Explain Me: The Spring Break Art Show Part One and Two With Pictures!

Bobby Anspach’s “Bobby’s World”. Image: Art F City

Last week William Powhida and I spent an enormous amount of time at the Spring Break Art Show. We had so much to say about the show we produced two podcasts and discussed many booths at length. In the first podcast, we give the lay of the land in art fair world (we discuss the character of other fairs, and SPRING/BREAK), identify themes, and get the bad art out of the way. We also collect a few pitches from those in booths, so those who couldn’t attend the fair could get a sense of what it was like. In the second podcast we go deep on a few booths and try to give a more thorough analysis of what we saw.

There are however some limitations to what we can do with a podcast, and one of them is visuals. Handily, Art F City manages those just fine, so in this post I assemble images of a lot of the work we discuss so that listeners have a few cues. That said, a disclaimer needs to be made: some of these photographs suck. I’ve tried whenever possible to use press images, but in some cases, I wasn’t able to make that happen. You’ll know the difference, and I’m sorry.

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TRENDS: Immigration

Goodbye Columbus curated by Aden and Auyers

Souvenir Shop: Cultural Tips for New American Under Trump. Curated by: Ksenia M. Soboleva

Material Girls: Xenomorphs

TRENDS: Queer Political Art

Macon Reed’s “A Pressing Conference” curated by Helen Toomer.

TRENDS: Wellness and Meditation

Evan Yee, “The Museum From the Future”

TRENDS: Science Fiction and Escapism

Kellesimone Waits “AstroBunnies and Astro Kitties” curated by Sara Driver

Ryan Michael Ford

TRENDS: Protest Art

Fernando Orellana, “You’ll Never Know We Were Here”.

TRENDS: Horror

Michael Gaughran’s “Horrorscapes”

When Darkness Loves Us curated by Kelsey and Remy Bennet

MEDIUM TRENDS: Interactive

Self on the Shelf curated by Christine Mealy

Skou Echochamber curated by Gabriel Barcia Colombo Foo

INSTAGRAM FRIENDLY ART

Installation view of James Ostrer, “Johnny Just Came,” curated by Azu Nwgbogu at Spring/Break, 2018. Courtesy of Spring/Break Art Show. Photo by Samuel Morgan Photography.

BAD ART

A VR Experience by Rigiobody curated by Maria Kozak and Jane Hamil

Andy Harman

Cade Tompkins Art

ART DISCUSSED AT LENGTH

“Secret Identities The Amazing Blackman and other comics” – Kumasi J Barnett. Curated by Jac Lahav of “Who Let the Dogs Out” at last year’s Spring Break

Fall On Your Sword’s “Hard or Soft Option” curated by Amber Kelly and Andrew Gori

Elektra KB’s “Freedom School”

Macon Reed’s “A Pressing Conference” curated by Helen Toomer.

Bobby Anspach’s “Bobby’s World”. Image: Art F City

Howard Hurst: Pscyhic Pharmacy. “Fuck Your Salad”, incorrectly identified in the podcast as “Toss Your Salad”.

I bought this little basket! View of “Ours,” curated by Dominic Nurre and Lynn Sullivan, at the 2018 Spring/Break Art Show. Photo: MAXIMILÍANO DURÓN/ARTNEWS