If New York is a sprawling home, the Kitchen, a multidisciplinary, avant-garde performance and experimental art institution, positions itself as its natural center, a gathering place for the unusual. Founded in 1971 as an artist-led collective, the Kitchen held its annual spring gala last week, bringing together a kaleidoscope of artists and their supporters. Jacolby Satterwhite, Salon Founder Jordan Huelskamp, CEO of Kickstarter Everett Taylor. Under the guidance of the Executive Director and Chief Curator Legacy Russell, As the first Black person to hold this position in the organization's 50-year history, his lecture took up a significant amount of time, ranging from showing archival footage to introducing current artists and hinting at future goals.
“The job is to lead this organization into its next chapter,” Russell said. Vanity Fair Wednesday. “How do we make space for visions that haven't really found a home elsewhere? How do we advocate for an alternative future for the arts that artists and cultural workers deserve?”
An evening celebration at Guastavino's featured pioneering new media artists. Lynn Hershman Leeson, Art Lover Bernard I. Lumpkin, and Carmine D. Boccuzzi-the Young and talented black man There will also be traveling exhibitions and research, as well as a tribute to jazz composer and drummer Max Roach to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth.
Stuart Comer, Carmine Bozzi, Bernard I. Lumpkin, Legacy Russell, Lynn Hershman Leeson.Deonte Lee/BFA.com
Stuart Comer MoMA's chief curator of media and performance praised Lumpkin and Bocutzi for their commitment to a new generation of Black artists, specifically pointing to the 2020 “March For Black Trans Lives” at the Brooklyn Museum, which the pair helped fund. TourmalineMovies Salacia It joined MoMA's permanent collection. When the museum first approached Tourmaline about the work, she “gently rejected” the initial proposal, Comer said, urging the museum to deepen its commitment amid a growing spotlight on violence against transgender people. Salacia, The book, which will be widely distributed, chronicles the life of a black transgender woman who lived in New York City more than 200 years ago. Lumpkin and Boktsi rose to the occasion.
During their speeches, Lumpkin and Boccuzzi cited several of what they considered “kitchen moments.” J. Jan GroeneboerA site-specific multi-channel video installation of Selected view, From its Westbeth location to its collaboration with the Studio Museum in Harlem, Sadie Barnettof New Eagle Creek Saloon, Kudos to chief curator Russell for showcasing both works in the space. “Tonight is the kitchen's moment,” Boccuzzi declared.
Multi-instrumentalist, composer and vocalist Earth Eater (He was one of the people who got enthusiastic about Bjork Earlier this month, he performed two songs, including “Volcano,” at a concert under another bridge in New York City. Justin Allen The multidisciplinary artist, whose experimental work employs video, dance and sound, performed alongside a video installation from within the crowd, forcing the audience to split their attention between Allen in the venue and Allen on the screen.
Earth Eater, Fab Five Freddy, Kyle Roach.Deonte Lee/BFA.com
