Detail of a canvas by Conor Harrington. (All photos by C-M.)
Last night was the preview extravaganza of London’s Lazarides Gallery street artsy show in downtown Manhattan. And everything was in (stereo)typical working order: Nice canvases hung in a “gritty” urban setting? Check. Line of attractive hipsters stretching around the corner? Check. DJ pumping beats? Check. Galleristas handing out price lists? Check. (And whoa, nelly what a price list! The Faile piece was going for $150K!! Which means I’ll be able to afford it sometime… never.) The naked commerce was good fun, but so was the art (there are interesting pieces by Conor Harrington, Bast, David Choe and Blu). So get over there (282 Bowery at Houston) before the encampment leaves town on Oct. 12th.
Click on images to supersize. Way more after the jump.
VHILS.
David Choe.
A 3-D painted sculpture by Miranda Donovan. See a close-up detail of another work here.
Paul Insect.
So this is what Grover is up to in his spare time: Sculpture by Mark Jenkins.
Blu.
Invader.
Todd James.
Ian Francis.
Bast.
On the outside looking in: The Keith Haring redux wall (with embellishments by LA2) sits in the background. Watercolors by David Choe hang overhead.
Faile.
JR.
Obama, by David Choe. Makes me wonder what will become of all this Obamart if he doesn’t win.
Mode2.
A collage by Jonathan Yeo. A piece I’d like to refer to as ‘Leaves of Ass.’
David Choe. The dogs kick ass.
Updated: Admiring Ian Francis Anthony Micallef.
Conor Harrington.
Blu.
In a bit of performance that had the audience tittering like a bunch of Beavis & Butt-heads (heh heh…boobs…heh heh), Zevs did drips on a nekkid girl’s back.
More about the show at the NYT City Room blog.
Thank you for bringing a part of New York art to me. I like Conner Harrington’s work.
Yes, this is what we were discussing recently with Polish art establishment, that there is no real off art nowadays. And the terms as off, outsider or alternative become the most commercial. As an example, recently there was a big Off festival in one Polish small city Myslowice, curated by one of the main Polish curators, who invited the stars of Polish contemporary art to take part in it.
outsider is where u r