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"FacebookPinterest\n\nNo matter how old guys get, we'll always have a soft spot for the sporting heroes of our youth. And the posters that covered our bedroom walls paid homage to these larger-than-life icons. Now, imagine a gallery filled with the superhero-like monikers of sports' most notable players from the 80s and 90s, a time when these guys were becoming pop stars. \"For the Kids\" is the tongue-in-cheek title for the show currently being displayed at Salon 94 at Freemans. After all, the exhibition that features sports lithographs from the Costacos brothers and rare work from Jeff Koons, had an opening filled with awfully mature and stylish tykes.\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\n\"It seemed like we sort of hit the sweet spot, as far as the power and positivity of nostalgia.\" says Adam Shopkorn, who curated the show, along with Fabienne Stephan. \"It's been a while since these images have been in the public eye and the response has been amazing.\"\n\n\"It's interesting, because these posters really have a multilayered and crossover approachability,\" Stephan chimed in. \"You have people like graphic designers who come into the exhibit and are able to get something from the technical element of these posters, you have the art crowd and then you have the sports nuts, like Adam [laughs] who come in, because they love the players. The guys from the [Freemans] Barber Shop said they've never spent this much time in the gallery.\"\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\nIn addition to the work for sale, Shopkorn also worked with NYC brand, No Mas, on five limited edition t-shirts (50 of each style) that were being sold at the event.\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\nAs we grabbed cold cans of beer from a plastic tub and made our way around to inspect the posters, it was hard not to remember sitting in a friend's wood-paneled basement doing basically the same thing over a decade ago. \"These posters had such prime real estate in my room, in your room, \"said Shopkorn, \"so while the works themselves are these now seemingly humorous approaches, it's actually pretty powerful stuff. I think these works have been consistently undervalued and under-appreciated and we wanted to give them a fresh, higher end feel and ultimately, a home.\"\n\nShopkorn is not alone. As we attempted to grab him for a quick quote, the dude occupying his attention was a certain extreme sports industry superpower; he wanted to buy the whole collection...\n\nSalon 94 Freemans is located at 1 Freeman Alley, New York, NY 10002. The gallery is open Tuesday 1:00-6:00 pm and Wednesday through Saturday, 11:00-6:00 pm."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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