Deitch Projects
18 Wooster St
212.343.7300
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Opens Saturday May 1, 2010 (6–9pm)
May 1, 2010 – May 29, 2010
Tuesdays–Saturdays (noon–6pm)
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“What else is there to add to the volume of words dedicated to the art, commerce, and character of iconic American artist, Shepard Fairey? People remember where they saw their first Andre the Giant sticker, some of us more than 20 years ago; and certainly the dust-up over the Obama poster can't have escaped anyone's notice. What is worth noting about Fairey's work is the balance he has struck over the years between challenging himself and expanding his horizons as an individual artist, while keeping the world's most recognizable style-and-brand empire in business. Now the juicy art/commerce, rebel/royalty cage match gets even more meta, as Fairey opens a new body of work on the salient theme of May Day, at the imminently closing Wooster Street Deitch Projects. After all, if there's one art dealer in New York who has walked that line between pop and power and somehow made it work, it's Mr. Deitch.”
Shana Nys Dambrot, Flavorpill
Note:
Our friends at MeanRed throw the official afterparty for the May Day opening, featuring A-Trak.
Deitch Projects says:
Deitch Projects is pleased to present May Day, an exhibition of new work by Shepard Fairey, as its final project. Titled not only in reference to the day of the exhibition's opening, the multiple meanings of May Day resonate throughout the artist's new body of work. Originally a celebration of spring and the rebirth it represents, May Day is also observed in many countries as International Worker's Day or Labor Day, a day of political demonstrations and celebrations coordinated by unions and socialist groups. "Mayday" is also the distress signal used by pilots, police and firefighters in times of emergency.
