Foam of the Daze
dal 19/4/2007 al 19/5/2007
Segnalato da
Georganne Deen
Kate Gilmore
Alex Hubbard
Ignacio Gonzalez-Lang
Marilyn Minter
Ylva Ogland
Cristina Lei Rodriguez
Mika Rottenberg
Elif Uras
Amy Smith-Stewart
19/4/2007
Foam of the Daze
Smith-Stewart, New York
Group show for a new gallery. The exhibition takes its title from Boris Vian's cult classic 'L'Ecume des Jours'. The show explores the destructive force of glamour, its pleasures and its perils, with works ranging from the figurative to the dreamily abstract.
Group show for a new gallery
Curated by Amy Smith-Stewart
Artists: Georganne Deen, Kate Gilmore, Alex Hubbard, Ignacio Gonzalez- Lang, Marilyn Minter, Ylva Ogland, Cristina Lei Rodriguez, Mika Rottenberg and Elif Uras.
Shaun El C. Leonardo will perform "Self-Portrait Remix" at 7pm opening night. Amy Smith-Stewart is pleased to announce the opening of Smith-Stewart. The inaugural exhibition is Foam of the Daze, a group show featuring new work by nine artists.
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.
Amy Smith-Stewart, a former Curator at P.S.1/MoMA (2001-2005) and Curatorial Advisor for Mary Boone (2006), founded Smith-Stewart. Presently, she serves as a faculty member in the MFA Department at the School of Visual Arts and as a Guest Curator for the Peter Norton Collection.
Image: Marilyn Minter, Unarmed (Pamela Anderson), 2007, C-print, 36 × 50 inches
Opening: Friday, April 20, 6:00PM - 9:00PM
Smith-Stewart
53 Stanton Street, between Forsyth and Eldridge - New York
Admission free