Deitch Projects

Let the photos speak for themselves. Not waiting in line, friends connected guest list and seeing LA friends in NY =‘s Priceless.
Event: Shepard Fairey «May Day 2010»
Huge space utilized to its fullest potential. Although not the «Greatest» works I’ve seen still a night to remember. «He went big but missing its bang!»

I visited many galleries during my summer in New York, and Deitch had to be one of my favorites. Its amazing how they completely transform the space! The visit isn’t like staring at art on walls, its a complete experience. When I went in July 2009, they had the exhibit «Black Acid Co-​op». REALLY interesting. Check out the photos I posted to see! Here’s also the quote from press release:
«like the dioramas of the museum of natural history or the period rooms of the MET, Black Acid Co-​op creates theatrical depictions of several specific social/​historical environments» the clandestine drug lab, the drop-​out commune, the chinatown bazaar, the museums of cultural preservation, the university library, the pirate radio station and several interstitial industrial sites such as hallways and waiting rooms. the installation amalgamates these space into a labyrinthine sequence of interiors that blur their distinctions of use and condition”

Best gallery ever. There’s going to be one hell of a void when this place shuts down.

The art itself may not always be the deep, profound, change-​your-​life-​in-​an-​instant kind, but it’s always, always fun. Many of the galleries in Soho around Grand and Wooster tend to have openings on the same evenings, but none of them have been as charming, delightful, or uninhibited as the ones at Deitch. It’s definitely been the greatest draw for me.
Their other location is 18 Wooster, mostly for installations and performance art. Jeffrey Deitch also just bought a gigantic space directly across from the UN, on the other side of the river, for installations that are too big to fit in his 18 Wooster space (which, if you’ve been there, is slightly ludicrous).
Jeffrey Deitch: Also a superstar in the art world. He has a business background (Harvard), hugely successful as a private dealer. Threw Jeff Koons his 50^th birthday party at Deitch projects, Wooster location, in 2005. Be a part of history, visit the gallery!
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Some might sniff that Deitch favors the sensationalistic over the substantial, but let the haters say what they want… the man has consistently produced some of the most intriguing and provocative shows around.
I will always remember the Fischerspooner sweatbox of a show (and I mean a real, live, singing, dancing, smoke, lights, pyrotechnics kind of show), the donuts at the As Four opening (I was hungry that night), the jaw-​dropping, breathtakingly stunning Mariko Mori installation, and SWOON’s ridiculously, meticulously, elaborate transformation of the Grand St space into some sort of bizarro back-​alley Hong Kong world.
And even if a particular show itself falls a little flat and doesn’t get you talking, the people on opening night will. The crowd is always a spectacle in and of itself, and for that reason alone, any Deitch opening is worth checking out.

this is my favorite gallery by far! it peaked my interest when they first had the madonna exhibition here and have luvved other shows since!