A diverse crowd met at trendy Le Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village last Thursday evening to drink, dance, and watch four painters face off for a solo exhibition in Brooklyn.  The painters’ real-time creations were judged by the enthusiastic response of the attendees and were offered for sale via silent auction– if you could find the elusive bid taker.

Check out this iPhone video from the event (be forewarned, the bass is a bit obnoxious) that I posted to a friend’s YouTube account; here’s the Art Battles website, where you can see the winning piece by Ben Angotti (and my personal preference of the four, the work by Kevin Ragnott).