Italian plumbers jumping from mushroom to mushroom to enter new, sprawling never-ending worlds: a totally normal scenario. Saturday morning cartoons, slap bracelets, beads, remote-controlled trucks, plastic game controllers, “magic” color scratch paper, slinkies, geometric coloring books, Lite-brites… The unbelievably simple, yet totally addictive entertainment of the 1990s kept us hypnotized hour after countless hour. As a result, The 1990s- its aesthetics, frivolity and playfulness- have deeply influenced the Millenial generation’s perception of the world.

The second art show of BushwickGallery.com ‘Mushroom Universe’ takes a tour through the spotty memories, bringing forward the perceptions, images, shapes and colors of this lavish decade. Mushroom Universe is a celebration of this subconscious but overt return to the cultural references, symbols, and colors of the 1990’s in the works of:

Andrea Bergart Matthew Mahler Ken Kocses

BushwickGallery.com is a gallery based solely in the virtual space. Its mission is to endorse emerging artists, and to use the Internet in order to facilitate the access of young people to art. 950 Hart is an experimental Bushwick art space that focuses on community art experience. Together, 950 Hart and BushwickGallery.com are bringing you an offline pop up art opening of Mushroom Universe.

On February 10, from 7 to 10pm, you have a unique chance to see the physical art from Mushroom Universe, and to meet the artists, totally offline.