In his home city of New York, folk artist Adam Green today launched his first exhibition, which will be open to the public from 23rd of April to the 24th. Entitled 'Teen Tech', it showcases another artistic side of the singer/songwriter already known for his prolific career as a solo musician and for his work as half of the band Moldy Peaches. Last year, he composed the soundtrack for a German theatrical adaptation of Paul Auster’s novel Timbuktu, which he titled 'Musik For A Play'. The exhibition will consist of original works by Green: 12 sculptures of plaster or papier-mâché; 18 large-scale (30” x 40”) acrylic or watercolor paintings; and 20 collages (created together with model Cory Kennedy). The art will be for sale and a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the charitable organization Artists for Peace and Justice, which directs 100 per cent of all funds raised towards rebuilding and maintaining long-term sustainability in Haiti.

Friend and peer Binki Shapiro of Little Joy introduced Green to the organisation when he donated a hand-designed t-shirt for her recent, highly successful Crafts For A Cause online auction that donated all proceeds to Artists for Peace and Justice. Green and Shapiro decided to work together again here in an effort to continue giving. Following the show’s close, any remaining pieces will be available here. Green says of the exhibition, “'Teen Tech' is an art show I've prepared over the last year and a half. Perhaps because I'm an entertainer in showbiz, I found myself trying to make this art show more entertaining than average. It focuses on cartoon subjects. I don't often read comics but I've always liked to draw cartoons. I contend that all artists work in caricature. The pieces in 'Teen Tech' are caricatures of cartoons, which I feel distill the subjects down to their bare essence.”

Teen Tech, Morrison Hotel Gallery, 313 Bowery Street (at Bowery & Bleecker Street) open now.