‘EVERYONE NEEDS A HOME’ - street art on the fence surrounding a new hi-rise hi-cost residential construction site - on the site of the former - BOYS & GIRLS CLUB - opposite the HAMILTON FISH POOL - on the Lower East Side.
PHOTO: NANCY SMITH, JUNE 6, 2008
. . . leaving the Little Cakes opening - for EVAH FAN & BRENDAN MONROE - last week - we chanced upon this artistic/cultural/political/income/class inequity tensions & whatever else is going down around here, in NYC, esp on the Lower East Side and the East Village - that says it all - straight up !! & … from the street - !!
soon enough NYC is going to be just a Disneyland version of itself - with all the real art sucked right out of it - an ugly inner city of the very very rich and the very very poor. just like everybody always said - if you ever read a book or went to the movies.
case in point: HANNA FUSHIHARA ARON and Little Cakes - her visionary outpost - have lost their lease - to the real estate greed wars. well, we are the ones who are sad - cause the NYC art scene & therefore pretty much the global art scene - will definitely be in for a big big loss - because even though Little Cakes was small small small - it was big big big in content, vision & cutting edge presentation. Hanna Fushihara Aron and David Aron - on the other hand - seem (somewhat) relieved to get out from under - what was already - a pretty weighty rental overhead, already a pretty big nut to crack - even before the current crunch - esp. for a small venue that specialized in bringing brand new young artists to New York City. In fact - a whole new world seems to be opening up for them - which might just signal a new sign of the times, esp for the creative free spirits among us - the return to the land & just saying NO - to the city - I’m sure it does. They have found a whole house & plenty of acreage of land upstate for a fraction, like 1/3 !! of what they pay for their tiny storefront now - and its being sold out from under them anyways - which means its impossible to hold onto - even if they wanted too - and, they are hoping to get into farming and gardening - real time. Hanna says she wants to specialize in locally grown, organic Japanese vegetables.
we’re really happy for Hanna and David and wish them well. hopefully - we can catch up with them - same time next year - and see what they are up to. I’m sure it will be an amazing journey for them. but it doesn’t say too much for the art scene here - and, it’s our loss.
so, now you know what’s so ‘really’ special about the current Little Cakes Little Gallery show - besides the fact - that it is !! so really special all on its own !! - and why you should go by and check it out - cause if you blink - you’ll have missed out - big time.
the card for: ‘Bed & Breakfast’/image: ‘Soil Release’, detail, 6 x 6 ins, acrylic & gouache on paper. collaboration FAN & MONROE/image courtesy: the artists & Little Cakes Little Gallery
‘BED and BREAKFAST’ - new works by EVAH FAN and BRENDAN MONROE
inspired by home gardening
JUNE 6 - 29th, 2008
LITTLE CAKES LITTLE GALLERY - 625 East 6th St. #1B - East Village - NYC
gallery hours: Fri - Sun 1-6pm/or by appointment (1-646-342-1056)