Interesting, for only the second time, we saw some work mounted on glass, yes not plexi but glass. I asked Steven, who does our mounting whether he thought we could do it he gave me a look like "you wanna see broken glass all over the floor" but nevertheless we may try it if I can find some tempered glass.
And speaking of Steven, 50% of the famed Dufala brothers, his and his brothers work was on display at Fleisher/Ollman Gallery (http://www.fleisher-ollmangallery.com) booth on the main floor, another excellent Philadelphia gallery.
For our own part, we were in a collecting mood and after asking the price of an unusual painting by Giorgio di Chirico of Venice - unusual not because of any other reason than it was not in his style but still very beautiful - and was politely informed that is was 520,000 dollars, or was it Euros? We finally settled on our art purchase for the day; a dollar bill printed with the words "New York is a Lot of Work" for the princely sum of $25 - surely an investment :)
For those of us who are or were gallery people Untitled Gallery of New York have some paintings displayed by simply leaning them up against the booth's wall with particularly apposite text . . . if you were in the gallery biz.
One of the best uses of video I have seen was on this subway door in an installation by Leandro Erlich. The video was almost hypnotic as the riders move and shift with the movement of the subway but you don't; so familiar yet so weird.
This bunch of small animals which looked like they may have been made from a bunch of small animals was both amusing and creepy at the same time.
Around 2 pm the place began to get really busy we were pretty much art'ed out, when we left the line of people waiting in the rain to get in was very long.
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