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An amazing chronicle of the wild and wonderful world of Deitch Projects, the innovative and groundbreaking New York art gallery. From the inception of Deitch Projects in 1996, art-world provocateur Jeffrey Deitch showed he had the prescience of legendary dealers like Leo Castelli combined with the publicity and marketing instincts of a Hollywood tastemaker. His unique approach-which takes as its point of departure the convergence of art, fashion, music, and pop culture-kept audiences and critics spellbound for more than a decade. Before he closed the gallery in 2010, Deitch Projects held sway over the art world by confounding every expectation of what art is. Deitch created less a traditional gallery than a venue for experimentation in the visual arts, supporting the likes of Vanessa Beecroft, Fischerspooner, Barry McGee, Os Gemeos, and Kehinde Wiley.
This rich compilation of the gallery's 180 projects is a revelry of some of the most important art created over the last ten years. Filled with images of artworks and installations, photos of live events and crowded openings, as well as a short text on each exhibition, Live the Art also features an illuminating essay-as-memoir by Deitch himself, providing insight into his creative genius as well as reminiscences about the genesis and execution of exhibitions and events.
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Marking the end of an era, the amazing chronicle of the wild and wonderful world of Deitch Projects, the innovative and groundbreaking New York art gallery. From the inception of Deitch Projects in 1996, Jeffrey Deitch demonstrated he had the prescience of legendary dealers like Leo Castelli combined with the publicity instincts of P. T. Barnum. His unique approach to programming—a convergence of art, fashion, music, and pop culture—kept audiences and critics spellbound. