The Armory Show

Pier 94, Booth 501
Preview: March 4, 2020
Public Days: March 5-8, 2020

Sean Kelly is delighted to return to The Armory Show for our 19th consecutive year. We will feature a dynamic and compelling presentation of new works by international artists in the gallery’s program including James Casebere, Julian Charrière, Ilse D’Hollander, Jose Dávila, Antony Gormley, Laurent Grasso, Candida Höfer, Rebecca Horn, Callum Innes, Hugo McCloud, Landon Metz, Mariko Mori, Sam Moyer, Shahzia Sikander, Loló Soldevilla, Alec Soth, Frank Thiel, Janaina Tschäpe and James White, exemplifying the gallery's commitment to championing important contemporary art.

For more information on the artists and works presented please visit skny.com

For all inquiries, please contact the gallery at 212.239.1181 or info@skny.com

Image Caption: Sam Moyer, Piece Apart, 2019, Carrara marble, painted canvas mounted to MDF panel, 54 x 36 1/2 x 1 inches © Sam Moyer Courtesy: the artist and Sean Kelly, New York

Dawoud Bey, Harlem, U.S.A., 1975 -1979

Alongside our booth we will present an exclusive solo project by Dawoud Bey. For the first time in New York in over forty years, we will present the entire suite of photographs from Dawoud Bey’s historically important series Harlem, U.S.A., 1975-1979. This body of work debuted at The Studio Museum in Harlem in 1979 and marked the artist’s first solo exhibition. Growing up in Queens, Bey began photographing Harlem whilst still a teenager. His black and white photographs capture subjects Bey encountered on the street and depict the variety of Harlem’s street life and its residents: the barber, the patrician, the church ladies, the stylish youth, and the elderly, amongst others. These works convey the dignity and respect Bey brings to the subjects he depicts, an approach that has characterized the artist’s work from the very beginning and continues to inform his ongoing visualization of collective experience and history.

Image Caption:  Dawoud Bey, Three Women at a Parade, Harlem, NY, 1978, gelatin silver print, framed: 17 1/8 x 21 1/8 x 1 1/2 inches, edition of 10 with 2 APs © Dawoud Bey Courtesy: Sean Kelly, NY

Dawoud Bey and Thelma Golden in conversation
 
Saturday, March 7, 4:30pm

The Armory Show
Pier 90, VIP Room
 
This event is open to the public.
 
For additional information on Dawoud Bey please visit skny.com
 
For all other inquiries, please contact Lauren Kelly at the gallery 212.239.1181 or via email at Lauren@skny.com