THIS ART IS YOURS

Our good friend Tom Fruin had an opening last week at Y Gallery on Orchard Street.  According to the press release:

Tom Fruin freely bends meaning and intention from the commercial noise of our surroundings to create personal statements. So it seems only natural that he focus on the most common and powerful sign of this country’s identity: the American flag. Several new works reinterpret this national symbol. Surrender (2010), an american flag with a lower-case “a” that the artist has recreated stripped of color, somehow becomes both a symbolic token for a racially blind utopia and an intolerant extreme. This work is inspired by the neon noose series, Necktie Party (2009), in which fruin subverts advertising language to broadcast an embarrassing and hidden facet of his national identity. Surrender (2011) seems to suggest a more contemplative thought: a silent counterpart to a jingoistic society of yesteryear. Accidental Flag (2010) surmises these sentiments. With silver spraypaint and vodka spills, this is at once a jubilee of revelry and a pathetic reminder that the party is over.

Anyway it was a crazy party, the first picture is “Neon fireplace” and the rest are just random pics I took on the scene! 

Y Gallery
165 Orchard Street at Stanton (F, M, J, Z trains)
355A Bowery Street basement (F, M, J, Z, 6, N, R trains)
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