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Episode 75 Part 3 of 3 (a really wonderful moment with missed Pat Hearn, Kristin Bowler in the bumper, fun)
A long time ago, in the distant year 1994, an art fair started by medium sized art dealers Pat Hearn, Colin De Land, and Lisa Spellman started an art fair in the the historically seedy Gramercy Hotel. That is it I can't repeat it. It's all in 2 and 3.
Episode 75 Part 2 of 3 (sometimes I wish I could have had more discretion)
A long time ago, in the distant year 1994, medium-sized New York art dealers Pat Hearn, Colin De Land, and Lisa Spellman started an art fair in the the historically seedy Gramercy Hotel, famous for housing rock bands on tour and for it's piano bar. It was also located right across the street from very tony Gramercy Park, exclusive to the residents of said park, and you still need a key to enter it. This was the beginning of the contemporary art fair in the U.S., and would ultimately become one of the most lucrative trade fairs for art on earth, The Armory Show. I used to look forward to hitting the Gramercy Art Fair, with it's funky rooms turned into funkier New York and international galleries. Almost everyone had a bathroom show, and there were plenty of galleries we would never see again on the planet. Basically, it was a home-made art fair, on the cheap and using all the creativity artist and dealer could drum up for a 3 day run of fun, and maybe a sale or two.
Everybody loves Amy Lipton and that goes 2x for me. She leads up Ecoartspace East Coast.
Therein lay the rub. Ecoological art hasn't quite made it over the hump. At least as a form of documentation that will rivet me to what I'm seeing. It's a bit of a high school science fair with Birkenstocks. Lord knows I/we tried but it was just challenging. Our experiences with artist participants was mostly brittle but when we were left to our own devices then we had fun. It was like talking about a Prius, it's odd, a bit ducky, gets great gas mileage, the owners feel righteous, and we really want a Porche.
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The original GalleryBeat TV crew - about midway through it's 20th Century life. We're in Chelsea, the weather is good, we've wrapped out the day, and I really wanted a group shot like this because the moment never returns. more »
