New Curators: New Ideas

Sep 9

SPRING/BREAK Art Show, which is celebrating its tenth anniversary with the current fair at 625 Madison Avenue through September 12, has seen many curators come and go throughout its decade-long history. While some have worked with the fair regularly since its inception, this iteration — “Naked Lunch” — has brought some new faces, new artworks, and new ideas to SPRING/BREAK. Ruben Natal-San Miguel photographed some of these newcomers at the fair’s opening on September 7.

Skyler McLean in front of *Untitled (Red & Blue)*, 2022, mixed media inkjet print on Pictorico, Kozo paper, and plaster, 40 x 60 in, curated by Noah Hornik.

Ben Ashton, *Dissolution*, 2021, oil on panel, 39 x 39 in, curated by Gentle Giant Projects.

Ben Ashton, *So Dramatic*, 2022, oil on canvas, 35 x 28 in, curated by Gentle Giant Projects.

Will St. John, *The Hater*, 2022, oil on panel, 14 x 18 in.

Amy Hill, *Bird with Orange Bows*, 2022, oil on panel, 11 x 14 in., curated by Kathleen Vance and Daniel Aycock

Bruno Leydet, *Trapani*, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 48 x 36 in, curated by Andrew Craven.

Installation view of Abigail Ogilvy’s booth featuring Alex McClay’s *Courage in Retrospect* series.

Stuart Lantry, *Searching for Bliss*, 2022, mixed media installation, 20 x 7.8 ft (dimensions variable), curated by Shona McAndrew.

Ruben Natal-San Miguel

RUBEN NATAL-SAN MIGUEL is an architect, fine art photographer, curator, creative director and critic. His stature in the photo world has earned him awards, features in major media, countless exhibitions and collaborations with photo icons such as Magnum Photographer Susan Meiselas. Gallery shows include: Asya Geisberg, SoHo Photo, Rush Arts, Finch & Ada, Kris Graves Projects, Fuchs Projects, WhiteBox Gallery, Station Independent Projects Gallery, LMAK Gallery, Postmasters Gallery Rome & NYC and others. His work has been featured in numerous institutions: The New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Griffin Museum of Photography, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, African American Museum of Philadelphia, The Makeshift Museum in Los Angeles, University of Washington, El Museo del Barrio, Studio museum of Harlem, The Museo Of The City of NY, Fitchburg Museum of Art, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, Mint Museum, NC., The Musée De La Civilization, Quebec ,Canada and Phillips Auction House , Aperture Foundation, Rockefeller Center, NYC and a most recent Art & Design Lightbox Commission Project for the Metropolitan Transit Authority NYC Subway at Barclay’s Center , Brooklyn, NYC.

International art fair representation includes: Outsider Art Fair, SCOPE, PULSE, Art Chicago, Zona Maco, Mexico, Lima Photo, Peru and Photo LA. and Filter Photo Festival in Chicago Ill. His photography has been published in a long list of publications, highlights: New York Magazine, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Time OUT, Aperture, Daily News, OUT, American Photo, ARTFORUM, VICE, Musee, ARTnet and The New Yorker, PBS and NPR. In 2016, Ruben’s Marcy’s Playground was selected for both the Billboard Collective and website for Apple Inc.. His photographs are in the permanent collections of El Museo Del Barrio in NYC, The North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC., The Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY, The Contemporary Collection of the Mint Museum Charlotte, North Carolina, The Bronx Museum for the Arts, School of Visual Arts, NYC, The Fitchburg Museum of Art, Massachusetts, The Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Leslie Lohman Museum of Art, The Studio Museum of Harlem, The NY Transit Museum, NYC, The Museum of The City of NY, The Provincetown Art Museum, Provincetown MA, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center Museum, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY. and The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA.

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