GY: Yesterday I attended the opening of “MUSEUM STARTER KIT: Open with Care” at El Museo Del Barrio. (If you dont understand the title, I didn’t either at first… It’s referencing the fact that this is the 45th anniversary of El Museo and the institution is looking back at it’s beginnings. (It all makes sense now right?)

The were several stand out pieces in this group show including: an installation of chairs that are elegant, but not functional by Romy Scheder, video work by Geraldo Mercado, which “draws on amateur fetish videos found on the internet”, and cloth fashioned to look like large hunks of hanging meat by Tamara Kostianovsky.

The show is up March 12 – September 6, 2014
1230 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10029
Directions: Take 6 train to 103rd street. Walk west to 5th Ave. The museum is between 104th and 105th on 5th Ave.