written by Don Porcella in New York City.
I attended the opening of No Longer Empty next to the Chelsea Hotel in New York last thursday night. I was greeted by an enthusiastic Manon Slome, former head curator at Chelsea Art Museum. She and others have started a great organization that provides exhibition space in abandoned storefronts in New York City (see http://www.nolongerempty.com/).
Manon was nice enough to personally escort me through the whole exhibition. One of the storefronts was a fish and tackle shop. One can still see the pegboard on the walls that are now perfectly suitable for an art installation. Manon says it is a lot of work to prep the stores that are usually trashed when they find them. No Longer Empty helps the landlords of these spaces by revitalizing and cleaning them up. Plus, the art is a perfect way to attract new tenants after the shows close in a month.
NO LONGER EMPTY - revitalizing space : unlocking creativity
NO LONGER EMPTY is a group of curators and artists who
present thought provoking exhibits in empty store fronts.
Their first exhibit is at the storefronts at the
Hotel Chelsea
Opening June 18 6pm - 9pm
222 w 23rd st NY NY
June 19 - July 18 Wed - Sat 11am - 6pm
Curated by
Manon Slome and Asher Remy-Toledo with Julian Navarro, Ivan Saragusti, Felicity Faulkner, Yasaman Hoorazar, Molly Ryan, Nunu Hung.
Artists
Guido Albi-Marin | Joseph Aloi | Rita Barros | Sam Bassett | Michael Bevilacqua | Alina and Jeff Bliumis | Scott Campbell | Tara de la Garza | Kate Gilmore | Noel Hennessy | Michael Mandiberg | Cheonwook Park | Diana Puntar | Bruce Richards | Raimundo Rubio | Linda and Lothar Troeller | Dani Tull | Marnie Weber.
