NYC///NASTY NECK’S HELL-O-WEEN…

October 31st, 2007

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Neck Face’s detractors are not suffered gladly… 

If your mission were to kill every hipster in the greater New York area, a well-placed bomb at last nite’s NECK FACE Halloween opening would have surely done the trick. Held at the non-profit DACTYL space in SoHo, Nasty Neck’s “Closed Casket” show was his largest and definitely most ambitious exhibit to date with large-scale disemboweled sculpture comprising the bulk of the work which was as bloody and hellish as ever. In fact, if you were taken to the spot blindfolded, when you opened your eyes amid the capacity crowd, you’d probably think you’d died and gone straight to hipster hell. And you might have been right. HAVE A LOOK:

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Neck Face’s hands of fear…

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Another art world casualty…

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Waldo (aka: Erik Foss) finds A-Ron…

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A partial birth abortion…

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…come to life

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Waldo, Brendan Fowler, and Mr KAWS…

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Neck’s youngest fan…

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Dylan meets Lennon (aka: Cheryl Dunn and hubbie Michael)…

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The search for Animal Chin ends here…

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Cobra Snake has a party in his pantalones…

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Waldo’s prom date from hell…

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Nasty Neck & Dash Snow: Brothers from different mothers…

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Where else but NYC are you gonna see an animal head getting trucked down the street at 2am?…

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