Scene from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
The last fair I hit up during NY Art Week was the motherload of them all – The Armory Show. For those who don’t know, The Armory Show is kinda-sorta a big deal in the fine art scene.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
This was also the very last large scale event I attended before NYC was gripped with the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. Like everyone else, I’m on edge. Here’s some observations about the art fairs attended in regards to Covid19. Tiny precautions were taken at VOLTA NY, no precautions were seen at all during Art On Paper, and there were a few attendees who wore protective gear at The Armory Show. Some were seen wearing the disposable surgical masks. One stylist lady had on both googles and the blue disposable mask, complete with high heels.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
The tone at The Armory Show was slightly quieter, maybe a little sober. It was on a Saturday night, but absolutely more serious and upscale than the other two fairs combined.
Meet my Betsey Johnson backpack. I’ve named it Bobby Matsumoto. Photo taken at The Armory Show, March 2020.
At one part I did participate in a photographer’s project. Stepped into a booth, where the photographer was taking Polaroids of fair attendees. He kept the one he took of me. Never had a chance to see it, because the Polaroid was still being developed. The guy did take one pic of my backpack, at my request. That photo he wasn’t too keen to keep, so it’s my memento of The Armory Show.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Becoming tired, I decided this would be my last art fair that weekend. Without further ado, here’s the rest of the photos from The Armory Show 2020.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo.
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele WitchipooScenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele WitchipooScenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Scenes from The Armory Show, March 2020. Photo by Michele Witchipoo
Hope you enjoyed this post. This wraps up the three part series.
This just in. I will be participating in the 2016 Bushwick Open Studios (BOS) event with the Ridgewood Artist Coalition (RAC) over at OUTPOST Artist Resources from October 1 – 15 2016, from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm. This will be a group art exhibit featuring many artists from the Ridgewood, Queens area of NYC, displaying work in various mediums.
Opening night details can be found on this OUTPOST page, from noon to 7 pm.
I’m especially pleased because I’ll be showing something fresh. This is part of a new series I’m working on. The series is still in process but I managed to get the first part in on time.
Reverend Mother. Pen, ink, illustration board. 2016. Loosely based on Frank Herbert’s Dune series. Illustration by Michele Witchipoo.
The new series is loosely based on Frank Herbert’s Dune. For a little over a year and half stone, I’ve been getting back into the science fiction genre. (In fact, the 50th anniversary of Star Trek happened this past Wednesday as of this posting.) Particularly those of a Dystopian nature. Dystopia is very fitting into these times, especially with current world and political events. Also, I think Dystopia forces us to confront some very uncomfortable truths about humanity through fiction. Many times Dystopian fiction is very disturbingly prophetic.
Despite some slight reservations I have about how the women are depicted in the Dune series, it’s still one of the best sci-fi stories of all time. My introduction to Dune came during my early ’80s adolescence. The film adaption finally came to the big screen, which I was lucky enough to catch during it’s original theatrical release. The film was produced by flashy producer Dino De Laurentiis and directed by art house fave David Lynch. It wasn’t the greatest film adaption, but at least it supplied some sort of visualization. It had enough impact upon me to buy the paperback at a local Queens drugstore, with the movie poster as the book cover. Years later gave this copy away, which I came to regret. Since then I’ve re-brought the novel at Topos Bookstore.
Enough details. What drew me back to Dune once again was through personal conversations, and it’s correspondence to magick. There’s a brilliant quote that’s pretty well known. It goes like this:
‘I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.’
You can apply this passage not only as an occultist, but also as any sort of creative. Whether you’re an artist, a writer, a musician, actor, etc. This can apply to life in general. In order to accomplish anything, one must get over, or break away from whatever holds the person back. You will never discover your true Will if you allow fear to overtake you.
Revisiting Dune the second time around, the characters that appealed to me the most were the Reverend Mothers. Otherwise known as the Bene Gesserit. The Bene Gesserit is a very powerful sisterhood that can be liken to witches. So I’ve gone back using symbolism such as alchemy and combined it with the likeness of the Reverend Mothers.
The above piece is for sale. If anyone wants to acquire, you can send me an email.
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