As the days count down to Bushwick Open Studios our neighborhood is buzzing with creative energy. The people are at work. Art is being made.
We live in an age of hyperreality and are constantly being fed the details of other people’s lives. But as photographer
Maciek Jasik says, “details can be a red herring to think you know someone.” The portraits in his Bypassing the Rational series take another approach--using swirling, dreamlike colors to transmit a feeling of mystery that envelops the subject and draws in the viewer. Visit him for his BOS debut at
1609 Dekalb Avenue (2F).