Filed under: Art Fairs | Tags: armory, Christopher Steinmeyer, Diana Al-Hadid, Fair, Gerard Ellis, Gideon Rubin, Hernan Bas, Josh Dorman, Joshua Field, Karim Hamid, Laura Lancaster, Natelie Frank, Nathan Wasserbauer, NYC, Philippe Cognee, Rachel Howard, Retna, Ryan Travis Christian, scope, Sigmar Polke
We heard earlier from Lee Grainer at the Armory and Scope. Now it’s Joshua Field’s turn to share what caught his eye while at the fairs. Joshua is our second guest photo blogger helping us cover the fairs in New York City. We are excited to have another painter share their perspective and favorite pieces while observing the large gathering of contemporary galleries and artists in Big Apple. When I asked Joshua to share his thoughts thus far, he offered the following:
- less white neon (thank god)
- fewer skulls (apart from a few giant gold ones)
- more large caliber guns
- lots of small framed works on paper
- lots of clusters of small works (all roughly 8.5″x11″)
- much less chinaphilia
- independent got slick all of a sudden
- zwirner: huge empty booth again (really? they rep such great stuff though)
- surprising number of galleries from… istanbul
- the cobbled together floor at scope = really distracting
Check out some photos Joshua sent-in after the jump!
Joshua Field | The Itinerant Preacher, oil, acrylic, on canvas, 30 x 40 Inches
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Filed under: Art Fairs | Tags: Alison Blickle, armory, art fair, Bo Christian Larsson, Brad Woodfin, Casey Gray, Daniel Karrer, Eric Finzi, Eric Yahnker, James Chronister, JongSeok Yoon, Lee Gainer, Martin Basher, Michael Joaquin Grey, Mike Bayne, NYC, scope, Tom LaDuke, Tomory Dodge
Our guest photo bloggers are on the ground and covering fairs in NYC this weekend. We first heard from Lee Gainer, a painter from Arlington, VA, who sent some notable pieces from the Armory Show and Scope Art Fair. Gainer noted that, “Scope was lean this year. Due to gusty winds, the tent was rockin’! It also made the floor twist a bit and some works on pedestals were in danger of tipping. Funny thing, there were many works involving doughnuts or optical illusions using mirrors…While Scope had doughnuts, the Armory had many (!) mirrored and or chromed works. Also the free Nordic gallery section posters was a big hit. Many guests were grabbing at least one of each. Later that evening, two lovely young ladies knocked over a large multi-chair sculpture with their rolled poster bundles. They left in an embarrassed shuffle, leaving behind a few of their posters but the sculpture was unharmed. Sculpture 1, guest 0.”
Check out one of Lee’s paintings directly below, and see her favorites from Scope after the jump! And look for more pictures throughout the weekend.
Lee Gainer, | Gay Dolphin Park, 2011, Acrylic on Panel, 36 x 48
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Filed under: Art Fairs | Tags: armory, blog, contributor, NAP, scope, volta
We try to cover as much contemporary painting as we can on the NAP/Blog, and sometimes we need your assistance. Are you going to be visiting the art fairs in NYC March 7-11? Do you have a nice camera? Are you the type of person that likes to document visits to your favorite gallery? If so, we could use your to help covering the fairs for our blog. We want to post photographs of your favorite artworks and installations while at the fairs next month (Armory, Volta, Scope, The Art Show, etc..). Share your art fair experience with our blog readers all over the globe.
The selected “photographer” will receive a two-year subscription to New American Paintings, a dedicated blog post for the photographs (with full credit, of course), and a link to their personal website or blog.*
To be considered as our guest photo contributor, please fill out the form here by February 26th. We need to know a little bit about you and get a few samples of some photographs that you’ve taken while gallery-hopping or visiting an art fair.
Thanks for participating and good luck! We will introduce our guest contributor(s) at the end of the month.
