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POLLYTALK FROM NEW YORK
by Polly Guerin
January 5, 2009
NEW YORK'S VERNISSAGE OPENINGS 2009
The New Year kicks off with a host of openings to tempt your sensitivities and titillate your
imagination introducing artists, galleries and vernissages in different venues. From the inside
to the outside of art there's a rich selection of art fairs, new openings and centennial exhibitions
and films. The offerings are diverse and culturally dynamic. Here's the scoop!!!
Who will be the next celeb talent? Discover artists outside the mainstream of society--people
virtually unaffected by cultural or artistic convention--who get a chance to showcase their primitive
and astonishing works at the OUTSIDE ART FAIR 2009 at a new local 7 W. 34th St. at 5th Ave
from Friday Jan. 9-11. 34 dealers include Galerie St. Etienne's "They Taught Themselves;
Ricco/Maresca will bring selections by the famed Martin Ramirez and Snyder/Project Space shows
works on paper by Janet Sobel, the self-taught artist whose drip paintings influenced Jackson
Pollock. For more info: producer, Sanford L. Smith info@sanfordsmith.com or contact the
folkartmuseum.org or 212.977.7170 x 308. Daily admission $20.
Catch a sneak preview of the films chosen by Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden to
compete for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at Scandinavia House, the Nordic Center:
Home of the Dark Butterflies/Jan 5, White Nights Wedding Jan/ 6, Worlds Apart/Jan 7: Films at 6
and 8:30pm and Everlasting Moments/Jan 9 at 7pm. Tics: $l0 ($7 members). FREE on Mon. Jan
12 at 7:30pm "Northern Realms" features Sweden's jazz vocalist Josefine Lindstrand Boot and
jazz pianist Jacob Karlzon in the Victor Borge Hall. SAVE THE DATE Jan.24, for THE DANISH
BORN HUMERIST, MUSICIAN AND ENTERTAINER VICTOR BORGE'S CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION.
58 Park Ave@38th St. www.scandinaviahouse.org.
DAMAGED ROMANTICISM a mirror of modern emotion has two venues the Grey Art Gallery, New
York University, Jan. 13-April 4 and the Parrish Art Museum, Southhampton, Feb. 7-April 11.
Featuring painting, sculpture and photo-based media by 15 artists from around the world. The
exhibition revolves around a seemingly simple premise: powerful and positive artwork can spring
from profound disappointment. Gallery talks by Terrie Sultan Jan 31 and Feb. l8/6:30pm
FREE with gallery admission. For complete roster of public programs, visit www.nyu.edu/greyart.
Heartbreaking exhibition: "Broken Glass" photographs of the South Bronx by Ray Mortenson.
Jan l0th: Join curator Sean Corcoran and photographer Ray Mortenson for a tour of
the Museum of the City of New York's exhibition of photos Mortenson took of the South Bronx
between 1982 and 1984, which document the aftermath of the widespread urban economic
crisis that plagued New York in the l970s. FREE with the Museum admission. 1220 Fifth Ave. at
103rd St. Reservations at: 212.534.1672 ext 3395. or www.mcny.org. Meanwhile the Museum's
PARIS/NEW YORK series is still going strong with musical cabaret Jan 31/ or Feb 1/ at 3pm. On
Feb. 8, 2pm there's a rare opportunity to see the film L'Inhumaine (The Inhuman Woman)
featuring some of Paris' celebrated
artists and couturier Poiret.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Art exhibits and gallery openings in diverse venues and remember
you heard about it in PollyTalk on the Big Apple News Network. Only in New York, Only in New
York my friends. Happy New Year!!!! Keep in touch, fan mail goes to
info@pollytalk.com or www.pollytalk.com.
by Polly Guerin
January 5, 2009
NEW YORK'S VERNISSAGE OPENINGS 2009
The New Year kicks off with a host of openings to tempt your sensitivities and titillate your
imagination introducing artists, galleries and vernissages in different venues. From the inside
to the outside of art there's a rich selection of art fairs, new openings and centennial exhibitions
and films. The offerings are diverse and culturally dynamic. Here's the scoop!!!
Who will be the next celeb talent? Discover artists outside the mainstream of society--people
virtually unaffected by cultural or artistic convention--who get a chance to showcase their primitive
and astonishing works at the OUTSIDE ART FAIR 2009 at a new local 7 W. 34th St. at 5th Ave
from Friday Jan. 9-11. 34 dealers include Galerie St. Etienne's "They Taught Themselves;
Ricco/Maresca will bring selections by the famed Martin Ramirez and Snyder/Project Space shows
works on paper by Janet Sobel, the self-taught artist whose drip paintings influenced Jackson
Pollock. For more info: producer, Sanford L. Smith info@sanfordsmith.com or contact the
folkartmuseum.org or 212.977.7170 x 308. Daily admission $20.
Catch a sneak preview of the films chosen by Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden to
compete for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at Scandinavia House, the Nordic Center:
Home of the Dark Butterflies/Jan 5, White Nights Wedding Jan/ 6, Worlds Apart/Jan 7: Films at 6
and 8:30pm and Everlasting Moments/Jan 9 at 7pm. Tics: $l0 ($7 members). FREE on Mon. Jan
12 at 7:30pm "Northern Realms" features Sweden's jazz vocalist Josefine Lindstrand Boot and
jazz pianist Jacob Karlzon in the Victor Borge Hall. SAVE THE DATE Jan.24, for THE DANISH
BORN HUMERIST, MUSICIAN AND ENTERTAINER VICTOR BORGE'S CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION.
58 Park Ave@38th St. www.scandinaviahouse.org.
DAMAGED ROMANTICISM a mirror of modern emotion has two venues the Grey Art Gallery, New
York University, Jan. 13-April 4 and the Parrish Art Museum, Southhampton, Feb. 7-April 11.
Featuring painting, sculpture and photo-based media by 15 artists from around the world. The
exhibition revolves around a seemingly simple premise: powerful and positive artwork can spring
from profound disappointment. Gallery talks by Terrie Sultan Jan 31 and Feb. l8/6:30pm
FREE with gallery admission. For complete roster of public programs, visit www.nyu.edu/greyart.
Heartbreaking exhibition: "Broken Glass" photographs of the South Bronx by Ray Mortenson.
Jan l0th: Join curator Sean Corcoran and photographer Ray Mortenson for a tour of
the Museum of the City of New York's exhibition of photos Mortenson took of the South Bronx
between 1982 and 1984, which document the aftermath of the widespread urban economic
crisis that plagued New York in the l970s. FREE with the Museum admission. 1220 Fifth Ave. at
103rd St. Reservations at: 212.534.1672 ext 3395. or www.mcny.org. Meanwhile the Museum's
PARIS/NEW YORK series is still going strong with musical cabaret Jan 31/ or Feb 1/ at 3pm. On
Feb. 8, 2pm there's a rare opportunity to see the film L'Inhumaine (The Inhuman Woman)
featuring some of Paris' celebrated
artists and couturier Poiret.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: Art exhibits and gallery openings in diverse venues and remember
you heard about it in PollyTalk on the Big Apple News Network. Only in New York, Only in New
York my friends. Happy New Year!!!! Keep in touch, fan mail goes to
info@pollytalk.com or www.pollytalk.com.