SPRING/BREAK Art Show kicked off yesterday, March 6th, 2018 for the second year in a row at 4 Times Square, also the home to arts organization Chashama. Organized by Ambre Kelly and Andrew Gori, SPRING/BREAK Art Show brings together over 150 curators featuring 400+ artists. This year’s theme, “Stranger Comes to Town,” explores tensions of otherness, through concepts of migration, assimilation, and the nature of belonging.
We’ve selected some of our favorite booths, moments and encounters at this year’s show.
1. Kumasi J. Barnett, “Secret Identities”
Curated by: Jac Lahav
Room #: 2227
2. James Ostrer, “Johnny Just Came”
Curated by: Azu Nwagbogu
Room #: 2228
3. LilKool, “The True World of the Other”
Curated by: Natalie Kates + Amanda Uribe
Room #: 2205
Curated by: Ambre Kelly + Andrew Gori
Room #: 2230
5. Zoe Schlacter, “N.E.W.”
Curated by: Christine Finley
Room #: 2233
6. Laia Cabrera and Isabelle Duverger, “Self on a Shelf”
Curated by: Christine Miele
Room #: 2236
7. Andrew Erdos, “Sometimes, They Have to Kill Us”
Curated by: Erin Joyce
Room #: 2248C
8. Fernando Orellana, “You’ll Never Know We Were Here”
Curated by: Sarah Walko
Room #: 2214
9. Graham Wilson, “Quarantine”
Curated by: Anna Zorina Gallery
Room #: 2249
10. Melissa Godoy Nieto, Clara Claus of Band Practice, Live Drawing Performance
Curated by: Ambre Kelly + Andrew Gori
Room #: 2200E
11. “Den of My Ego Death”
Curated by: Brooke Nicholas
Room #: 2237 +2328
12. Jonas Lund, Jonas Lund Token (JLT)
Curated by: Justin deDemko
Room #: 2202
13. Andy Harman, “After Me”
Curated by: Liz Collins
Room #: 2200B
14. Ekaterina Juskowski, #NeverNotWorking Aprons
15. Howard Hurst, “Psychic Pharmacy”
Curated by: Helen Toomer
Room #: 2207
16. David Kramer, “Lost Horizons”
Curated by: Michael Buckland
Room #: 2209
17. Rachel Marks, “The Poetry of Earth”
Curated by: Ché Morales
Room #: 2238
18. Elektra KB, “Power is Abuse”
Curated by: Nico Roxe
Room # 2212
19. Eric Mistretta, “The Wrong Place”
Curated by: Anna Kusatera
Room #: 2301
20. Macon Reed: “A Pressing Conference”
Curated by: Helen Toomer
Room #: 2221
21. Jeffrey Augustine Songco, “Society of 23’s Locker Dressing Room”
Curated by: Marly Hammer + John Richey
Room #2220
all images // Sophia Schneider for Art Zealous