March 18, 2019 (New York, United States) — Avant Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of their first permanent New York outpost at Hudson Yards, coinciding with the new development’s launch in Manhattan’s West Side. Located at 30 Hudson Yards on Level One of the complex, a private reception was held on March 14th.
Open to the public beginning March 15th, the inaugural show There Goes The Neighborhood: New Art for The New, New York is a group exhibition featuring an international selection of Avant Gallery’s diverse and multifaceted roster of talent. An exciting opportunity to showcase the gallery’s expanding program in the new heart of the “capital of the world,” There Goes the Neighborhood highlights the visceral act of creation through a variety of media. Artists in the exhibition include Skyler Grey, BNS, LaSso, Will Kurtz, Jacqueline Suowari, Florian Eymann, Christian D. Pope, Guy le Baube, STMTS, Lina Condes, Tom Fruin, and Leo Caillard.
Known as “The Fresh Prince of Street Art” and an alum of Forbes Magazine’s 30 Under 30 list, Los Angeles based Skyler Grey’s unique painting sensibility collapses pop irreverence with haute couture. Grey is currently working on a historic design collaboration with Automobili Lamborghini for the Aventador SVJ Roadster series, the first artistic alliance for the Italian company. Nigerian born Jacqueline Suowari uses ball-point pen to render intimate, large-scale portraits of African life, often focusing on women through a pictorial language which intertwines the traditional with the contemporary. In homage to the Brooklyn Water Towers, Tom Fruin will unveil new architectural works which play with color and light through glass, steel, plastic, and found objects. Will Kurtz creates life-size figurative sculptures out of newspaper to reflect on everyday humanity through a raw ephemerality, and will unveil his lifesize rendition of Albert Einstein, coinciding with Einstein’s birthday of March 14th. Color-blind artist BNS creates surreal, archival portraits infused with humorous tattoo iconography while Colombian artist, Felipe Echeverry, or LaSsO, fuses Mid-century modern imagery with tropical influences to reflect on the diasporic experience.
On view through May 5th, the inaugural exhibition will include additional curated programming and site-specific interventions throughout the gallery as well as the entire 1,000,000 square foot development that will unfold throughout 2019. Please contact [email protected] for additional information.
About Avant Gallery
Founded in Miami Beach in 2007 by art enthusiast and entrepreneur Dmitry Prut, Avant Gallery is committed to expanding the discourse of contemporary art by supporting bold innovation, dynamic practices and visual experimentation. The gallery represents an eclectic range of emerging and mid-career artists.
Avant Gallery currently operates four distinct venues: a flagship in Downtown Miami at the Epic Hotel with its integrated eatery, LaMuse Café; Miami Design District; Four Seasons, Jumeirah Resort, Dubai, featuring a curated salon exhibition conceptualized as Artmosphere®; and its newest flagship location in New York City at Hudson Yards. From ambitious gallery exhibitions to immersive installations and transformational, one-of-a-kind experiences, Avant Gallery is dedicated to building an environment where art and luxury collide in harmony.
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