno-band Neoangin, subject of numerous television documentaries, and a wild and untamed thing. He resides in both Berlin and New York City. jimavignon.com


For more info on Factory Fresh and it’s upcoming shows go to www.factoryfresh.net or email info@factoryfresh.net

Factory Fresh is located at 1053 Flushing Avenue between Morgan and Knickerbocker, off the L train Morgan Stop
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Strange Little people with Manic Faces – Jon Burgerman

January 8, 2009

I used to doodle a lot on my school books.

In the margins, little people, animals, teachers, cars…., adding serif to Arial, turning words into turds, hi-jacking “History” so it said “Sh*tstory”. And of course the drawings of naughty bits of naked men and ladies were the most fun – to show my buddy in the back row of Algebra class while Mr. Mertski was droning on and on about square roots and other non-sense. Maybe that’s why I can’t figure out how many quarters it will take to dry my laundry . Hmmm. For that matter, the doodling didn’t really take off.

Anyway, for your entertainment, here’s a truly talented lot – including Jon Burgerman, who’s going to be in a cool show with Jim Avignon at Factory Fresh on February 12. Live drawing too!

Anxiety Room at Factory Fresh

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