New Art in Chelsea - Spring Exhibitions (2) + "The Highliner" replaces "Empire Diner"

Artist Maurizio Cattelan and New Museum director Massimiliano Gioni 
have opened "Family Business" gallery - a non-profit project space. 
(This kitschy photo is used by the gallery to symbolize the concept of a "Family Business")

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Chelsea

More street photographs of the art district's neighborhood.

No gallery? Some artists take to the streets for self promotion and to create their own exhibition space.

Street installation.

ART

More recent gallery openings

in Chelsea, NYC

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Vibha Galhotra's

"Utopia of Difference"

at Jack Shainman Gallery

March 22 – April 21, 2012

Ghungroos - small, metal, Indian bells.

Vibha Galhotra uses ghungroos, small Indian bells, to create tapestry-like scenes or word comments and to make her organic soft sculptures. These bells contribute to the conversation with the viewer about her country and its changing culture.

Gallerist Jack Shainman and the Indian artist Vibha Galhotra discuss her artworks with patrons. The artist's statement in the press release says, "My work narrates the life of a disordered (or hyper ordered) society, with all of the clashes and tensions that contemporary life brings...."

Tryptic of tapestries, made from ghungroo, depicts a contemporary Indian cityscape.

Organic soft ghungroo sculpture.

This show will mark Galhotra’s first exhibition in New York, and with the gallery. The show includes works made of intricately sewn metal ghungroos, as well as new sculptures which continue to utilize domestic, industrial and natural materials to examine gender and the environment in contemporary society.  

Rope-like sculpture created out of ghungroos by Vibha.

Galhotra utilizes both abstract forms and images of the urban metropolis to address the radically shifting topography of India under the impact of globalization and growth. She sees herself as being part of the restructuring of culture, society and geography, not just of a specific region but of the world.  Responding to the rapid environmental changes and rezoning of land, Galhotra embodies the dense urbanization and jungles of steel and concrete through unlikely materials to draw attention to the increasing human impact on nature.

Urban camouflage.

Vibha Galhotra currently lives and works in New Delhi, India. She has shown extensively in India and internationally.

(Sources: Gallery visit and conversation during the opening. Photographs were taken by Jack A. Atkinson with permission. Jack Shainman Gallery press release and website.)

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Family Business Gallery

"The Virgin Show" now

Hennessey Youngman: 

It's a small, small world

coming soon

Family Business gallery.

 
Two glass doors open into a tiny 126 sq. ft. Chelsea gallery named "Family Business." It is the latest project space of artist Maurizio Cattelan and New Museum director Massimiliano Gioni. A far cry from the Guggenheim Museum—where Cattelan just wrapped up his retrospective and his artmaking career last month. It uses a small bit of space carved out of Anna Kustera Gallery. It is just a few doors down and across 21st Street from Gagosian's big box gallery. Cattelan and Gioni also created the "Wrong Gallery" which was a sensation a few years back. (The Wrong gallery was simply a glass door, with one piece of changing art inside its 12" space. behind the locked door.) At Family Business nothing will be for sale, and the place is set up as a nonprofit. This first series of exhibitions, titled "The Virgin Show," is made up of MFA students, from SVA. "It is sort of “a guest room,” says Gioni, “where people are invited to try out different formats and ideas, with really no pressure.”

Artworks by artist Michael Ballou.

There was much ado on opening night about The Virgins Show, which was guest-curated by Marilyn Minter. Cattelan and Gioni joined her at the opening along with an entourage of note-taking press, photographers, and a ragtag-clad crowd of artists, all jamming together like guppies in an overpopulated fish bowl. 

Family Business Gallery
520 West 21st Street
New York, NY 10011
info@familybusinessgallery.com

(Sources: Gallery visit, gallery press release and familybusinessgallery.com website. Photographs were taken by Jack A. Atkinson with permission.)

FOOD

"Empire Diner", one of the art district's most loved and oldest establishments closed. It has been reborn embracing the name of the new "High Line".

The Highliner restaurant has taken over Empire Diner's abandoned space, in Chelsea. It is serving a pastiche of diner and upscale restaurant dishes to the art crowd. Nothing but the name and the menu have really changed, the giant EAT sign still shines above the silver, bullet shaped diner with lots of outdoor seating. The new establishment limits service to dinner and a weekend brunch.

