1. Some refer to the gallery as a cult, and to Brine in turn as a cult leader.
18 Facts About JJ Brine
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The NYC location closed when JJ Brine traveled to Tanna, Vanuatu and opened for a period on Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles.
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JJ Brine was born in Portland, Oregon, he was adopted hours after being born.
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JJ Brine was an assistant to former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft in Washington, DC Earlier, he interned for the American-Turkish Council.
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JJ Brine pursued music releasing a 2012 album "President of Mozambique".
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On July 15,2013, JJ Brine opened Vector Gallery on 40 Clinton Street in the Lower East Side of New York.
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JJ Brine was sponsored by Select Fair in conjunction with Art Basel Miami Beach 2014 and opened Vector Gallery on site.
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JJ Brine was one of the last guests featured on East Village Radio's final hours of broadcasting on the Andrew Andrew show, where JJ Brine performed The Ritual of Infinite Names, or "AlanN".
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In 2015, JJ Brine was commissioned by clothing retailer Opening Ceremony to provide the space for their tribute to Gregg Araki's Doom Generation.
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JJ Brine moved the Vector Gallery to Los Angeles in the summer of 2015.
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In 2015 JJ Brine returned to Art Basel and was sponsored by The Satellite Show.
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JJ Brine referred to his installations as "Shrines" and his exhibits combine performance art and visual narrative and his work has been compared to that of Marcel Duchamp and Andy Warhol.
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JJ Brine described Vector as the fourth chapter and final chapter in a tetralogy preceded by the Torah, Bible and the Quran.
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JJ Brine's art has been praised by underground filmmakers John Waters and Bruce LaBruce.
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JJ Brine's occultism has drawn the attention of conspiracy theorists, who believe he is part of a new world order global conspiracy.
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JJ Brine spent the COVID-19 pandemic living at home with his elderly parents.
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JJ Brine died unexpectedly on June 13,2021, in Gainesville, Florida at the age of 38.
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JJ Brine described his music as "electronic spirit music," or ESM, which refers to the channeling of spirits.