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Starting off our summer program, Danziger Projects is presenting a group
exhibition and installation titled "The Art Fair is Present".
A playful reference to the just finished Marina Abramovic retrospective at MoMA
(titled "The Artist is Present") the exhibition is comprised of work exhibited by the
gallery in recent art fairs mixed with new work by Jean-Philippe Delhomme that
comments on the New York art world. (The show also includes work by Bernd &
Hilda Becher, Christopher Bucklow, Paul Fusco, Ormond Gigli, Jim Krantz, Annie
Leibovitz, Robert Mapplethorpe, Ryan McGinness, Len Prince & Jessie Mann,
Viviane Sassen, Ezra Stoller, and George Tice.)
While on one hand a sampling of what the gallery shows, on the other hand the
exhibition calls into question the practice and convention of how art is viewed in
galleries, how information is provided, how commerce is conducted, and to what
extent communication (or the lack of) is a part of the process.
Installed in the manner of an art fair booth with a variety of works displayed and
clearly identified and priced, the installation will incorporate a table and chairs
within the public gallery space at which the gallery director or a member of staff
will be available at all times to talk to visitors about the work on view and the
general concept of the show.Installed in the manner of an art fair booth with a variety of works displayed and
clearly identified and priced, the installation will incorporate a table and chairs
within the public gallery space at which the gallery director or a member of staff
will be available at all times to talk to visitors about the work on view and the
general concept of the show.
Contrary to the Chelsea convention where the visitor is often purposely ignored,
our aim during the show is to invite a dialog. In this way, the exhibition will
address the differing ways art is viewed in a commercial context, and by extension
how presentation and communication affect the gallery going experience.
Summer hours: Tuesday- Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For more information call 212 629 6778 or e-mail info@danzigerprojects.com
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