The mission of -scope is to demystify the buying process of contemporary art. The fairs bring together up-and-coming dealers, curators and artists. The exhibitions, in combination with -scope Programs (Cinema, Sound, Panel Discussions, Performance) cultivate a unique forum for contemporary art and emerging culture.
The Fourth Annual
-scope art fair Inc. is pleased to announce that -scopeNewYork will take place from Friday, March 11 through Monday, March 14, 2005, at the Flatotel Hotel, 135 West 52nd Street (between 6th and 7th avenues). The Flatotel is located around the corner from The Museum of Modern Art, 57th Street galleries, major subways and is walking distance from The Armory Show (shuttle bus service between -scope and The Armory Show). 75 exhibitors from around the world are open daily from 12pm to 8pm. Admission is $10 and catalogs are $5 each.
Press Preview Brunch: -scopeNewYork launches with a Press Preview Friday, March 11, from 12pm to 2pm (RSVP alethea@scope-art.com). The brunch will feature a special performance by Skip Arnold, courtesy of Spencer Brownstone Gallery.
Culture on the Verge: The Friday opening night party begins at 9pm ($20 admission). Exhibitor rooms are open until 12am with festivities taking place throughout the hotel and ground floor atrium space until 2am. Culture on the Verge will feature live music, special performances and film/video screenings. Of special note:
-scopeSound: Live music in the glass atrium, featuring the emerging intensity of: Lycaon Pictus, Morricone Youth and Rare Bird Rumba Ranch, along with a gunslingers duel between DJ Count Porkchopula and DJ Zebra Blood.
Performance-scope: JOY– Pleasure In The Street, curated by artist Lilah Freedland, features the bicycle jousting street ethics of Black Label, the intense secret projects of Madagascar Institute and a free-throw contest between Lee Walton and Shaq. Keep an eye on the ceiling! Don’t miss RATBOY in his VIP bathroom lair and Jordan Seiler’s roving project which addresses the feelings of depravity and isolation imposed on the public by advertising on a daily basis.
Cinema-scope: Blurring the classic expectation of video and film, Natalie Kovacs presents two exceptional projects, SEED, supported by the Canadian Consulate and The Canadian Film Center, which allows audience members, using their cell phones, to plant ‘seeds’ that are grown into a virtual forest on site and "True Love", in conjunction with collective 640 480, which embroiders a video narrating loss and abandonment into the traditional medium and visual history of tapestry.
From Norway, Tor Jørgen presents “The Good Selectionâ€, a medley of Scandanavian film/video, which includes Liminal Inception (Norway), Waterboy (Sweden) and Stella (Iceland), among others. In addition, Tor curates Cinema-scope’s continued featured programming of exhibitor submitted work while Natalie contributes a video program titled “t.b.d.â€
Awards and Grants: The recipient of the Independent Curator Award for -scopeNew York 2005 is Lisa Kirk whose curatorial project in the lobby explores themes of nature. The Emerging Artist Grant has been awarded to Kyung Jeon.
Panel discussions: Finding the Fund in Art, Saturday, March 12, will include Pamela Auchincloss, Director, Artist Pension Trust/New York; Marek Claassen, Artfacts.net; Fred Dunbar, SVP, National Economic Research Associates, Inc.; Michael Moses, Professor, New York University and Michael Plummer, President & COO, Fernwood Art Investments. God in Art, Sunday, March 13, will include Joe Martin Hill, critic, NYU; Linda Nochlin, critic, NYU; Andres Serrano, artist; Hady Sy, artist; John Yau, critic; Victor Zamudio-Taylor, critic and curator and will be moderated by Ethan Cohen, gallerist. Both are from 3pm to 4pm and are included with admission.
Silent Auction: Works are donated by exhibiting artists. Bidding begins on Friday, March 11 at 12pm and closes on Monday, March 14 at 4pm. Proceeds benefit the Emerging Artist Grant, Independent Curator Awards and Performance-scope Grants in addition to local art and education programs Young Audiences New York and Groundswell Community Mural Project.
Galleries: 31GRAND, Acuna-Hansen, Andrew Edlin Gallery, Angell gallery, Anna Klinkhammer Galerie, AP4-ART, Art&Idea, Artcore Gallery, Black & White Gallery, bonelli arte contemporanea, bucheon, Caren Golden Fine Art, Carl Berg Gallery, Carl Hammer Gallery, Catharine Clark Gallery, Christopher Cutts Gallery, COFA/claire oliver fine art, curcioprojects, Cynthia Broan Gallery, David Lusk Gallery, Dinter Fine Art, Dust Gallery, Ethan Cohen Gallery, eva hober, Factor, Inc., Fay Gold Gallery, Foley Gallery, Frederieke Taylor gallery, GALERIA SICART, Galerie Adler, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Galerie Magda Danysz, GALERIE POLLER, Galerie Schuster, Galerie sphn, Galleria Cà di Frà , gallery joe, Gallery Roemerapotheke, James Nicholson Gallery, JHB Gallery, JORGE ALCOLEA, Le Salon for Art Collectors | Vanessa Suchar, Leonard Tachmes Gallery, Lisa Kirk, lyonswiergallery, M%, MAGROROCCA, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, Miller Block Gallery, Mixed Greens, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New Context Gallery, Pablo's Birthday, patrick heide art projects, PH Gallery, Punto Gris, Rare, Ricardo Reyes Arte, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, Robert Knafo/SV, Samson Projects, Sara Nightingale Gallery, SlingShot Project, STATE, Stephanie Theodore, Tatar Gallery, The Proposition, TZR Galerie, völcker & freunde, W/O WALLS, Yancey Richardson Gallery, YOO Projects
Sponsors: Altoids, Art Asia Pacific, Art Review, Canadian Consulate, Casa Noble Tequila, Christiana Vodka, izze, Modern Painter, Stella Artois
Non-Profits: Groundswell, Young Audiences New York
-scope Art Fair Inc. The mission of -scope (www.scope-art.com) is to demystify the buying process of contemporary art. -scope accomplishes this by producing international art fairs of cutting-edge art and emerging culture. The fairs bring together up-and-coming dealers, curators and artists in a relaxed atmosphere. The exhibitions, in combination with -scope Programs (e.g., Cinema-scope, -scopeSound, panel discussions, Performance-scope) cultivate a unique forum for contemporary art and emerging culture. In this way, -scope makes itself an invaluable resource for established and burgeoning collectors as well as museums, corporate curators and the general public.
Flatotel Hotel
135 West 52nd Street - New York