Be sure to take a page from Michael Dean as part of “The Floor Is the Object” (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
548 West 22nd St. between Tenth & Eleventh Aves.
March 4-7, free
www.independentnewyork.com
Elizabeth Dee and Darren Flook have joined forces to bring the free Independent art fair to Chelsea during Armory Arts Week, examining the way art shows are curated and viewed. The fair will take over the West 22nd St. space previously occupied by Dia and then the X Initiative, featuring work from more than forty galleries along with special installations, including Claire Fontaine’s neon “Please God Make Tomorrow Better,” which will be project on the outside doors. There will also be book signings, panel discussions, film screenings, and a live performance Saturday night by Dirty Mirrors.
UPDATE: The Independent is an extremely well organized fair, with plenty to see and do. Feel free to play Ping-Pong on Rirkrit Tiravanija’s “The Future Will Be Chrome” installation, accept a torn page from Michael Dean’s “The Floor Is the Object,” take a seat in the cage in Ryan Trecartin’s “P.opular S.ky (section ish),” create your own dialogue while investigating the artistic dialogues created by moss and Westreich-Wagner, and enjoy the milk-filled soda bottles marching their way through Jordan Wolfson’s twenty-minute CON LECHE film, but don’t enter Eve Sussman’s meticulous re-creation of Yuri Gagarin’s office.