Here's the second half of my post on Lush Life, a multi-gallery exhibition curated by Franklin Evans and Omar Lopez-Chahoud featuring the works of 60 artists. Named after and inspired by Richard Price's 2008 novel set in the Lower East Side, the group exhibition is presented in nine neighborhood galleries - each focusing on one of the nine chapters from the book. Chapters 5-9 are on view at Y Gallery, Collette Blanchard, Salon 94, Scaramouche, and Eleven Rivington, respectively. The first and last galleries on this list host the smallest of the shows, with Y Gallery, housed in a tiny basement space, displaying works by three artists and Eleven Rivington exhibiting four in the gallery's office.
Checking out Lush Life is not only a great way to see artwork by up-and-coming as well as more established artists, it's also a fun way to explore the Lower East Side. The exhibition's website has a handy map showing the locations of all the participating galleries, and all the galleries should have copies available as well. Lush Life is a good opportunity to get out and experience the ever-changing LES neighborhood that plays a pivotal role in the book. Learn more at lushlifeles.com. See my post on Chapters 1-4 below.
Chapter 5: Want Cards at Y Gallery
Alisha Kerlin, Two Unequal Players, 2010
Jonathan VanDyke, The Insatiable Horizon, 2009
Left to right: Rudy Shepherd, Bryant Purvis, Jena 6, 2007 and Charles Taylor, Former Liberian President, 2007
Chapter 6: The Devil You Know at Collette Blanchard
Left to right: Dana Frankfort, Like, 2009; Nina Lola Bachhuber, Untitled, 2010
Robin Graubard, Glass Heart Productions, 2010
Gail Thacker, black and white polaroids: Alice Sleeping On Ludlow; LES Snow; Past Unknown-Grouped; Katz Fading Memory; CBGB's last stand; Where; Essex LES; AROUND RIVINGTON; Window past fading; WHO; PAST UNKNOWN; MAKING ROOM FOR NOWDANA FRANKFORT; n.d.
Left to right: LaToya Ruby Frazier, Self-Portrait, 2002; Grandma Ruby's Stove, 2009; Aunt Migee, 2010
Chapter 7: Wolf Tickets at Salon 94
Pedro Barbeito, Scylla Orange, 2010
Robert Lazzarini, brass knuckles (v), 2010; Patrick Lee, Deadly Friends (Big Top), 2010
Olivier Babin and Harold Ancart, Happy Days, 2010
Erik Benson, Overgrowth, 2010
Chapter 8: 17 Plus 25 Is 32 at Scaramouche
Jayson Keeling, This Town Needs an Enema, 2010
Melissa Gordon, Heraldic Construction II (front), 2009 and Climax Point (back), 2009
Paul Pagk, O G L S #111 (back), 2010; Tommy Hartung, Camera (front), 2009
Chapter 9: She'll Be Apples at Eleven Rivington
Robert Melee, Disco Tray, 2009
Paul Gabrielli, Untitled (Dumbbell), 2009
Amy Longenecker-Brown, Hence it is that when the deed is done, the knocking at the gate is heard and the pulses of life are beginning to beat again, 2010
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