Marilyn Minter, Unarmed (Pamela Anderson), 2007, C-print, 36 x 50 inches
Courtesy of the artist and Salon 94, New York
A new gallery opens tonight in New York with a group show featuring Georganne Deen, Kate Gilmore, Alex Hubbard, Ignacio Gonzalez-Lang, Marilyn Minter, Ylva Ogland, Cristina Lei Rodriguez, Mika Rottenberg and Elif Uras. The gallery, set up by Amy Smith-Stewart, a former Curator at P.S.1/MoMA (2001-2005) and Curatorial Advisor for Mary Boone (2006), will specialize in finding and cultivating new talent while producing a dynamic roster of exhibitions that spans mediums, expands aesthetic convention and reaches across generations.
The exhibition takes its title from Boris Vian's cult classic "L'Ecume des Jours," published in France in 1946. "Foam of the Daze" is a surrealistic love story about pretty people and fabulous parties that ends tragically, with a high body count, including a girl who chokes to death on a water lily growing in her lung. Inspired by the book, the show explores the destructive force of glamour, its pleasures and its perils, with works ranging from the figurative to the dreamily abstract.
Georganne Deen, 'Final Clearance', 2007
oil on linen, 20" x 16"
Amy Smith-Stewart is a former Curator at P.S.1/MoMA (2001-2005) and Curatorial Advisor for Mary Boone (2006). She is currently a faculty member in the MFA Department at the School of Visual Arts in New york and she is a Guest Curator for the Peter Norton Collection.
Shaun El C. Leonardo will perform "Self-Portrait Remix" at 7pm on the opening night, 20 April.
Foam of the Daze
20 April - 20 May
Smith-Stewart
53 Stanton Street, between Forsyth and Eldridge Streets
Lower East Side
New York
T: +1 917 573 5654
Gallery Hours: Wednesday through Saturday from noon to six.
amy@smith-stewart.com
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