-scope Art Fair Inc. has announced that the third annual
-scopeNewYork will take place March 12-15 at the new
Hotel Gansevoort, located in New York City's meatpacking district.
A throwback to the Gramercy Art Fair of the mid-1990s, from which the much larger
Armory Show evolved, -scope Art Fair Inc. presents one-person and thematic group exhibitions organized by innovative international galleries, curators, dealers and arts organizations in the intimate and relaxed atmosphere of a hotel. More than 65 exhibitors from around the world are expected to attend.
At last year's -scopeNew York, "The prevailing esthetic was pop-culture saturated, with a lot of low-tech figurative works," wrote Walter Robinson in
Arnet Magazine. "Installations had a youthful, 'anything is possible' vibe and were frequently accompanied by rock music. And the hotel setting banished the clean, white cube, of course, in favor of a totalizing sensibility, with art works installed in showers and videotapes playing on the TVs. Even the bedspreads were art."
In addition to visual arts exhibitions in New York, Miami and Los Angeles, -scope features programs such as
Cinema-scope (which brings together the work of emerging international video artists and filmmakers),
-scopeSound (showcasing emerging local DJs, sound artists and bands at each),
-scopeTV (a six-part series documenting the development of the art scene on a worldwide basis), and
panel discussions on a range of art-related topics.
Two panel discussions have been organized in conjunction with -scopeNew York:
Collecting the Hard Stuff on Saturday, March 13, and
Sex and Religion on Sunday March 14. Both run from 5-6pm and are included with the $10 admission to the fair.
-scopeNewYork kicks off with a party entitled
Culture on the Verge on Friday, March 12 at 9pm.
# posted by Steve Gallagher @ 3/01/2004 04:09:00 PM
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