Fake Art For Posers To Benefit Accabonac House

Gibby Haynes. Photo by Roderick Angle.

"Fake Art for Posers," the second annual benefit for Accabonac House, will be held August 31 at Ashawagh Hall in Springs. The night begins with drinks and music at 6 PM and continues with a silent auction at 8 PM. The event keeps with Accabonac House's mission: to bring great work to Springs. Accabonac House is an artists' retreat in Springs dedicated to the memory of Lisa de Kooning. The house is where Lisa spent part of her childhood. Her father, abstract expressionist Willem de Kooning, traded a painting for the property in 1961, which served as his first studio in Springs as well as a home for his only child, Lisa, and her mother, illustrator Joan Ward. The show and silent auction bring together artists and musicians from across the country. Kyp Malone of TV on the Radio and Ice Balloons will perform a special solo set. Brooklyn's Invisible Familiars will bring their dreamy garage sound to the venue. Artists contributing works and attending include Texas' Gibby Haynes of the band Butthole Surfers and Tim Kerr of Big Boys. Haynes and Kerr join fellow old school Austin alums Sean Powell of Fuckemos, Ice Balloons, Surfbort, and Abe Kinney, as they bring the psychedelic Lone Star to the East End. Jim Tozzi of PFFR, a Brooklyn based production company/art collective/electronic rock band; Marty Cacic; Ian Kittredge; and Judith Supine, the artist who scaled the Queensborough Bridge to install a sculpture, all have works featured in the show. "Fake Art for Posers, has style overcome content? An easy question to pose on the East End in the summertime where derivative style runs thick, content runs thin, and bad art runs amuck. Hopefully that's not us tonight," said founder Alex Kilgore. The host committee incudes board members Rachael Horovitz, Annie Baker, Adam Rapp, Gina Gionfriddo, Neena Beber, Alex Kilgore, Monica Bill Barnes, Laurie Beckelman, Paul Sparks, Annie Parisse, David Wilson Barnes, Gibby Haynes, Jim Tozzi, Isabel de Kooning Villeneuve, Emma de Kooning Villeneuve, and Lucy de Kooning Villeneuve. Proceeds from the evening support Accabonac House's mission to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work alone or collaboratively without interruption in a supportive environment. Accabonac House offers residencies to playwrights, actors, directors, musicians, dancers, filmmakers, and artists to foster mutual inspiration across different disciplines and generate new work. For more information visit www.accabonachouse.com.

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