X Art Space – New York
March 11, 2009
Although an official artist-centric perception of the art field is still dominating our age, on view all over the planet but especially in New York, the real revolution in terms of art research is not down to artists anymore but instead to gallerists and curators - a couple that can be easily entitled “art distributors.”
The latest example of this is X, an initiative started by Chelsea gallerist Elizabeth Dee, whose gallery roster counts hot tips Mika Tajima, Ryan Trecartin and Josephine Meckseper, as well as veterans like Adrian Piper, Renné Green and Alex Bag.
In a sort of miraculous bravura, for one year Dee got the permission and the funds to use the former Dia: New York, located at 548 West 22nd Street. Once the deal has been finalized she will build up a consortium of people: gallerists Franco Noero and Friedrich Petzel, curators Lia Gangitano and Massimiliano Gioni, as well as artists Francesco Vezzoli and Maurizio Cattelan to name but a few, and an explosive program that will occupy the duration of one year.
Read all the article here!
X will be free and open to the public beginning March 11th through May.
