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≤))≥ ꩜ Divine Drippings ꩜ w/ @coilandcord
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This October 17th-18th, Coil & Cord Studio is excited to feature the work of Bennett Bailey (@bforbennett), Owen Studio (@ooowen.studio), and KD Ceramics (@kdbrooklynceramics) at the 30th annual Gowanus Open Studios!

Hosted by Arts Gowanus, Gowanus Open Studios is Brooklyn’s biggest celebration of local art and artists; hundreds of artists across dozens of venues in the greater Gowanus neighborhood will open their doors, giving the public a rare glimpse inside the former factories, warehouses, and studio buildings of this vibrant neighborhood. taken in Coil & Cord Studio by @bforbennett

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Bennett Bailey: Divine Drippings⁠
a solo exhibition of paintings⁠
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September 11 - October 31, 2026⁠
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Opening Reception:⁠
Friday, September 11 | 6pm⁠
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Artist Talk:⁠
Saturday, October 3 | 4pm⁠
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Gallery Hours: Sat 3pm-6pm and by appointment⁠
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Free and open to the public⁠
RSVP encouraged at the link in bio⁠
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Coil & Cord Studio is pleased to present Divine Drippings, the first solo exhibition by Brooklyn-based artist Bennett Bailey (@bforbennett), on view from September 11 through October 31, 2026.⁠
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Born in Bedford-Stuyvesant, where he still works, Bailey is a Black trans artist whose practice involves what he calls “spiritual and mental foraging”, drawing upon his Christian upbringing, Caribbean heritage, Black and queer communities, trans embodiment, and punk culture, as well as the interior terrain of dreams and the imaginative worlds of fantasy and myth.⁠
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Across the works in Divine Drippings, Bailey renders provocative, unwieldy beings and spaces. His visceral figurative language is grounded in corporeal transformation, spiritual ambivalence, and the uncertainty of dreamscapes. Bailey’s creaturely subjects evoke the grotesque, often playfully. His figures evade taxonomy, as human forms sprout wings and tails and morph into apparitions, animals, or angels. Bodies intermingle with their environments, exceed their prescribed boundaries, and remain susceptible to transformation. by @bforbennett

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a big thank you to everyone that came to the Divine Drippings opening!! you all made it a very special night 🌟

on Oct 3rd @ 4pm i'll be following up with an artist talk at @coilandcord! so if you couldn't make it, have any questions, want to be nosy, it'll be the perfect opportunity for it :3 by @bforbennett

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Coil & Cord Studio is pleased to present an artist talk by Bennett Bailey, as part of "Divine Drippings", Bailey's first solo exhibition.⁠
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Bennett Bailey Artist Talk⁠
Saturday, October 3⁠
4pm⁠
at Coil & Cord Studio⁠
200 6th St. #2B, Brooklyn, NY 11215⁠
Free RSVP (Donations appreciated to support the artist & exhibition)⁠
RSVP link in bio⁠
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Born in Bedford-Stuyvesant, where he still works, Bailey is a Black trans artist whose practice involves what he calls “spiritual and mental foraging”, drawing upon his Christian upbringing, Caribbean heritage, Black and queer communities, trans embodiment, and punk culture, as well as the interior terrain of dreams and the imaginative worlds of fantasy and myth.⁠ by @bforbennett

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Eres un Angel
36 x 24
acrylic and crayon on canvas

i've had this necklace for years and just found this etching on the back of the angel charm. it felt like the perfect name for this piece by @bforbennett

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The sun was so bright, I wanted to take advantage of how it makes the pigments shift. It soothes my inner magpie 💎 by @bforbennett

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4 months ago

untitled, 2026
8 x 10, acrylic on canvas

this one feels very natural, despite floating in a silvery void. the peppermints and summer sun look lovely on it by @bforbennett

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4 months ago

Take me, all of me
acrylic and crayon on canvas
36*24 inches

it's about that good, hurty, burning type of love. that isn't actually love, is it? more like yearning that's gone on too long by @bforbennett

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5 months ago

soft reconfig | acrylic on canvas, 8*10 inches
i asked my top surgeon to take pix of the procedure but she didn't seem keen on it, so i ~imagined~ it, and I'm probably right
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#emergingartist #contemporyart #acrylicpainting #brooklynartist by @bforbennett

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Mouthful
acrylic on canvas
20 x 30

will be on view at @greenpointgallery tonight for a partiful group show! see it alongside a few favs in person while we celebrate the holidays :)) 🌟 by @bforbennett

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10 months ago

unwanted with treasured
acrylic on canvas
8*10, '25

i started this in summer but it is now a winter baby,, also secret cat post :3 by @bforbennett

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Don't miss Bennett Bailey (@bforbennett) and our other artists at 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, our 2025 M.F.A thesis exhibition! The show will remain on view in the Art Gallery at Brooklyn College until June 24.

📍 @artgalleryatbc (Lower Level, Boylan Hall)
☀️ Open Tuesday–Thursday, Noon–5 p.m.
🗓️ May 6—June 24

"Bennett Bailey's paintings emerge as relics of lived transformation: as a Black, queer, trans artist, his work is not a narration of identity, but a physical and ritualistic excavation of it.

Histories of displacement, misrecognition, and resilience have shaped him and embedded themselves into hand driven and gesturally layered work. Each piece uses the body as a site of memory and ongoing emergence, allowing emotional debris to summon stories and perspectives as atmospheric pressure" by @bforbennett

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