21/2/2007
Fountain New York 2007
Fountain, New York
A guerrilla -style art fair- under the radar, independent and highly influential. This independent aspect gives Fountain its edge: young Brooklyn based galleries showcasing fresh work without official booth spaces or selection committee juries. In form and spirit, the artwork shown truly reflects the avantgarde and in-your-face attitude equated with the Dada movement.
The avant-garde has always laid claim to history through its challenges and victories over the status quo. In 1917, at the unjuried Society of Artists exhibition, Marcel Duchamp unveiled the world's most famous ready-made art object: "Fountain". It is in this spirit of the unexpected that some of Williamsburg, Brooklyn's most forward-thinking and cutting-edge galleries, Capla Kesting Fine Art, Ch'i Contemporary Fine Art, Front Room, Glowlab, McCaig-Welles, and Outrageous Look have collaborated to present "Fountain New York 2007". Expect floor-to-ceiling displays of brand- new works, bold installations, impromptu performance events and the best parties of the weekend, as this exhibition makes its mark in a massive 5000 square foot space at: 660 Twelfth Avenue, a few blocks from the Armory show at Pier 94.
"Fountain" is a guerrilla-style art fair - under the radar, independent and highly influential. This independent aspect gives Fountain its edge: young Brooklyn based galleries showcasing fresh work without official booth spaces or selection committee juries. In form and spirit, the artwork shown truly reflects the avant-garde and in-your-face attitude equated with the Dada movement.
Fountain, now in its second year, following successful runs with strong sales records in New York and Miami in 2006, will take place from Thursday, February 22nd through Monday, February 26th. The ground level, 5000 square foot event hall features concrete floors, high ceilings and a full block of windows. This exceptional space is easily accessible through multiple street-level entrances facing the West Side Highway, conveniently close to the Armory Show's Pier 94.
Come and experience the unfiltered, uncouth and enterprising excitement of Fountain. See advanced art as it was meant to be seen – without blinders, without “taste merchants" – straight from the source.
List of Galleries:
Capla Kesting
Ch'i Contemporary
Front Room Gallery
Steven Gagnon
Glowlab
McCaig-Welles
New Improved Art
Outrageous Look
Yum Yum Factory
"Fresh and in their faces, a perfect example of avant-energetics" - The Brooklyn Rail
"An 'Alternative Fair,' organized by Williamsburg, Brooklyn dealers, which presents the work of young artists and galleries" - Art in America
A "smaller, independent fair" - The Miami Herald
“Fountain” (after Duchamp's title for his “ready-made” urinal) is the perfect moniker for this independent, experimental, mini art fair with its Duchampian spirit of philosophic irony." - Douglas Kelley Show
"A salon des refusés" - Time Out New York
"Contemporary art in the spirit of Marcel Duchamp" - Artnet.com
"Independent and experimental" - Juxtapoz magazine
Fountain is made possible in part by the support of arts services organizations including the Brooklyn Arts Council, Fractured Atlas,
Nurture Art and the Williamsburg Gallery Association.
Sponsored by the L Magazine, M magazine (The New York Art World), myopenbar.com, PK Graphics.com, Lagunitas and P.I.N.K. Vodka.
Press contact
David Kesting 917-650-3760
Reception: Thursday February 22, 5pm-12am
Fountain
660 Twelfth Avenue, (a few blocks south of the Armory show at Pier 94.) New York
Exhibition Hours 11-7pm