THIS WEEK’S PICKS

A selection of art happenings in NYC for this week.

 

Rosemarie Fiore: Artificiere
Priska C. Juschka Fine Art
547 West 27th Street, 2nd Floor, 212-244-4320
Chelsea
May 19 – July 2, 2011
Opening: Thursday, May 19, 6 – 9 PM

 

 

 

 

Children’s Cancer & Blood Foundation Contemporary Art Auction
Sotheby’s
1334 York Avenue, (212) 606-7000
Upper East Side
May 17 – May 20, 2011
Opening: Thursday, May 19, 10 – 5 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Looking at Music 3.0
MoMA PS1
Through–May 30, 2011
The Yoshiko and Akio Morita Media Gallery, second floor

Looking at Music 3.0, the third in a series of exhibitions exploring the influence of music on contemporary art practices, focuses on New York in the 1980s and 1990s. In this dynamic period, imaginative forms of street art spread across the five boroughs, articulating the counter-culture tenor of the times. As the city transitioned from bankruptcy to solvency, graffiti, media, and performance artists took advantage of low rents and collaborated on ad hoc works shown in alternative spaces and underground clubs. Appropriation, also known as remixing, thrived. Approximately 70 works from a wide range of artists and musicians will be on view, including works by the Beastie Boys, Kathleen Hanna and Le Tigre, Keith Haring, Christian Marclay, Steven Parrino, Run DMC, and Joanie 4 Jackie, a video chain letter founded by Miranda July.