Trip Patterson’s Solo Exhibition A Hipster Magnet

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Tripoli PattersonTripoli Patterson is a pro surfer. He’s lived in Bali and New Zealand. He puts together fantastic exhibitions for artists he discovers in his travels. His tee-shirt line’s like Christopher Holland’s on acid. New York’s hipster elite love him. So too do older, more established gallery owners. Among the east end’s young wave riders, he is God. And he is only 24.

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Trip Patterson’s Solo Exhibition A Hipster Magnet

This past Saturday, after I’d had my fun at ArtHamptons, I stopped by the opening of surfer-cum-curator Trip Patterson’s first one man show, a retrospective of the great Puerto Rican painter Felix Bonilla Genera. The exhibition is on display at Collette’s Antique Barn, and when I arrived, I was greeted by a crowd as colorful as Bonilla’s thick-daubed abstracts.

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Mr. Patterson of course was there, sporting some killer seersucker, as were Colkette and her baby, and the artist himself in a jaunty fedora. The Antique Barn, with its whitewashed walls and roomy feel, was the perfect backdrop for Bonilla’s kalaidescopic rainbows, though by the time I got there, most of the revelers had moved the party out back. There, a melange of tawny surfers and mangy hipsters mingled, downing vodka grapefruits and loads of wine. The whole scene felt very LES-y, and a nice change of pace. If you missed the opening but would still like to check out Bonilla’s work, fret not; the exhibition will run through August 2nd.