KENNY SCHARF’S COSMIC CAVERN
We’re so sad this place is packed up and gone. If you were lucky enough to be invited to a party at the iconic artist’s East Williamsburg basement, make sure to stick to the Day-Glo dress code. Called the Cosmic Cavern, the space is Kenny Scharf’s neon fantasy come to life, and was quite possibly his largest existing art installtion.
Hanging from the ceilings, walls and floors were neon colored dolls, toys, kitchen utensils, plastic garbage, and furniture, intermixed with neon murals by Kenny Scharf. The room glowed brightly with more black lights than my friend’s 30 year old brother’s room in his parents basement could ever dream of. When guests entered, their faces were painted with Day Glo paint by Kenny himself, letting everyone become one with the Cosmic Cavern. With disco pumping and people dancing, it felt as close to what I imagine New York in the early 80s was.
Who: Kenny Scharf
What: Cosmic Cavern
Where: Undisclosed, East Williamsburg
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