I spent yesterday afternoon with
Ivory Serra, son of my good friend
Tony Serra ( I've known Ivory and his twin brother Shelter since a few days after they were born). Ivory's a working photographer, worked with Annie Liebovitz for a while, and knows the NYC art scene. (It's quite wonderful that Ivory and Shelter, coming from this little town of 3000 people, have survived and thrived in NYC, and as artists.)
We went to some bookstores and a few galleries. I can't find my notes on which gallery this was , or the sculptor, but he's quite famous, and these are ultra expensive (prices not listed, but Ivory thinks maybe $150,000). It was a great afternoon, we started out at Grumpy's coffee house on West 20th, and then went to all these places I would not have known about otherwise.
7 comments:
John Chamberlain @ Gagosian; more like $450,000.00-$750,000.00
Ivory Serra is a great photographer. His photo of Andy Kessler skating through NYC traffic is still mindblowing. IF you have not seen it, I'm sure you would dig it.
Nice photos - like the sculpture! I was able to find on Google Ivory's photo of Andy Kessler. Very nice!
If you want a TINY coffeehouse experience in NYC, try Abraco Espresso 86 East 7th St. Ask for Jamie. Take photos. It is so worth a visit. www.abraconyc.com
Always best to be shown around by a local to really see a place.
As for the 'artwork', looks more like 'NYC autowreck' to me and would have no value in my hands. To each their own, however.
New York is boring. Can't wait till you get back to the real world.
the artist is John Chamberlain
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