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Dawn of A New Era April 15th - May 8th 2010 @ NY Studio Gallery We the artists are gathered here to solemnly mourn the death of an era. As laid down by our beloved Artist Oracle Robert Rauschenberg in his 40 Year Rule, the cycle of art making must be rebirthed. The last renaissance in American art ended in 1969, a year of infamy in the eyes of the far right. Today we mark the beginning of art making without the influence of the corpocracy that has dominated the scene for far too long. We call on all artists to reject the seduction of commercialization and join your brothers and sisters in a toast to a new era. -ARTBLAHG |
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What grew out of a one-person show in Jack the Pelican's project room earlier this year has dug in its heels — or hooves, as the case may be — and turned into a summer-long residency and semi-permanent installation. New York multimedia artist Gregory de la Haba's not-to-be-missed masterpiece Equus Maximus is ambitious to say the least, involving life-size taxidermy show-horses in full Vegas dance-hall regalia, and sporting exaggerated sex organs, a casino table, a suite of lavishly staged, ornately costumed photographic portraits, a soundtrack, and mood lighting. Shana Nys Dambrot |
