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Of the many galleries and artists presenting work this year, there are a few booths that are definitely worth taking a second or third look. Photographer Leslie Lyons’ portraits are dark and enigmatically enchanting, haunting in their provocation of introspective research. Uprise Arts’ Nick Meyer’s snapshots are naturally — and occasionally sparsely — lit glimpses of nostalgia for youth not wasted, and Kesting/Ray’s Brian Leo creates illustrative artwork which presents a perspective of our world imbued with childlike pleasures and imagination.
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“the founders more laid back, the events unexpected, the exhibits surprising”
Courtesy of Fountain Art Fair.
Fountain Art Fair Goes Big
From March 9th to 11th, the 69th Regiment Armory will open its doors to art enthusiasts and patrons alike to present the 2012 Fountain Art Fair. The weekend-long fair, sheltered at 68 Lexington Avenue, the site of the original 1913 Armory Show, promises to be one of spectacular proportions. Broadway Gallery has partnered with Fountain and is excited to support the art fair’s pleasantly different attitude – the founders more laid back, the events unexpected, the exhibits surprising. And on the whole, it’s a respite from the stuffed shirt art shows in New York. We are looking forward to seeing YES Gallery, Uprise Arts, Big Deal Arts, Munch Gallery, Kesting/Ray, Cheap & Plastique, Broadway Gallery NYC, Leslie Lyons and Mark Demos all of whom will be on view this March.
In addition to housing a comprehensive roster of emerging artists and galleries, Fountain Art Fair is partnering with Art For Progress, a non-profit organization working to provide creative arts education programming for under-served youth. They will be exhibiting an array of work from their talented visual artists and a special exhibit featuring student work from various high school programs in New York City.
Of the many galleries and artists presenting work this year, there are a few booths that are definitely worth taking a second or third look. Photographer Leslie Lyons’ portraits are dark and enigmatically enchanting, haunting in their provocation of introspective research. Uprise Arts’ Nick Meyer’s snapshots are naturally — and occasionally sparsely — lit glimpses of nostalgia for youth not wasted, and Kesting/Ray’s Brian Leo creates illustrative artwork which presents a perspective of our world imbued with childlike pleasures and imagination. Video installation artist Tiffany Carbonneau works to re-contextualize architectural subtleties and highlight basic structures that shape our relationship with space on a quotidian basis. Through her often-monumental projections, Carbonneau notes the very structures that shape our metropolitan, post-industrial culture’s topography. This kind of radical reorientation to space will prove to be unsettling – in a good way.
Abraham Lubelski, 250,000 Works on Paper. Ongoing since 1973, dimensions varialbe. Courtesy of the artist.
Also on view will be Abraham Lubelski, showing his 250,000 Works on Paper which was exhibited this past Fall at No Comment, a show held in what used to be the offices of JP Morgan, on Wall St. His piece sparked something of a controversy and was subsequently featured in the Huffington Post. The work is made of stacked boxes and bundles of works on paper, and creates a sinewy snake-like path in the center of the fair. Upon closer inspection, the individual images on each sheet of paper take center stage. Each one is spontaneous, impulsive and resonates with automatism and immediacy. Peeking our interest, audiences will notice that each one is free. Yes, we said free. Sometimes a small gesture can also be a big one. And this is no exception. Utilizing direct action, free choice, and participation; this work offers us a sense of communally shared experience. By taking a work, we engage in Lubelski’s sentiment, each one offering sense of renewal and hope.
The Fountain Art Fair will begin with a bang. Hip-hop pioneer and New York legend, Fab 5 Freddy is scheduled to do a DJ set opening night, March 9th. With installations, live performances, and a multitude of New York art galleries showing off their best artists, the Fountain Art Fair is one you won’t want to miss.
Artists in Broadway Gallery: Sophia Dang, Nikki Romanello, Jessica Manley, Patricia Mota, Jamie Dalglish, Barnaby Ruhe, Rick Hildebrandt, John F. Moore Jr, Lucien Dulfan, Marcel Varela, Sirpa Miettinen, Jean Marc-Schwaller, Fedor Alexeev, Fiamma Morelli and Debbi Chan.
