The Armory Show is set to take over the Javits Center in less than two weeks' time, setting off a chain reaction for a season of art frenzy carrying on until the beginning of November. This year, the Armory has expanded to include over 235 participants from 35 countries, packing as much art as possible into the second weekend of September for its momentous 30th anniversary. With so much to take in at every glance, it might be daunting to figure out where you'd like to direct your attention. However, the show becomes much more approachable when you break it down into bite-sized pieces.
Though it might seem like a cacophonous sea of booths, the Armory Show is divvied up into six sections: Galleries, Platform, Focus, Solo, Presents, and Special Presentations. Galleries should be self-explanatory as the show's core section, rife with solo, dual, and group presentations from domestic and international participants. In this section, the London and New York-based gallery Hales has devoted its booth to new works by artist and scholar Jordan Ann Craig, whose geometric style and dot paintings are informed by Northern Cheyenne design and material culture.
Also coming from London, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery will present work by the late Dutch artist Jacqueline de Jong, emerging textile artist Qualeasha Wood, Dindga McCannon of the "Where We At" Black Women Artists, Inc. collective, and Iranian-American artist Nasim Hantehzadeh, among others. American artist Sahar Khoury will also have a solo presentation including a variety of vibrant, textured wall hangings and dimensional sculpted crowns - all new works shown by the San Francisco gallery Rebecca Camacho Presents.
Rhea Nayyar
