PODCAST: Audio walking tour of New York's Chelsea art galleries
Join us on a tour of key art galleries in the district of Chelsea in New York City. Gain an insight into the area, find out what kind of work galleries there are showing and why, and how an artist from the UK might be able to break into the New York scene.
Merrily Kerr, Stuart Bannister and Lucy Gibson
Podcast: Audio walking tour of New York's Chelsea art galleries
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The podcast is optimised for headphones – recorded using binaural microphones, it has been produced to recreate a sense of the atmosphere and ambience in Chelsea so we recommend listening on headphones.
The tour:
On 29 October 2008, sound artist Stuart Bannister and Dialogue editor Lucy Gibson met with tour guide and art critic Merrily Kerr to undertake a walking tour of art galleries in the district of Chelsea in New York City.
Kim Keever at Kinz+Tillou Fine Art, 529 West 20th Street
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Kim Keever and Merrily Kerr talking in front of Kim's work 'Wildflowers 52i'
October 2008
Kinz+Tillou Fine Art
Chelsea, New York | | 'If you live in New York long enough you love it and hate it - it's hard to only love it...That's when you're becoming a true New Yorker, when you have extreme impatience.'
Kim Keever |
Kim Keever
'West 38g'
2007
C-print
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Kim Keever
'Sunset 44d'
2007
C-print
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Kim Keever's studio
All Kim Keever images are courtesy of Kinz+Tillou Fine Art, New York |
Matthew Monahan at Anton Kern Gallery, 532 West 20th Street
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'You can see the importance of this show by the fact that there is a small tour group here - this is a gallery that people will come to.'
Merrily Kerr | |  Matthew Monahan 'Rangoon Detour' 2008 Glass, foam, wax, pigment, wood,... 243.2cm x 71.12cm x 62.87 cm | | 
Matthew Monahan
Installation View
2008
All Matthew Monahan images are courtesy Anton Kern Gallery, New York |
work by Swoon as seen on 21st Street, October 2008 Chelsea, New York | | 'Chelsea really seems to be teeming with street art right now...artists have added a variety of things here, of course none may be so good as Swoon.'
Merrily Kerr
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More about Swoon can be seen at:
glowlab.com/artists/swoon
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swoon_(artist)
Berlinde de Bruyckere at Yvon Lambert, 550 West 21st Street
yvon-lambert.com
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Berlinde De Bruyckere
Installation view
10 October - 15 November, 2008
Yvon Lambert, New York
'Behind Sadness',
2007-08
wax, epoxy, metal, wood
415.3cm x 415.3cm x 157.5cm overall
All Berlinde de Bruyckere images are courtesy of Yvon Lambert, New York | | 
Berlinde De Bruyckere
Installation view
10 October - 15 November, 2008
Yvon Lambert, New York
'Takman',
2008
wax, epoxy, metal, wood
203.5cm x 56cm x 80cm cm overall | | 'Berlinde de Bruyckere, a Belgian artist, who has recently stood out in New York by being included in a show at the New Museum called 'After Nature'...'
Merrily Kerr
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Mark Wehby of Kravets/Wehby on Aya Uekawa's work and their gallery at 521 West 21st Street
kravetswehbygallery.com
Marc Wehby standing next to 'One Thousand and One Nights' by Aya Uekawa
October 2008
Kravets/Wehby gallery, Chelsea, New York | | 'When I go around the young artists' studios I say 'should have gone to business school'!...' Mark Wehby |
Aya Uekawa,
'One Thousand and One Nights',
2008 Acrylic on panel
243.84cm x 243.8cm
All Aya Uekawa images are courtesy of Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York | | 
Aya Uekawa
Installation shot from 'It's a Really Small World' at Kravets/Wehby
October 16 – December 6, 2008
Left: 'Culturally Interactive Subliminal Limited Sanctuary'
2008
Acrylic on panel triptych
127cm x 264.16cm total
Right: 'One Thousand and One Nights'
2008
Acrylic on panel
243.84cm x 243.84cm | | 
Aya Uekawa,
Detail of 'Oriental Peace'
2008
Acrylic on panel diptych
121.92cm x 330.2cm (total)
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Anne Lislegaard at Murray Guy, 453 West 17th Street
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Ann Lisegaard
'Crystal World (after JG Ballard)'
2006
2-channel black and white silent HD animation, 2 leaning screens
Dimensions variable
All Ann Lislegaard images are courtesy Murray Guy, New York | | 
Ann Lislegaard
'Left Hand of Darkness (after Ursula K Le Guin)'
2008
3-channel HD animation with sound
Dimensions variable
| | 'It's an important piece ['Crystal World'] as it has a lot of relevance to contemporary events: it makes reference to the environment. The other piece ['Left Hand of Darkness'] you have to understand in the context of this nation being at war...' Merrily Kerr |
For more information about what's on in Chelsea:
New York magazine nymag.com
Time Out New York timeout.com/newyork
New Yorker magazine newyorker.com
Chelsea Art Gallerieschelseaartgalleries.com
Get a personal tour with Merrily Kerr newyorkarttours.com
With thanks to all the artists and galleries that helped us to create this podcast.
Lucy Gibson, Stuart Bannister and Merrily Kerr 2008-9
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