Thursday, September 25, 2008

The outsiders: Brit art on the Bowery


Page Six reports today: THE British are coming, but East Villagers don't want them. Famed London art gallery Lazarides is opening a show called "The Outsiders" at 282 Bowery tomorrow, which will display the incendiary works of Paul Insect, Jonathan Yeo, Miranda Donovan and others. But John Penley, leader of the Slacktivists, who are fighting the yuppification of the area, told Page Six his group will protest. "This is not street-level graffiti or poor starving artists from the area," he fumed. "They're all rich. Paul Insect's last works were bought by Damien Hirst for $1 million. And they are all Brits. There are plenty of local downtown artists more deserving." The gallery had no immediate comment.

More on what Lazarides have been up to on the Bowery.

Bowery Boogie's coverage is here.

Bob Arihood has details here.

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3 comments:

  1. Jeremiah MossSeptember 25, 2008 at 7:47 AM

    nice find, i haven't seen any flyers for the protest. have you?

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 25, 2008 at 8:05 AM

    No...today's Post was the first that I heard about it...

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  3. esquared™September 25, 2008 at 1:56 PM

    Art by Sir Baldman.

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