Sept 7, 2010
New York City
Elevation: 80m
6 weeks ago, my partner in crime, and fellow artist, Kesha Bruce arrived in NYC from France. We did a lot of eating, drinking, catching up and brain storming about art, life and all the in-between. We went from sitting in Washington Square Park watching the Carzy Piano Guy (Colin Huggins) play a full baby grand piano and Kesha telling me about Philip Huang starting a theater in his spare bedroom to the creation and launch of Baang + Burne Contemporary in 41 days.
Baang + Burne Contemporary now represents 13 amazing artists, mid-career and emerging, in all disciplines and we will be presenting the first event with NYC artist Jane Zweibel, Stitched Identities on Sept 26th, 2010.
What is Baang + Burne Contemporary you might ask? We are an art gallery presenting one night only art exhibits where, unlike at a traditional art gallery opening, artists, art collectors, and members of the Baang + Burne mailing list are invited to attend a small intimate brunch or cocktail hour in a private home or a chic hotel suite. During the event every invited guest has the chance to not only personally meet and talk with the artist, but to slip on a pair of white cotton art handling gloves and actually hold, touch, and admire the works of art up close.
Kesha and I want to create a new paradigm where we find an innovative way of bringing artists and art collectors together, especially newer collectors who are often deterred by the high intimidation factor at most contemporary art galleries. We want Baang + Burne to have the ability to experiment with different forms of presenting work, building long term relationships with collectors and curators. Without the the overhead of four white walls of our own, we have the liberty to be more fluid and push the boundary a little more.
Now not only will I regale you with tales of my mishaps on the road for WOK THE DOG, I will bring you stories and adventures from the other side of the art business as “Charles Baang,” Director of Baang + Burne Contemporary.
Please join our mailing list on the contact page of www.baangandburne.com to be informed of the next Baang + Burne Contemporary private art event.
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I will tell you more about the origin of our name, Baang + Burne and how I ended up with another alias tomorrow.
