Michael Alan’s “Harmonious Opposites” exhibition will conclude with a six-hour living installation performance on July 29 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
MICHAEL ALAN: HARMONIOUS OPPOSITES
Gasser / Grunert
524 West 19th St. between Tenth & Eleventh Aves.
Thursday, July 29, free to watch, $17-$20 to participate, 6:00 pm – 12 midnight
6460944-6197
www.michaelalanart.com/art
Multimedia artist Michael Alan investigates what he refers to as “chronic time exaggerators” in his work, commenting on time and space as well as art history through drawings, paintings, sculpture, video, happenings, and performance. The New York City native, born during the 1977 blackout, is most well known for his Draw-a-Thon events, which combine art, theater, and music with live models and an audience. His latest “living installation,” titled “Cleaning the Clouds,” in which eight Draw-a-Thon veterans will play the beautiful yet mysterious, always moving white objects, takes place July 29 at Gasser / Grunert in Chelsea, concluding Alan’s first solo show at the gallery. “Harmonious Opposites,” which opened July 8, features line drawings and a pair of videos spread across two floors of a cavernous, post-industrial space. Alan believes in “artistic revolution,” so there’s no telling what will go on at this unique live closing.