For Immediate Release SPRING/BREAK ART

For Immediate Release
SPRING/BREAK ART SHOW FEATURES OVER 70 ARTISTS
AND OVER 20 CURATORS
Participating Curators and Artists for SPRING/BREAK Art Show ’13 announced
New York, NY – February 21, 2013 – SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York City’s conceptual
curator-driven art fair, will showcase over 70 artists in the Old School space at 233 Mott Street in NoLIta
from March 5th – 10th during Armory Arts Week 2013.
Artworks centered on the theme New Mysticism assembled by over 20 curators, will examine aesthetic
spiritualism in all its present (and future) incarnations. In an effort to clearly delineate sales and
exhibitions space within the show, works will be available for sale exclusively through virtual auctionhouse Paddle8. An online preview of selected works will launch on February 27th, with sales going live
March 5th – 10th, in tandem with the exhibition: www.paddle8.com/auctions/springbreak.
Paddle8’s sale of the works from SPRING/BREAK Art Show will benefit two recipients: the NYFA
Emergency Relief Fund for individual artists affected by Hurricane Sandy, and Joanne Tucker and
Adam Driver’s military arts initiative, Arts In The Armed Forces (AITAF).
Premiering works will include Eve Sussman + Simon Lee’s curation of the 35mm project Car Wash
Incident – a two screen video installation re-creating in detail one of the major insurance scams of
convicted confidence artists Jack + Leigh Ruby. In addition, Sussman will curate Peter Dudek’s
architectural sculpture grids – colorful networks emulating the clickable ‘pop-up’ features found in video
games and computer screens.
Curator Maureen Sullivan explores American myths of violence and spiritual reconciliation through
Jeremy Blake’s Winchester Redux, and transcendental themes through the multi-media experiential
installation of Yorgo Alexopoulos.
Kyle DeWoody of Grey Area curates Michael Joaquin Grey’s exploration of historic invention through
his immersive projection, Umwelt Belt.
Amanda Schmitt of The Hole curates the exhibition alonetogether with works by Juliana Cerqueira
Leite, Grace Villamil, and Myla Dalbesio highlighting the confluence of public and solitary space on the
internet, and a solo exhibition I don’t know what it is, but it feels good by Myla Dalbesio, which explores
themes of reality and unreality in the context of pop-culture, mass media, and pyschedelia.
Mark Azoulay will curate the work of artist JR for the school building’s courtyard wall.
Ballast Projects curator Adam Mignanelli links the addictive, anxious excitement procured by internet
technology platforms with the same compulsions in the aesthetic sphere through the work of Chuck
Webster, Russell Tyler, Matt Mignanelli, Rachel Rossin, Ted Gahl, and Matthew Hassell.
Gabriela Alva, Natalia Porter, and Aurora Pellizzi of Eyelevel BQE curate works including Anthony
Graves’ digitally ‘erased’ first sections of the Financial Times, flat-bed scanner prints by Carla HerreraPrats, three-dimensional video work installations by Lumarca and Marco A. Castro, and additional
works related to New Mysticism by Marcos Castro, Antoine Lefebvre, Ed Purver, Tom Smith, and
Aurora Pellizzi.
Curator John Morrow will present new works where pro-sumer digital technologies are incorporated or
elevated into high art vessels, whether aligning micro- and macroscopic in the photography of Avery
McCarthy, or confounding the intimate with the public through Sarah Hindsgaul’s text-message
proliferated video portraits.
Tom Weinrich of Interstate Projects will show ethereal works by Rachel de Joode, Jennifer Chan,
Cheon pyo Lee, and Joe Jagos.
Helen Toomer of Toomer-Labzda Gallery will showcase Howard Raimund Hurst’s crass spiritualism
in the banal in a collection of his recent paintings.
Curator Cecelia Stucker will premiere an installation inspired by notorious former CIA operative Frank
Olson, with works contributed by Aaron Anderson, Eric Carlson, Etienne Chambaud, Garrett
Pruter, Jane Moseley, Grear Paterson, Lobel Modern, and Printed Matter.
Ted Barrow will show the painted, figurative cut-outs of artist Z Behl in an amassed installation.
The scientific tests of psychologists Fritz Strack, Leonard R. Martin, and Sabine Stepper will be recontextualized by Angela Conant of Gowanus Studio Space, through works by artists Grayson Cox,
Jennifer Dayton, Beka Goedde, Dylan Gauthier, Michelle Levy, Andrea Merkx, Nathan Gwynne,
Rachel Ostrow, John Whitlock, Francesco Simeti, Kendra Sullivan and more.
Patrick Meagher of Silvershed will show cosmic mapping prints by Rachel Garrard, augmented
phenomenological news footage by Zain Burgess, ASCII shorthand painting by Kerry Hassler, a
computer-based project by Jamie Zigelbaum, and cloud-computing photo collages by Patrick Meagher.
Elizabeth Clark will curate the relationship ruminations of artist duo BOYFRIENDGIRLFRIEND.
Marco Antonini of NURTUREart will show Luigi Presicce’s subliminal photographs from his book,
Mistici e Maghi.
