Update: The Q installation and the Crash Art Ferrari presented by Dorian Grey Gallery, as well as works by Kazuko Myamoto, David Fenn courtesy of Gallery OneTwentyEight, The Secret Sticker Club and Street Art NY presentations, neon by Kenny Greenberg, and a stealth installation will be on view Saturday and Sunday, May 17 & 18 from 12 - 6, alongside "The Crew" (featuring assistants from Matthew Barney's studio in performance, installation and a group exhibition ), and the Holocenter Pop-Up Exhibit, at 5-25 46th Avenue as part of the LIC Arts Open. Opening reception Wednesday May 14, 5:30 -- 8 pm and the "Big Whirlygig" on Saturday, May 17 from 6 - Midnight.
As some of you may have heard, Fridge Art Fair was displaced from its original venue when Angel Orensanz Center was shut down by the NYC Department of Buildings on March 31. Not only is this a sad, and I hope temporary, loss to the Lower East Side and the arts community in general, but it sent us scrambling to find a new space and at least 2000 sf to house our fair, and walls, which had been provided by the Center, for our committed exhibitors.
Help came, first in the form of a major sponsorship from Plaxall for use of a 7000 sf space in Long Island City, as well as what could be termed an angelic intervention by fair exhibitors Secret Sticker Club to construct walls. One of the coolest things about the waterfront venue is that it retains an aged industrial patina, and salvaged materials have played a major role in the buildout.
In keeping with the look and scale of the new location, Q is presenting 3 artists who accepted the challenge to install large-scale work that does not need walls yet will actually create one of the boundaries of our event space. They are Danny Licul, Sasha Meret, and Dean Radinovsky. We will all see tomorrow what they have devised.
Additionally, Fridge has invited other artists to install around the space: Kazuko Miyamoto and David Fenn ( both courtesy of Gallery Onetwentyeight) and Kenny Greenberg of Krypton Neon will all be featured at Fridge. Last but not least, exhibitor Dorian Grey Gallery will present a Ferrari (yes, vroom-vroom) painted by Crash!
Fair hours are Friday - Sunday, May 9 - 11 at 5-25 46th Avenue (enter thru the parking lot), opening gala Thursday from 6-9 featuring singer-songwriter Michelle Fury benefits City Critters, Inc.
Tickets at Eventbrite... here are some installation night photos:
