from left, A.L. STEINER and NICOLE EISENMAN, curators, of the hugely wild in-your-face celebration that was called 'RIDYKEULOUS' - a group show that ran from March 10-April 2, 2006, at PARTICIPANT, on the Lower East Side, opening on March 10, 2006

'Choo-Choo', 2005, pencil on paper, SUZANNE WRIGHT, courtesy Anna Kustera Gallery, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

... the 'RIDYKEULOUS' motto, Participant, March 10, 2006

DEAN DADERKO, greeting guests, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

DEAN DADERKO, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

DEAN DADERKO, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

from left, Travis Boyer, K8 Hardy, and Ulrike Mueller, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

Inge Colsen, AK Burns, and Lanka Tattersall, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

Ashley Reid and Justin Faunce, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

left, Nash, who graduated from YALE in 2005, with an MFA in painting, K8 Hardy, and Keltie Ferris, finishing an MFA, YALE class of 2006, Painting, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

Elaine Van Hoorn, K8 Hardy, and Mussels, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

K8 Hardy and Eileen Myles, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

artist David Humphrey, in a Young Jeezy t-shirt, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

from left, Nicole Eisenman, Mike Iveson, and A.L. Steiner presented a skit. 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

Lisa Sanditz and Victoria Robinson, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

Mary Christmas, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

Miranda Lichtenstein, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

Goody-B Wiseman, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006,

Lindsay Brant and Daphne Fitzpatrick, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

Amy Sillman, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

Jeanine Oleson and Abbey Williams, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

K8 HARDY, 'Fashionfashion Kitchen Look', 2006, c-print, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006
you had to be there - to see it !!!

ASHLEY REID, 'Stuffed', 2004, c-print, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

A.L. STEINER, 'Untitled (Pony with Apple)', 2006, c-print, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

Pony, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

a congregation of pals, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

in a back corner, an inflated couch, titled 'Boob Monster', 2004, made by CHICKS ON SPEED, mixed media, courtesy Deitch Projects, NYC, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

'MERCH' corner, all additional installation elements were courtesy of Nicole Eisenman & A.L. Steiner, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 2006

'Lick my Baton', 2006, twine, toilet plunger handle, The Third Leg, in the MERCH corner, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

'Whip Gash', 2006, suede skirts, towel, hair extensions, foil stamp, The Third Leg, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006 - that's the show's catalog to the right of the handle, pinned to the wall.

'Big Foot and Nioka V', 2005, c-print by ELLEN LESPERANCE & JEANINE OLESON, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 2006

'Tanatamounter Tampon', 2006, GELITIN, paper and cardboard. (did someone really submit a 'used' tampon for Gelitin to reproduce in Tantamounter 24/7 !!) 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

'Chocolate Dipped Tits', NICOLE EISENMAN, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

'Lesbians Cast into the Ocean', 1995, NICOLE EISENMAN, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

'The Lesbian Body', 2006, cross-stitch on paper, GINGER BROOKS TAKAHASHI, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

cross-stitich by GINGER BROOKS TAKAHASHI, 'Lesbian National Parks and Services' display by SHAWNA DEMPSEY & LORRI MILLAN, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

'Lesbian National Parks and Services Field Guide', 2002, SHAWNA DEMPSEY & LORRI MILLAN, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

'Charles Saatchi's Dick', mixed media, CHRISTIAN LEMMERZ, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

detail, 'Charles Saatchi's Dick', CHRISTIAN LEMMERZ, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

'Shane (Pour Your Emptiness)', 2006, ink on paper, NICOLE EISENMAN, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

'Gay Spirit', 2005, mixed media, AK BURNS, 'RIDYKEULOUS, March 10, 2006

'Cunt Lappers: From the Liz Taylor Series (Secret Ceremony)', 1991, acrylic and fake fur on paper, KATHE BURKHART, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

exhibit overview, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

'Pussy Den', 2006, wall mural, LISA SANDITZ, with additional contributors' artworks, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

close-up, 'Pussy Den', 2006, wall mural, LISA SANDITZ, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006. (looks to have detail elements by NICOLE EISENMAN ?)

'Bush Wackers', 2004, (Trader Joe's bags, papier mache, egg shells, foam, wire, plastic, glass eyes), LINDSAY BRANT, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

top: 'I Have a Hole', cut-out photo, A.L. STEINER, below: 'Lesbian National Parks and Services', photograph, 2002, SHAWNA DEMPSEY & LORRI MILLAN, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

'Lesbian National Parks and Services', photograph, 2002, SHAWNA DEMPSEY & LORRI MILLAN, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

'A despondant Pomerian appears to be detained in underwear', 2005, black & white c-print, CLAUDE WAMPLER, courtesy Postmasters, NY, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006

catalog sticker insert/give away, The Third Leg, 'RIDYKEULOUS', Participant, March 10, 2006