Andrew Gori + Ambre Kelly will showcase works including site-specific artworks by Julia Chiang,
Fall On Your Sword, Sarah Bereza, Melissa Godoy-Nieto, David Alexander Flinn, and Mary
Blakemore – with two-dimensional works exploring obsessive and transcendent processes by artists
Andreis Costa, Brian Randolph, Meredith Cunningham, Annabel Linquist, Noah Gershman,
Ambre Kelly, and Adam Ianniello.
Curator List: Gabriela Alva, Marco Antonini, Marc Azoulay, Ted Barrow, Elizabeth Clark, Angela
Conant, Kyle DeWoody, Aaron Levi Garvey, Andrew Gori, Ambre Kelly, Natalie Kovacs, Simon Lee,
Patrick Meagher, Adam Mignanelli, John Morrow, Aurora Pellizzi, Natalia Porter, Amanda Schmitt,
Cecelia Stucker, Maureen Sullivan, Eve Sussman, Helen Toomer, Tom Weinrich.
Artists List: Yorgo Alexopoulos, Aaron Anderson, Jeremy Blake, Z Behl, Sarah Bereza, Mary
Blakemore, BOYFRIENDGIRLFRIEND, Zain Burgess, Eric Carlson, Etienne Chambaud, Jennifer Chan,
Marco A. Castro, Marcos Castro, Julia Chiang, Andreis Costa, Grayson Cox, Meredith Cunningham,
Jennifer Dayton, Myla Dalbesio, Peter Dudek, Fall On Your Sword, David Alexander Flinn, Ted Gahl,
Rachel Garrard, Dylan Gauthier, Beka Goedde, Noah Gershman, Melissa Godoy-Nieto, Anthony Graves,
Michael Joaquin Grey, Nathan Gwynne, Matthew Hassell, Kerry Hassler, Sarah Hindsgaul, Howard
Raimund Hurst, Adam Ianniello, Joe Jagos, Rachel de Joode, JR, Ambre Kelly, Cheon pyo Lee, Antoine
Lefebvre, Juliana Cerqueira Leite, Michelle Levy, Annabel Linquist, Lumarca, Avery McCarthy, Patrick
Meagher, Andrea Merkx, Matt Mignanelli, Lobel Modern, Jane Moseley, Rachel Ostrow, Grear
Paterson, Aurora Pellizzi, Carla Herrera-Prats, Luigi Presicce, Printed Matter, Garrett Pruter, Ed Purver,
Brian Randolph, Rachel Rossin, Jack + Leigh Ruby, Francesco Simeti, Tom Smith, Kendra Sullivan,
Russell Tyler, Grace Villamil, Chuck Webster, John Whitlock and Jamie Zigelbaum.
SPRING/BREAK Art Show
March 7-10, 2013; Preview March 5, 2013
Old School, 233 Mott Street @ Prince Street, Nolita, New York
www.springbreakartshow.com
Daily Show Hours: March 7 – 10, 2013 | Noon-9pm
Press Conference + Preview: Tuesday, March 5 | 2pm (RSVP: [email protected]
Collector’s Preview: Tuesday, March 5 | 4pm – 6pm Invitation Only
Preview Opening: Tuesday, March 5 | 6pm – 10pm (RSVP: [email protected])
Online Exhibition Sales and Benefit Auction Sponsor
A percentage of proceeds from exhibition sales will be donated to NYFA Emergency Relief Fund for
individual artists affected by Hurricane Sandy and to Arts in the Armed Forces (AITAF).
ARTS in the ARMED FORCES AITAF
Partners + Sponsors
SPRING/BREAK Art Show would like to thank our partners and sponsors for their generous support in
2013: ARTLOG, Conway Family Wines, Fig.19, McNally Jackson Bookstore, Paddle8, Societe Perrier,
The Photo Booth Party, WRK design|build, Little Cupcake Shop.
About SPRING/BREAK Art Show
SPRING/BREAK Art Show offers a new platform for curators and artists to participate in major Art
Week events. Curators and artists are asked to participate by invitation only, and there is no fee for their
participation.
About Paddle8
Paddle8 is the auction house of the online world, supporting non-profits through benefit and themed
auctions. Founded by Alexander Gilkes, an auctioneer and LVMH veteran, and Aditya Julka, a HBS
MBA and serial entrepreneur. Paddle8 eases the sale and acquisition of art and collectibles via a fully
virtual auction model, offering the lowest available commissions, no public sales records, and extended
auction visibility and time-lines, enhanced by educational content, in addition to automated post-sale
services.
About Arts in the Armed Forces (AITAF)
AITAF bridges the cultural gap between the United States Armed Forces and the performing arts
communities by producing theatrical and musical performances for mixed military and civilian audiences.
AITAF performances and programming accentuate the shared humanity of all Americans by using live
performance to unite artists and service members and encourage dialogue.
About NYFA
Established in 1971 by the New York State Council on the Arts as an independent organization to serve
individual artists throughout the state, the mission of the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is to
empower artists across all disciplines at critical stages in their creative lives.
For more information on SPRING/BREAK Art Show or to RSVP for the Press Preview, please contact:
Gina Nanni or J. A. Forde, Company Agenda, [email protected], 212.358.9516