Opening on January 9 at the SideShow Gallery in Williamsburgh,
From the announcement of It’s A Wonderful Tenth:
“It’s a Wonderful Life” is “It’s a Wonderful 10th.” this year, as Rich Timperio, drag racer become art impresario, celebrates the tenth anniversary of his New Year’s Extravaganza at Sideshow Gallery, the spiritual nexus of the New York City art world. It’s a multi-media show of hundreds of artists, living and dead, veterans and rookies, warriors and adepts, but all hard hitters with great aim and the lightest touch. Timperio chooses the artists based on the seriousness of the endeavor, not on any fixed approach. He asks each one to bring a work that characterizes a unique vision, then orchestrates the whole into a singing symphony. Ken Butler’s musical instruments as works of art and the birds that evolve into cutouts flying free of the paintings of the ex-war correspondent Henrietta Mantooth might stand as emblems for the whole, uncaged, but beautifully composed production. The visual music and spirit of camaraderie among artists and art lovers gathering to celebrate the birth of a year that art does make new will sweep you up the instant you pass through the doorway in the graffiti covered wall.
