Impulse Magazine: The Party’s in the Back

A large portion of the core galleries at the front were easily passable. The real party started at the back of the fair. In the Not-For-Profit section, I sparked a great conversation with Gavin Kennedy and the team at Fine Arts Work Center from Provincetown. It was their first time doing the fair, and their excitement was invigorating. The artist-led organization offers yearly residencies to a diverse selection of visual artists and writers from across the globe. Some highlights from their booth were artists Lisa Yuskavage, Taylor Baldwin, Arghavan Khosravim, Herman Aguirre, Anne Clare Rogers, and Amy Brener. One of their former fellows, Anina Major, whose installation, The Landing, featured in the Platform section of the fair, curated by Eugenie Tsai, had won the annual Pommery Prize of $25,000. Major is from the Bahamas and is represented by Tern Gallery in Nassau. The multimedia presentation includes ceramics inspired by her grandmother who was a Straw Market vendor. The installation includes a spinning neon sign and a dock-like platform constructed of wood palettes. Her decaying pots memorialize the dying art of straw craft and critique the systems that fuel its demise.

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