ARTISTS
VOLTA NY 2013
07 Mar, 2013 - 10 Mar, 2013
VOLTA NY is an invitational show of solo artists鈥� projects and is the American incarnation of the successful young fair founded in Basel in 2005. VOLTA NY was conceived by art critic and fair director Amanda Coulson to continue the original mandate of a tightly-focused, boutique event that is a place for discovery. Both Basel and New York fairs provide a showcase for current art production and relevant contemporary positions regardless of the artist or gallery鈥檚 age.
By putting the focus back on artists through exclusively featuring solo projects, VOLTA NY promotes a deep exploration of the work of its selected projects, an opportunity for discoveries that move beyond those afforded by a traditional art fair. While many fairs provide a broader overview, with more represented artists in each booth, visitors to VOLTA NY compare the experience to a more focused series of intense studio visits.
A platform for challenging, often complementary, sometimes competing ideas about contemporary art, the strictly solo format is what gives the New York fair its unique character.
VOLTA NY has become an indispensable event in Armory Arts Week. In addition to an impressive array of artists showing solo projects at VOLTA NY 鈥� a total of 80 galleries 鈥� the cutting-edge art fair also featured a wealth of content beyond the limits of the fair floor, with a total attendance of 18,000 visitors for the 2012 edition. After five years in Midtown, the number of visitors is expected to increase in 2013 thanks to our even more convenient location in the heart of SoHo at 82 Mercer Street, between Spring and Broome Street, supported by the reliable direct shuttles from The Armory Show.
82MERCER is 50,000 square feet of event space spread over two floors in the heart of SoHo. A former manufacturing facility, 82MERCER still retains some of its original 19th century details, including cast iron columns, 14-foot ceilings, hardwood floors, and brick archways. Loft-style windows provide plenty of natural light and views of Broadway and Mercer Street.
For both exhibitors and visitors alike, the SoHo-based location means more hotels, restaurants and stores 鈥� both high-end retail or downtown practical. The neighborhood, notable for being the location of artists鈥� lofts and art galleries, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, and for the wide variety of stores and shops ranging from trendy boutiques to outlets of upscale national and international stores, makes attendance a pleasure for everybody.
VOLTA NY is an invitational show of solo artists鈥� projects and is the American incarnation of the successful young fair founded in Basel in 2005. VOLTA NY was conceived by art critic and fair director Amanda Coulson to continue the original mandate of a tightly-focused, boutique event that is a place for discovery. Both Basel and New York fairs provide a showcase for current art production and relevant contemporary positions regardless of the artist or gallery鈥檚 age.
By putting the focus back on artists through exclusively featuring solo projects, VOLTA NY promotes a deep exploration of the work of its selected projects, an opportunity for discoveries that move beyond those afforded by a traditional art fair. While many fairs provide a broader overview, with more represented artists in each booth, visitors to VOLTA NY compare the experience to a more focused series of intense studio visits.
A platform for challenging, often complementary, sometimes competing ideas about contemporary art, the strictly solo format is what gives the New York fair its unique character.
VOLTA NY has become an indispensable event in Armory Arts Week. In addition to an impressive array of artists showing solo projects at VOLTA NY 鈥� a total of 80 galleries 鈥� the cutting-edge art fair also featured a wealth of content beyond the limits of the fair floor, with a total attendance of 18,000 visitors for the 2012 edition. After five years in Midtown, the number of visitors is expected to increase in 2013 thanks to our even more convenient location in the heart of SoHo at 82 Mercer Street, between Spring and Broome Street, supported by the reliable direct shuttles from The Armory Show.
82MERCER is 50,000 square feet of event space spread over two floors in the heart of SoHo. A former manufacturing facility, 82MERCER still retains some of its original 19th century details, including cast iron columns, 14-foot ceilings, hardwood floors, and brick archways. Loft-style windows provide plenty of natural light and views of Broadway and Mercer Street.
For both exhibitors and visitors alike, the SoHo-based location means more hotels, restaurants and stores 鈥� both high-end retail or downtown practical. The neighborhood, notable for being the location of artists鈥� lofts and art galleries, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, and for the wide variety of stores and shops ranging from trendy boutiques to outlets of upscale national and international stores, makes attendance a pleasure for everybody.
Exhibitors
Gallery Poulsen
Copenhagen | Denmark
532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel
Basel | Switzerland
Galleri Christoffer Egelund
Copenhagen | Denmark
Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney
Sydney | Australia
Skoto Gallery
Chelsea | New York | USA
Brunnhofer Galerie KG
Linz | Austria