The Highliner 

210 10th Ave. at 22nd St. NYC

For reservations: 212-206-6206

5pm til Midnight  Tue - Sat

Dinner Menu

Starters

Crispy Calamari

spicy tomato sauce . aioli...9

Baby Lettuce Salad 

radishes . cucumbers . herbs . chardonnay vinegar...7

Farro Salad

cauliflower . fava beans . parmesan dressing...8

Tomato Soup

Grilled manchego cheese points...7

Clam Chowder

little necks . leeks...9

Burrata

crusty bread . exra virgin olive oil...9

Spinach Salad 

crispy onions . smoked bacon . hard boiled egg . yolk dressing...9

Mushroom Risotto Croquettes

goat cheese fondue...8

Baby Beet Salad 

arugula . almond-crusted goat cheese . cabernet vinaigrette...9

Crispy Pork Belly

sweet chili glaze . brussels sprout kimchi ...10

Shrimp Dumplings

cilantro . ponzu...9

Entrees

Linguini 

fall vegetables . parmesan cheese . bread crumbs...14

Chicken & Dumpling Stew

dill . baby carrots...15

Pan-Roasted Organic Salmon

cucumbers . radishes . sorrel . greek yogurt...18

Half Roasted Chicken 

natural jus . seasonal vegetables...17

Butternut Squash Ravioli

brown butter. sage . brussels sprouts . lemon zest...16

Crispy Fish Tacos 

mango . avocado . coleslaw...14

Seared Sea Scallops

cauliflower puree . bacon. brussels sprouts ...19

Black Angus Hanger Steak

french fries. baby lettuce. red wine reduction...20

Slow Roasted Rack of Pork

potato puree . pearl onions . swiss chard...18

Meat Loaf 

green beans . mashed potatoes . gravy...17

Breakfast All Night

Western Omelet

ham . gruyere . spinach...10

Creme Brulee French Toast 

peaches . maple syrup...12

Steak & Eggs 

eggs any style  . hanger steak . baby lettuce . potato hash...14

Creme Brulee French Toast

 classic...14 florentine...11 gravlax...16

Hangover Sandwich

fried eggs, . lettuce . tomato . bacon . avocado . siracha aioli . fries...12

Breakfast Wrap

scrambled eggs . avocado . rice & beans . salsa verde ...9

Burgers

Highliner...14 Turkey...14 Veggie...13

lettuce . tomato . pickle . french fries

add $1 each bacon . cheese . avocado

Salads

Nicoise Salad

seared tuna . green beans . fingerlings . roasted peppers . 

crispy poached egg...15

Sesame Chicken Salad 

chicken . cabbage . bok choi . miso dressing...14

Caesar Salad

croutons . parmesan . classic dressing...10 add chicken $3

Blue Plate Specials

MONDAY Lobster Boil

potatoes. corn. drawn butter...19

TUESDAY Kielbasa

saurkraut . potatoes...17

WEDNESDAY Pot Roast

winter vegetables...17

THURSDAY Thanksgiving Dinner

aroasted vegetables...18

FRIDAY Shepard's Pie

braised lamb shank . duchess potatoes...11

SATURDAY Prime Rib

double baked potato . creamed spinach...24

SUNDAY Lasagna

lamb bolognese . ricotta cheese . bechamel...16

Sandwiches

Roasted Chicken Sandwich 

avocado . arugula . tomato jam . basil aioli . ciabatta...11

Seared Rare Tuna Steak

wasabi mayo . country bread...15

Hot Open Turkey Sandwich

mashed potato . gravy. green beans...13

Sides

french fries . mashed potatoes . potato hash . green beans . mushrooms . swiss chard . bacon . sausage...5

cheese and gravy fries...8

Until later,

Jack

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Postscript

Comments On Art:

by Darby Bannard

1) Good "new" art may not look like art. Inspired creativity doesn't follow, it creates its own path.

2) In fine art, when anyone can produce dreck or create rubbish, and not only get away with it, but be celebrated for it, the discipline is no longer a discipline. 

3) TIME is the most important element in determining if an artwork is worthy of praise.

Comments On Art:

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by Philip Guston

When you're in the studio painting, there are a lot of people in there with you - your teachers, friends, painters from history, critics... and one by one if you're really painting, they walk out. And if you're really painting YOU walk out. 

ARTSnFOOD, All rights reserved. Concept & Original Text © Copyright 2012 Jack A. Atkinson under all International intellectual property and copyright laws. Images © individual artists, fabricators, respective owners or assignees.