The 2014 edition of the METRO Show opened
for its five-day run on Wednesday evening January 22, at
the Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street in
Chelsea. This week is a merry-go round of art and
antique fairs and standing front and center is the
newbie in town, the METRO Show. Now in its 3rd year,
this exciting show packs a visual punch with an
eye-dazzling array of fine and decorative arts. From
ethnographic to abstract art, from outsider to Pop Art,
folk art to decorative arts, the fair's message is one
of inclusion - that great ideas, great art and great
design are best when presented creatively side by side
in an integrated fashion. New this year is METRO
Curates, whereby each dealer is presenting individual
exhibitions or single-themed presentations based on
their specialties. It’s an interesting amalgam of
periods, styles and genres.
Those who braved the frigid temps to
check out the goods were Jerry Lauren, John and Joan
Schorsch, Stephen Earle, Mark Lurie, Barbara and John
Wilkerson, Arlie Sulka, Ellie Cullman, Geoffrey
Bradfield, Roric Tobin, Justin Concannon, Dennis
Rolland, Harry Heissmann, Sandra Nunnerley, Jeremy
Broderick, Ronald Brick, Michael Hill, Caroline Sollis,
Eide Rita, Robert Young, Elle Shushan, Hrag Vartanian
Robin Cembalest, Veken Gueyikian, Warren Weitman and Eve
Reid, Vyna St. Phard, Erica Raphael, Mark Lyman, Michael
Franks, Ann Mezko, Carol Pulitzer, Clinton Howell, Ann
Harris, Caroline Kerrigan Lerch, Shawn Henderson, and
Wendy Moonan.
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