Lower East Side Galleries

Since the New Museum moved into the Lower East Side of NYC not long ago, several (well...maybe 45) galleries have shifted operations and moved their locations into the area. It is making the LES into a bit of a hotbed of artistic creation and innovation in the gallery scene. I had the pleasure of attending an opening at one of these new, hot galleries recently. 

The show, called This Has Been, is about the intersection between creation and technology, old and new, start and stop, analog and digital etc. It was a show that was well-curated with some really great artists who I was unfamiliar with. Michel de Broin is a well known Quebecois artist who creates giant fluid sculptures out of common objects - his piece in the show was a fireplace made to look like a television set. It was so clever while still being very beautiful and sleek. I very much enjoyed it and if I were making more money than I am right now I would have bought it up in a second. There was also an artist called Anne Deleporte - she created a giant wall mural out of newspaper which she then selectively painted over to leave only clever sayings or pictures. I really enjoyed the show a lot and would recommend that anyone out there with some free time hanging around the LES (as many of you are want to do) should stop by. 

The gallery is called On Stellar Rays and is located at 133 Orchard St.