The Garment District Alliance of New York (GDA) is featuring artist Kevin Lustik, in its ongoing series of public exhibits dedicated to artists merging tradition with innovation. Needling is Lustik’s series of twenty whimsical and wry needlepoint works that explore political and social issues, stitched together with a deft and humorous touch.
Lustik’s imaginative craft work evokes a folksy Americana yet upon closer inspection you are confronted by piercing social commentary such as School Zone Sign, a play on the yellow street signage punctured by holes in the yarn revealing a blood red background. Or the more psychologically where hands play with yarn toying a baby blue brain in The Puppeteer. Few artists can pull off hot button issues of the day such as climate change, and the disregard for human virtue, as quirky and dare I say delightfully, as Kevin Lustik.
Enjoy this sneak peek below, and if you are in New York stroll by Needling in person, in the Garment district at:
209 West 38th Street (street-level window)
On view now until January 27th, 2025.
For more information on Kevin Lustic isit LustikArt on Instagram and Facebook.
The Garment District Alliance (www.garmentdistrictnyc.com), is a not-for-profit corporation established in 1993 to improve the quality of life and economic vitality of Manhattan’s Garment District. . For more information on the Garment District Alliance’s many art initiatives and plaza programming, please visit: https://garmentdistrict.nyc/arts
