Zach Blas, Contra-Internet (Installation View), via Art Observed

Currently on view at Art in General, artist Zach Blas has installed a striking interrogation and deconstruction of the internet itself, framing his show Contra-Internet through a language that fuses both classic frameworks of punk antagonism with a new generation of digital counter-cultures.  Centered around a contemporary remake of director Derek Jarman’s masterpiece of radical queer cinema, Jubilee, Blas presents his own version of cultural collapse and reconstruction, framed through a group of artists and intellectuals seeking to rebuild from the ashes of Silicon Valley.  (more…)

Downtown non-profit Art in General has decided not to renew its lease for the Soho/Tribeca space it has occupied for the last 34 years.  “We’ve occupied the space for quite some time,” board president Robert Ferguson says. “Our lease is now coming to an end in December of this year, and we’ve decided to embark on the process of finding a new space.” (more…)

The inaugural Untitled fair in Miami has announced its exhibitor list, among them Art in General, DODGE, Lu Magnus and The Hole, among others. Mostly from New York (and within that group, mostly from the Lower East Side), there are also a handful of international galleries. The fair will be curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud in a beachfront tent at 12th Street and Ocean Drive and runs from December 5-9. (more…)

‘Chinese Take Out’ exhibition at Art in General – – All photos by Art Observed

Chinese Take Out is non-profit Art in General‘s latest new commission, presented by artist Jason Bailer Losh.  Seven restaurants in New York City’s Chinatown were asked to loan an object or image that pays homage to mainland China as well as reflecting the immigrant experience of attempting to create a ‘home away from home’.  The collection of displaced artifacts are on display at Art in General’s gallery on Walker Street, while ten artist-produced site-specific installations are being displayed in the restaurants original objects were removed from.

Lucas Blalock, Figure Ground (2010) at Old Shanghai Deluxe Restaurant in Chinatown

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Saturday Night brought out supporters for Art in General’s annual young patron benefit at the newly opened Bunker Club in New York.   The night consisted of artist performances, drinks, and dancing, all in support of Art in General’s exhibitions and programs.

The New Sound Karaoke, with performances by husband & wife duo, Black Waterfall & Bobby Service, played by artists Lynne Chan and Bobby Abate (see video)  performed amalgams of 80’s glam rock and other genres alongside videos they produced.  Also shown was an animation by Kinho Karsyn, along with performances from guest vocalists Ben Coonley, June Fagley, Khaela Maricich, Michael O’Neill, and Jeanine Oleson.

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