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expected to see what has unfortunately become the standard downtown gallery
scene -  a lot of people looking for a free beer as well as some interesting
sights and some good conversation. But unforuntely not much attention on the
actual art.

Well, last night the Dunny Show blew us away, both in the
quality of the art and the diversity of the people who came out for it.
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For the Dunny show, KidRobot has pulled together a diverse group of
artists from all sorts of disciplines to transform 24” versions of Kid Robot’s
blind chase figure, the Dunny, into unique pieces of original art.  Included in
the show are Brothersfree, Maharishi, Frank Kozik, Haze, DEPH, Jonathan Alger,
Doze Green, Diane von Furstenberg and 42 others. The crowd was an amazing cross-
section of all of New York. You had men in business men in their suits who were
in their 60s, drag queens, club kids, the artists, skateboarders, graffiti
writers and members of the New York graphic arts scene.

Our favorite
piece of the night was perhaps Tim Biskups intensely red Dunny who seemed to be
racing into the future.  We also liked the Stuben Glass piece by Joel Smith - a
vase, where the head of the Dunny was blown out to hold a boquet of flowers.
Finnaly, we loved a soft of Frankenstein Dunny whose body had been smashed apart
and restiched together using screws.

This show is a lot of fun and
not to be missed - it’ll be up for another two months, so get down to Visionaire
at 7 Mercer St and check it out.

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