Pieces of Note: Scope Art Fair

Byung-Chul Woo's Seeing and other work at Young Art Gallery are beautifully intricate, yet simple, and the pops of color are well-placed. It's an oil-on-canvas rendition of why I love living in NYC.

I wish I could find more details on it, or the work below.

Jordan Eagles at Krause Gallery

Made with blood. 'Nuff Said. Although if you did want the details, its oxblood, acrylic, resin and copper, and it looks much better in person than in this photograph.

Makeup by Eric Finzi at SFA Projects

Marlene Dumas, much? Yet these figures on epoxy resin tell more of a story and make nice use of the medium.

Carlos Quintana painting at Juan Ruis Galeria

Carlos Quintana, a Cuban artist I loved here, made a surprise appearance.

Note from Scope Art Fair: Performance

One of my surprise favorite parts of Scope Art Fair was the inclusion of performance pieces by the show itself. Come on Guy was a frat party in a booth that seemed amazingly fun and funny the other night-- I'll have to go back to see if they are still going strong.

But in addition to those pieces, one gallery really stood out in an excessive Baroque bacchanalia. Artists Wanted embraced performance with a a cast of four, a wine fountain and a sausage grinder. Altogether the performance pieces really enlivened the atmosphere and brought a festive air to the fair itself.

NYC Art Fairs Open Tomorrow

You can find me here for the next few days, trying to manage the art overload with coffee and cupcakes...

The Armory Show

www.thearmoryshow.com 

Pier 94

Twelfth Ave. at 55th St.

3/3-6 

Pulse

www.pulse-art.com

Metropolitan Pavilion

125 W. 18th St.

3/3-6 

Scope

www.scope-art.com

320 West Street

3/4-7 

Volta

www.voltashow.com

7W

7 W. 34th St.

3/3-6 

Independent

www.independentnewyork.com

Dia Center for the Arts

548 W. 22nd St.

3/3-6

These are my favorite shows (with the exception of the Armory, which is a must but really too much to be an enjoyment). What are your favorites? Anybody want to meet me out for a coffee and show?

SCOPE- A Video Walk Through

Finally! I took this video at SCOPE art fair's preview last Wednesday afternoon, and I am just now getting it up for your viewing pleasure. My original thought was to have it finished before the fair opened, so people could see if they were interested in attending but, alas, it was not to be. Better late than never!

If you did go, how did you like it? SCOPE was probably a favorite of mine, not only for the quality of work but for the manageability of the fair overall.

New York Agenda: First Week of March

There is never a bad time to come to New York and look at art. As it happens, my return to New York comes at the same time as the art fairs--what a pleasant coincidence. So many things are happening! This is my personal top 5 drool list;

• Scope and Pulse Art Fairs: Lots of art and people crowded in together in order to completely overwhelm, or something like that. Come highly caffeinated.
• The Armory Show: The prestigious, sprawling, and expensive ($30) forerunner of them all. Tip: start writing an art blog and then ask for a press pass, claiming you are revolutionizing the industry. Maybe someday they will believe you.
  
• Independant: The new art fair that isn't. Called a "hybrid model and temporary exhibition forum," its showing work from some top notch galleries withOUT the lame entry fee. Here here.
• Whitney Biennial: Never been to this historic show and looking forward to seeing the wide mix of artists. Bonus points for being less hectic than the fairs.
• William Kentridge at MoMA: My friend was talking to me about the production Kentridge designed for the Met Opera, the NY Times article on exhibition design touches on it, Art:21 videos remind me of it. The whole world is whispering "go see this show."

Luckily I can! I missed the art scene during this island time. It will be tough to squeeze all this into a week along with more humdrum bits of business. Then I'm off again.