Girls Gone Wild: SPRINGBREAK Art Show, 2016

It’s that time of year again, when commercials for “Girls Gone Wild” would have infiltrated late-night television advertisements and college students plan where they will travel for spring break. Beyond the bikinis, Bros and frozen margaritas, New York has its own SPRINGBREAK Art Show and for all of those based here, we only have to travel as far as the Skylight at Moynihan Station, located directly behind Penn Station. That’s right, a spring break without palm trees but also easily accessible. It’s just that, the accessibility wherein SPRINGBREAK sets itself apart from other art fairs. Founding directors Ambre Kelly and Andrew Gori created an art fair in 2009 —first with their friends— which has since grown to include an open call submission process. Each successive year it has increased in size and the venue moved from a school in Nolita to their current location which is large enough to fit the expansion. Over one hundred curators and 800 artists were featured in various rooms in the former station. On opening night, the effect was dizzying as artists, friends of artists, the occasional celebrity artist (Jim Jarmusch) and occasional celebrity photographer (Bill Cunningham) joined forces filling the massive hallways and eventually leading to the venue to reach capacity and turn some visitors away. If this isn’t what art is meant to be about, then I don’t know what is. We sent our editorial intern and NYU college student, Jongho Lee to the fair with the assignment of choosing his TOP TEN PICKS. His selection is below. How did you spend your SPRINGBREAK?  ~Katy Diamond Hamer

SPRINGBREAK Art Show was open to the public March 2 – 7, 2016 | Daily Hours noon to 8PM and closes on the 7th at 6PM.

TOP TEN PICKS @SPRINGBREAK BY JONGHO LEE

SPRINGBREAK 2016: Booth #3002  “Bulldoze/Cement” curated by Jennifer McCoy and Jennifer Dalton, Pictured: (Left) Susan Hamburger “EAGLE I,” (2016) and “DAY,” (2016) Acrylic on tyvek, (Right) Sonya Blesofsky “Study in Proportions: Row House I,” (2016) Mixed media, Photos by Jongho Lee, 2016

SPRINGBREAK 2016: Booth #3105 “This Is Our House. This Is Our Rules.” Curated by Dennis Dawson. Pictured: Jon Boles “Kim Jong Un With a Little Pussy (2014) Oil and spray on canvas, Photograph by Jongho Lee, 2016

SPRINGBREAK 2016: Booth #4006 “Unhinged” curated by Catinca Tabacaru, Pictured: Greg Haberny (Left) “Untitled #3,” (2016) Acrylic, ash finger paint, pen, dirt, and wood and wood. Installation view with (Right) “Untitled #10” (2016) Rubber basket ball, tin, ash finger paint, house paint, splatter wax on wood in the foreground. Photograph by Jongho Lee, 2016

SPRINGBREAK 2016: Booth #4015 “A Stored Collective” curated by Krista Saunders Scenna, Pictured: Installation view of Brendan Carroll’s Polaroid portraits with typewritten anecdotes, Photograph Jongho Lee, 2016

SPRINGBREAK 2016: Booth #4030 “Recursive States” Curated by Vince Contarino, Brian Balderston, Chad Stayrook + José Ruiz, Pictured: Sreshta Rit Premnath “To destroy is also to make visible,” (2016) Greenscreen Paint on UV Print on Vinyl

SPRINGBREAK 2016: Booth #4104 “Blue-Sky Thinking” Curated by Corey Oberlander and Lindsey Stapleton, Pictured: (Left) Scott Lawrence “Pants Sculpture VI,” (2009) Painted Pants, Wood, (Right) Sandra Erbacher “Lady,” (2016) Archival Inkjet Print from 4×5 Negative, Photographs by Jongho Lee, 2016

SPRINGBREAK 2016: Booth #4109 “Double To Erase” Curated by Michael Valinsky and Gabrielle Jensen, Pictured: (Left) Francesca Capone’s “Why Write? Paul Auster,”  (2014) Archival pigment print on cotton paper, Oak base, (Right) Installation view of Ivana Basic’s “Fantasy vanishes in flesh,” (2015) Feathers, pressure, cotton, silicone, stainless steel, Photograph Jongho Lee, 2016

