Postmasters Gallery
459 West 19th Street, 212-727-3323
Chelsea
July 15 - August 20, 2011
Reception: Friday, July 15, 6 - 8 PM
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Organized by Paulina Bebecka
Lets not fool ourselves, sometimes great art is acquired because the interior designer needs “something pink.”
Last year after the bookshelves in my house gave way, Rocio Fernandez – beloved fixer of our messes – restocked the new shelves according to size. It resulted in wavy patterns and some extraordinary juxtapositions and groupings: Stieg Larsson met Russian Costructivists, Witold Gombrowicz met Arthur Schopenhauer, and a sequence of La Peinture Française au Musée Pouchkine, French Bulldog Breed Manual, and Collected Writings of Marquis de Sade was formed.
“Colorific,” Postmasters’ summer group show, attempts to mimic this experience with the artworks of gallery artists and friendly guests installed salon-style according to color wheel (front gallery) and grayscale (second gallery).
In the age of indexing, databases, and randomizers as organizing principles (good) and shoeand- handbag coordination (not so good) we make an art rainbow. red-orange-yellow-green-blue-purple
No art was harmed in this exercise, and, like on the bookshelves, some great encounters take place. Plus we make it easy on those decorators.
Magda Sawon
participating artists: Agata Bebecka Jason Robert Bell Guy Ben-Ner Monica Cook Diana Cooper Adam Cvijanovic Oskar Dawicki David Diao Rainer Ganahl Anthony Goicolea David Herbert Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung Mary Kelly Katarzyna Kozyra Kristin Lucas Michelle Matson Eva and Franco Mattes (aka 0100101110101101.org) Jennifer and Kevin McCoy Steve Mumford David Nyzio William Powhida Sally Smart Sarah Smizz Wolfgang Staehle Chris Verene