INDEPENDENT NY 2020
Spring Studios 50 Varick Street New York, NY 10013
March 5 > 8, 2020
"We were trying to find a solution to these narrow, persistent problems of fairs and how they assist galleries in terms of their economies and how they function. There’s a reluctance of many galleries to take part in fairs, but it’s like a catch-22— they’re obliged to take part, but they find them unsatisfactory in terms of a place to see art, or a place for artists to present their work. The idea was to really create something of a hybrid— something that wasn’t exactly a fair, although there was a commercial aspect, and wasn’t exactly an exhibition, though it perhaps resembled one.
"We also wanted to break down some of those hierarchies that exist in the art world between the blue-chip galleries—the galleries that do resale, the more established commercial galleries—and the emerging young galleries, and then also the galleries that are outside of those narratives. For me, it was an interesting opportunity to create space for all kinds of art, a marketplace for all kinds of art, where you’d see things alongside one another that you perhaps wouldn’t typically encounter elsewhere. I don’t think one could necessarily say that it’s a curated exhibition, but it’s definitely a curated forum or curated platform. From the outset, for me, it was very interesting to have more ‘maverick’ dealers included in the mix."
/ Exhibitors - City/: "We also wanted to break down some of those hierarchies that exist in the art world between the blue-chip galleries—the galleries that do resale, the more established commercial galleries—and the emerging young galleries, and then also the galleries that are outside of those narratives. For me, it was an interesting opportunity to create space for all kinds of art, a marketplace for all kinds of art, where you’d see things alongside one another that you perhaps wouldn’t typically encounter elsewhere. I don’t think one could necessarily say that it’s a curated exhibition, but it’s definitely a curated forum or curated platform. From the outset, for me, it was very interesting to have more ‘maverick’ dealers included in the mix."
/ A Gentil Carioca - Rio de Janeiro / Adams and Ollman - Portland / Air de Paris - Paris / Alden Projects™ - New York / Anglim Gilbert Gallery - San Francisco / Nicelle Beauchene - New York / Galerie Hervé Bize - Nancy / Marianne Boesky Gallery - New York / Aspen / CANADA - New York / Carlos/Ishikawa - London / Chapter NY - New York / Company Gallery - New York / COOPER COLE - Toronto / Corbett vs. Dempsey - Chicago / Delmes & Zander - Cologne / Downs & Ross - New York / Andrew Edlin Gallery - New York / Derek Eller Gallery - New York / Fazakas Gallery - Vancouver / Fleisher/Ollman Gallery - Philadelphia / Fortnight Institute - New York / Galerie Christophe Gaillard - Paris / Gordon Robichaux - New York / Garth Greenan Gallery - New York / Institute of Contemporary Arts - London / International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) - New York / Ivan Gallery - Bucharest / Alison Jacques Gallery - London / Karma - New York / Anton Kern Gallery - New York / Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery - New York / David Kordansky Gallery - Los Angeles / the Landing - Los Angeles / Galerie Lelong & Co. - New York / Paris / LOMEX - New York / MAGENTA PLAINS - New York / moniquemeloche - Chicago / The Modern Institute - Glasgow / Morán Morán - Los Angeles / New Museum - New York / Night Gallery - Los Angeles / PAGE (NYC) - New York / MAUREEN PALEY. - London / Parker Gallery - Los Angeles / parrasch heijnen gallery - Los Angeles / franklin parrasch gallery - New York / Peres Projects - Berlin / Galerie Francesca Pia - Zürich / P·P·O·W - New York / Galerie Eva Presenhuber - Zurich / New York / Red Bull Arts - New York / Detroit / Reyes | Finn - Detroit / Ricco/Maresca Gallery - New York / Richard Saltoun - London / Kerry Schuss - New York / Semiose - Paris / Soft Opening - London / STANDARD (OSLO) - Oslo / Galerie Joseph Tang - Paris / Tilton Gallery - New York / Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects - New York / Rachel Uffner Gallery - New York / Various Small Fires - Los Angeles / Seoul / White Columns - New York / Galerie Jocelyn Wolff - Paris / Special Project: Commend - New York / Special Project: Karma Bookstore - New York / Feature Project: Object & Thing - New York /