SPRINGBREAK 2016: Booth #4121 “These Things Take Time” Curated by Alex McQuilkin and Andy Mister, Pictured: (Left, Seen through Cooper’s piece) Glen Baldridge’s “The Tripper,” (2006) “On 4.20, Hippie Blood Will Trickle Down / Shrooms,” (2007) Handmade Paper Pigmented Linen on Cotton Base Sheet in Two Parts and a part of Michael St. John’s “Wall (Juicy Couture)” (2015) Acrylic, Collage, Spray Paint and Polymer on Canvas through Ian Cooper’s “Screening (Matador)” (2015), (Right) Ian Cooper “Screening (Matador)” (2015) Screen Printed and Hand-dyed Cotton Jersey, Felt, Vinyl, Powder-coated Steel and Aluminum, Painted Lumber, Poplar Dowel, Felt, Bias Tape, Thread, and PVC with Hardware, Photograph by Johnho Lee, 2016

SPRINGBREAK 2016: Booth #4122A “L-Dopa” Curated by Eve Sussman and Simon Lee, Pictured: Two installation views of L-Dopa performance view, Photograph by Jongho Lee, 2016

SPRINGBREAK 2016: Booth #4127A “MHOAUNTDH” Curated by Ché Morales and Amanda Uribe, Pictured: (Left) Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos Installation view, (Right) Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos “Fifteen Pairs of Mouths, #4” (2016) Plaster, steel and wood, Photographs by Jongho Lee, 2016

2016 Curators included: A. Moret, Aaron Levi Garvey, Adam G. Mignanelli, Adam Parker Smith, AJ Hughes, Alejandro Jassan, Alex Sewell, Alex McQuilkin + Andy Mister, Alva Calymayor, Ambre Kelly + Andrew Gori, Andrea McGinty, Arielle de Saint Phalle + Taylor Roy, Cade Tompkins (Cade Tompkins Projects), Caroline Tilleard + Anna Maria Cuevas, Catherine Mahoney, Catinca Tabacaru, Cecelia Stucker, Ché Morales + Amanda Uribe, Chris Bors, Christopher Stout + Will Hutnick, Claire Mirocha + Vanessa Thill, Corey Oberlander + Lindsey Stapleton, David Packer, Dennis Dawson, Elisabeth Smolarz + Jamie Diamond + Lauren Silberman, Elizabeth Denny, Elizabeth Keithline, Emily Davidson + Stuart Lorimer, Emily Kiacz, Eve Sussman + Simon Lee, Fanny Allié + Ketta Ioannidou, Jac Lahav + Adam Thompson + Susannah Palmer, Jacob Rhodes, Jennifer Sullivan, Jennifer McCoy + Jennifer Dalton, Jessica Hodin, Jo Shane + Maripol, Jon Lutz, Jonah Freeman, Juliette Premmereur + Nicole Grammatico, Kara Brooks, Kari Adelaide + Max Razdow, Karin Bravin, Katherine Aungier + Alta Buden + Steven Mykietyn, Katya Valevich + Julie Solovyeva, Kelly Schroer, Kevin Van Gorp + Shen-Shen Wu (101/EXHIBIT), Kirk Stoller, Krista Saunders Scenna, Kristin Sancken, Lalita Salander + Patrick Jaojoco, Magdalena Sawon, Magdalyn Asimakis, Marc Azoulay, Margaret Lanzetta + Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, Marie Salomé Peyronnel, Marly Hammer, Maureen Sullivan, Mebrak Tareke, Melinda Wang, Michael Gaughran, Michael Valinsky + Gabrielle Jensen, Katharine Mulherin (Mulherin Toronto New York), Myla Dalbesio, Nati Hyojin Kim + Kat JK Lee, Nick Doyle, Patrick Mohundro, Rachel Phillips, Rémy Bennett + Kelsey Bennett + 1985, Renée Fox (Shulamit Nazarian), Vanessa Albury + Rachel Rampleman + Lynn Maliszewski, Rachel G Barnard, Robert Dimin, Sara Nightingale, Sarah G Sharp + Parsley Steinweiss, Teriha Yaegashi + Juliette Premmereur + Ella Marder + Lara Pan, Vince Contarino + Brian Balderston + Chad Stayrook + José Ruiz, and Yulia Topchiy

More soon and thanks to Jongho Lee for the above selections!