TOP TEN PICKS AT INDEPENDENT FAIR, NYC, 2013
 
In it’s fourth year, the Independent Fair kicked off in New York on March 7th and closed on the 10th, 2013. Founded by Elizabeth Dee and Darren Flook and developed in conjunction with creative advisor Matthew Higgs and Co-Directors Jayne Drost Johnson and Laura Mitterrand, I also interviewed Elizabeth, Jayne and Laura for the current issue of Flash Art International, on newsstands now. I attended the fair opening night, after a walk-through at Volta NY and as always ran into art world friends, enjoyed the slightly more chaotic/punk ambiance of the installation at 548 West 22nd street (still known to many as the former location of the DIA Foundation) and  beheld how once again, Independent proves to be the best international representation of contemporary conceptual art exhibited within the largely commercial art fair context.
BIG LEGS, THE KITCHEN, NY
PERFORMANCE FEATURING DAN FOX AND MARK BEASLEY
As part of The Kitchen: Live!, 2013 and Junior Aspirin Records
Big Legs, Dan Fox and Mark Beasley, Independent Fair, NY, 2013
Photograph by Katy Hamer
MARK FLOOD, PERES PROJECTS, BERLIN
Mark Flood, Institutional Clinique, Acrylic on canvas, 2013
Installation view, Peres Projects, Independent Fair, NY
Photograph by Katy Hamer
KIM FISHER, INTERNATIONAL ART OBJECTS, LOS ANGELES
Kim Fisher, International Art Objects, Installation view, Independent Fair, 2013
Photograph by Katy Hamer
MESCHAC GABA, McCAFFREY FINE ART, NY
Meschac Gaba, Installation view (clocks with African leaders), McCaffrey Fine Art, NY
Photograph by Katy Hamer
VARIOUS ARTISTS, FEATURE INC., NY
RIGHT PHOTOGRAPH: Lisa Beck “Before You/Back of my Hand”, 2012 (top pedestal, left)
Andrew Masullo, “4498” (left on pedestal), 2005-2010 & “4062” (right on pedestal), both oil on canvas
LEFT PHOTOGRAPH: David Shaw, ‘gaine, 2013, wood, steel glass, holographic laminate, epoxy, flocking, paint
Todd Chilton (on pedastal), Red Mint, Lavender, 2013, oil on linen over panel
Photographs by Katy Hamer
RICHARD ALDRICH & MICHEL FRANÇOIS, BORTOLAMI GALLERY, NY
Bortolami Gallery, Richard Aldrich (background, photographs on canvas) &
Michel François, Scribble, (Foreground) 2012. Copper tubing and paint
 Installation view, Independent Fair, 2013, Photograph by Katy Hamer
TOM HOLMES, BUREAU GALLERY, NY
Tom Holmes, untitled Shroud, (one and two), each 2012, Acrylic on paper
Installation view, Bureau Gallery, Independent Fair, 2013
Photograph by Katy Hamer
FLORIAN AUER,  KRAUPA-TUSKANY ZEIDLER, BERLIN
Florian Auer, Not Yet Titled, 2013
Print and airbrush on acrylic glass, Financial Times paper, credit cards, foam board, buttons, unique
Installation view, Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin
Photograph by Katy Hamer
CHEYNEY THOMPSON, ANDREW KREPS GALLERY, NY
Cheyney Thompson, Pedastal XIII, 2010
19mm MDF, Formica, binder
Installation view, Andrew Kreps Gallery, Independent Fair, NY, 2013
Photograph by Katy Hamer
THE CROWD (!), INDEPENDENT FAIR, NY
Ranging from collectors, gallerists, artists and art appreciators, the crowd at the Independent Fair opening night
featured the broadest range of viewers based on age, socio-economics, and ethnic diversity.
Photograph by Katy Hamer

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