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Thursday evening, February 23, a partially renovated Beaux
Arts mansion with a posh shell, steps away from the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, was swarming with art
collectors, political and intellectual cognescenti as
Janna Bullock introduced her first solo art
installation, Allegories &
Experiences.
Bullock’s installation consists of 24 found images, each of
an individual or group from the Russian power elite:
politicians, businessmen, lawyers and journalists. Some are
tyrants, some are criminals, and some are victims. The 24
images represent 24 frames per second—the standard in motion
picture film speed; hence the underlying visual of film in
the exhibition’s aesthetic. In the manner of Richard Prince,
Jenny Holzer and Ilya Kabakov, each image is accompanied by
a provocative title and a story in both English and Russian,
written by Bullock.
Leading art world notables came out in full force to support
Bullock’s bold creation including Vanity Fair photographer
Jonathan Becker, Karen LeFrak, Paul and
Alice Judelson, Kim Heirston Evans, Anthony
Freund, Hunt Slonem, renowned interior designer
Robert Couturier, Sharon Handler Loeb, CeCe
Cord, Geoffrey Bradfield, Sharon Bush,
Zang Toi, Janis Gardner and Charles Cecil,
Ruth Vered and Janet Lehr, Lisa Simonsen
and Patrick McMullan who captured the entire evening
on film
The diverse crowd
and contrasting setting kicked off the two month show with
an astounding combination of art, glamour, and political
commentary. Allegories & Experiences will occupy the
first two floors of a Beaux Arts mansion at 14 East 82nd
Street, between Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue. The
exhibition will be on view Wednesdays—Sundays, 11:00
A.M.—6:00 P.M., February 23—May 1 (the only Tuesday the
gallery will be open).
The politically charged and aesthetically stunning
exhibition also drew in a number of New York’s most
prominent players, including Karen Klopp, Barbara
de Portago, Alison Mazzola, Jamie Figg,
Bettina and Donna Zilkha, Liliana Cavendish,
Anthony Haden-Guest, Christopher Mason,
Christine Schott, Cece Cord, R. Couri Hay,
Maggie Norris, Margo Langenberg, Alexis
Clark, Gillian and Sylvester Miniter,
Jullian James, Matt Sandy and Medea
Vodka’s Tim Goldburt, Elaine Sargent,
Cassandra Seidenfeld, Nancy Silberkleit, Dr.
Robert Grant, Deepti Kapur, Robin Cofer,
Dominick D'Alleva, Leesa Rowland, Larry
Wohl, Amy Hoadley with Mark Gilbertson,
Lucia Hwong Gordon, Yaz Hernandez, Suzanne
Murphy, Stuart Sundlun, Chris Meigher, and
Jean Shafiroff. Bullock was also joined by her
beaming daughters, Eugenia Bullock and Zoe Remmel,
with husband Towson Remmel.
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