NEW YORK, NY.- Lombard Freid Projects presents William Earl Kofmehl III: Dear Father Knickerbocker, I Just Googled You, the gallery inaugural exhibition at 518 West 19th Street. Kofmehl’s ambitious show includes over 150 embroidered canvases, a sculpture of a giant squirrel referencing the mythological Trojan Horse and a life size self-portrait of the artist cast in bronze and adorned with zucchini tailed and corn eared animals. Adjacent to the bronze figure is a projected video displaying a conversation between the artist and Bernie Goetz, the infamous New York vigilante and prominent squirrel husbandrist who is remembered for his 1984 subway shooting. Bernard Goetz, introduced to the artist by way of a mutual friend, becomes a particular source of inquiry and an indirect collaborator for Kofmehl’s exhibition. The Goetz incident, which epitomized New Yorkers’ frustrations with the high crime rates of the