THE ART SHOW - ADAA Preview Party.. Air Kisses all around!
So there was Martha Stewart, Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Marron, Byron Wien, Peter Max, Roger Altman, Jeffrey Deitch, a sea of endless hedge fun managers, and MAO. Let's just say.. it was the
lemmings who's who of the NYC art world.
Like didn't we just do this 3 months a go.. but in warm weather?
Actually all liposuction and the obvious botox joking aside... this upper east side crowd seemed a bit thinner than last years preview.. where was everyone, can we say art overload?
But the ADAA show did not disappoint. I think I've not see so many million dollar paintings for sale in such a long time at least 3 months. And, just like MIAMI, almost everything was sold..sold ..sold..by the end of the preview night.
Even these super simple photorealistic, overpriced new works ($50,000 each) by unknown artists Glen Hansen and Colin Brown at the Fischbach Gallery were all sold out by the nights end... Just goes to prove.. these silly people will buy almost anything that looks pretty over the sofa at the ADAA fair. multi-millionaires
(Photo #1, just seemed to sum up the night..I think it was the Washburn Gallery Booth..all sold of course!)
Some of the the highlights...
- Skarstedt Fine Art - One kick ass little Andy Warhol Mao (not photo #2, this was in Barbara Mathes Gallery) paintings.. and one abfab Cindy Sherman Centerfold
- The Kehinde Wiley's at Rhona Hoffman Gallery.. I just love his work.
- Vintage Robert Frank, Vik Muniz, Robert Polidori and Sally Mann at the booth of photography dealer Edwynn Houk.
- Chiem and Reed with an entire booth installation of Louise Bourgeois sculpture.. wow! (Photo #3)
- Marian Goodman's both which had an amazing Thomas Struth Museum photo, a Rineke Dijkkstra, plus an entire wall of William Kentridge.
- An entire booth of Jennifer Bartlett works at the Locks Gallery.. including several preliminary drawings for her masterpiece Rhapsody.
A few last observations..
1. Almost no new artists work were displayed.
2. Not much color photography, and almost no video/new media. And
3. Jeeeze, the "People" over at L & M Arts have way too much money!! Their booth easily had over $20 million the annual GDP of a third world country in art. You think they'd consider an adult adoption program ?
More to come.. so many art fairs.. so little time.
I think the cindy sherman centerfold photo is actually a Japanese artist who's name I can't remember right now....Male photographer...
Posted by: frank maurer | February 22, 2007 at 06:53 PM
Wow.. Yes Frank.. It is Yasumasa Murimura (he did a great copy of the Cindy Sherman I wanted to post..but coudldn't find on the web)..
So.. I was only joking when I used it.. I actually wanted to see if anyone would catch it. ;-)
Happy Art Fair!
-MAO
Posted by: Mike @ MAO | February 22, 2007 at 07:05 PM
I'm the Winner!!! Do check out my friend Kim Lights gallery at the LAArt fair....She has some great new photo based work (with sound!) by a young artist named Case Simmons.....
Posted by: frank | February 22, 2007 at 08:39 PM
Hey, if L&M can't have it at the ADAA, where the heck can they have it? Plus, they're such nice people! That Maureen, nicest person North of 34th street!
Posted by: Kenny T | February 23, 2007 at 01:05 PM
The retail price for the Sherman centerfold was $1,100,000, and was sold prior to the opening. You missed one of the best and most important pieces in the entire fair at Marion goodman's booth - the John Baldessari 'Commissioned Painting' from 1969. It was only for museum sale (no 'private collector' type museums - only a true 'public' institution), there was no discount, and the price was $2,000,000.
Posted by: todd | February 27, 2007 at 12:25 AM
And how could have possibly missed mentioning the AMAZING booth of Fraenkel Gallery - all those gorgeous vintage Arbus photos, including "Boy with Toy Hand Grenade?"
Posted by: todd | February 27, 2007 at 12:26 AM
The Fraenkel Gallery has had exactly the same booth at the ADAA fair for the last 3 years!!
Arbus is amazing, Fraenkel has many great artists, but all he shows at every fair is almost only Arbus!
Arbus Arbus Arbus!!
It's Dull, Dull Dull!
Enough already.
Posted by: TommyB | February 27, 2007 at 02:33 PM
Nice comment about the Fischbach artists. Colin Brown's stuff is so technically advanced, especially the combination of materials, but I doubt you caught that in 3 minutes you spent there. If pricing of art is the problem then pick on someone like Bob Timberlake. I guess Brown needs to be pouring out some dysphoric tripe to show off his RISD degree that he doesn't have for you to be appreciative. It must burn you up that you and your roommate have to freeze in a dump out in Bushwick and this guy is making money. phbbt.
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