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NHL player looking for Art

haze

A friend of a friend who is an NHL player is traveling to NY for the Olympic break and is looking for some interesting off-the-beaten-path galleries to make some purchases.

Any suggestions.

 
Feb 11, 10 11:56 am
On the fence

So some guy is looking for art in NY in the next two weeks?

Why all the useless info?

Feb 11, 10 12:06 pm  · 
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haze

Have you heard of context?

Feb 11, 10 12:09 pm  · 
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alexstitt

has he been to the nhl store?

Feb 11, 10 12:40 pm  · 
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alexstitt

he can probably pick it out himself, since hockey players seem to have such an eye for good design. exhibit a: Brooks Laich's 'crib': www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOB_wiMFNM0

Feb 11, 10 12:45 pm  · 
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alexstitt

sorry, it's just that my love for architecture and hockey rarely intersect and I'm having fun at hockey's expense.

with that said, there are some very beautifully designed ice rinks around the world. sorry, no thoughts on your friend's art buying. goodluck!

Feb 11, 10 12:48 pm  · 
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strlt_typ
not in ny...
Feb 11, 10 12:51 pm  · 
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strlt_typ
here
Feb 11, 10 12:52 pm  · 
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haze

TheVillain - since hockey players seem to have such an eye for good design.

That's exactly why he's looking for help... not sure Per is the answer.

Feb 11, 10 1:47 pm  · 
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larslarson

i'd say he could buy from me first: cheap! (compared to galleries)
karllarsonart.com

but otherwise there are all kinds of galleries all over new york.
a recentish trend are all the small galleries coming up in the lower east side/chinatown. ludlow and orchard street have ten or so galleries on them below delancey.

williamsburg has a lot of new galleries as well...and then of course there's chelsea. if he's an nhl player he could probably buy from any of them.

does he know where he wants to look or what kind of art he wants?

Feb 11, 10 2:02 pm  · 
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haze

To be honest I don't know what he wants, which makes it difficult for me to post such a vague request.

I'm assuming he is looking for something "conventional" as in paint on canvas or a photograph as opposed to something avant garde like a gold fish in a blender.

I've been to Bridge Gallery on Orchard when they had some rapid prototyping/cnc stuff by architects... do you have names of other galleries in the area?

Feb 11, 10 2:27 pm  · 
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larslarson

don't have names..but there are a ton of them...that'd be a good google map to make actually...and i'll probably do that in the next few weeks.

just tell him to go down ludlow, essex and orchard between canal and delancey..in the past two years or so i'd say about 15-20 small galleries have opened up.

Feb 11, 10 2:43 pm  · 
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erjonsn

Hockey goalies are the designers... all other positions are too macho to have any "eye"

Feb 11, 10 9:53 pm  · 
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brian buchalski

if he's into contemporary art from emerging international artists,then maybe he should check shaquille o'neal's show...seriously, shaq is a curator now

Feb 12, 10 3:37 pm  · 
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snook_dude

He just missed the outsider art exhibit in NY. I saw the add in the Sunday NYT's. Bummer if I had money to spend, I would toss it at outsider art.

Feb 12, 10 5:57 pm  · 
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