in the email today... >Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 05:57:46 -0500 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: THE ARMORY SHOW 2002 > > >THE ARMORY SHOW 2002 FEBRUARY 21-25, 2002 NEW YORK CITY > >SUMMER UPDATE > >The Armory Show 2002 - The International Fair of New Art will take place >February 21-25, 2002, on Piers 88 and 90. Once again, the fair will coincide >with the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) Art Show to create the >most >exciting and important annual art weekend in the Americas. > >New York is home to more collectors, curators, galleries, critics and artists >than any other city in the world. Next February, they will be joined by many >thousands of their peers from around the globe making New York the true >center >of the international art world. > >Interest in The Armory Show continues to grow, confirming its position at the >forefront of the art world. Over 600 galleries have requested applications >for >some 150 spots. Given such demand, The Armory Show will continue its >commitment >to present galleries that show new work by living artists. The deadline for >applications is August 31, 2001. > >Exhibited artworks in the 2002 show will include painting, sculpture, >drawings, >multiples, editions, works on paper, photography, installations, and >video. At >the 2001 fair, attendance more than doubled to over 20,000. Some 170 >galleries >from twenty countries exhibited. The Armory Show 2002 promises to be even >more >successful. > >New to the fair for 2002 will be a special section created to showcase >editions. In the previous two Armory Shows, more and more multiples were >exhibited and in an ever expanding array of media. Besides traditional >etchings, lithographs and silkscreens, artists are embracing new >technology to >produce editions including digital photography, video, DVD and even neon. >Moreover, museums and collectors are paying greater attention to contemporary >art produced in editions. Some 40 publishers have been invited to submit >applications; 20 will be accepted into the fair. > >An opening night preview gala will take place on Thursday, February 21, 2001, >to benefit the Museum of Modern Art in New York. At the 2001 fair, over 1,100 >tickets were purchased for the gala, which raised over $355,000.00. > >Artist Karen Kilimnik has been commissioned to create a series of original >drawings to be incorporated in all visual materials associated with the fair. >Ms. Kilimnik will also write an introduction to the catalogue. Philadelphia >based Karen Kilimnik has established herself as one of the most exciting >artists of her generation. The first of Kilimnik’s drawings will debut in a >full page advertisement in the September issue of Artforum magazine. This is >the first of an ongoing series of annual commissions to be awarded to a >different artist each year. > >Tickets for the 2002 fair will be available at the door during show hours. >Advance purchase is not required. The admission price remains at $15 per >person. Discounts are available for group sales of 15 or more, please call >(212) 645-6440 or email the show office at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Up-to-date information about the fair can be obtained on the Internet by >visiting http://www.thearmoryshow.com >------------------------------------- >Electronic Flux Corporation >http://www.e-flux.com > > > > > > > > > > > > >To unsubscribe please go to: http://www.efluxmail.com/unsubscribe/
