[New York, NY]

Wayne Koestenbaum and Jess Scott “Carnival Dreams” Performance
April 26, 2019, 7:00 pm
at Essex Flowers

As part of Essex Flowers’ joint exhibition of their work, artists Wayne Koestenbaum and Jess Scott are performing on location.

Wayne Koestenbaum—poet, critic, artist, performer—has published nineteen books of poetry, criticism, and fiction, including Notes on Glaze, The Pink Trance Notebooks, My 1980s & Other Essays, Hotel Theory, Best-Selling Jewish Porn Films, Andy Warhol, Humiliation, Jackie Under My Skin, and The Queen’s Throat (a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist).  His newest book of poetry, Camp Marmalade, was published in 2018.  He has exhibited his paintings in solo shows at White Columns (New York), 356 Mission (L.A.), and the University of Kentucky Art Museum, as well as in many group exhibitions. His first piano/vocal record, Lounge Act, was released by Ugly Duckling Presse Records in 2017;  he has given musical performances at The Kitchen, REDCAT, Centre Pompidou, The Walker Art Center, The Artist’s Institute, and the Renaissance Society.  He is a Distinguished Professor of English, Comparative Literature, and French at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City.

Jess Scott is a living artist living in Los Angeles (b. 1984, Santa Cruz, CA). She works in paintings, drawings, ceramics, sculpture, graphic design, merchandise, et cetera. Scott also publishes Quinto Quarto Quarterly (QQQ), a print-only quarterly of conversations and incidental material from artists. She also exhibits artists in The Staircase, a ‘temporary, occasional gallery’ in Chinatown, Los Angeles. She has played in several rock + roll groups.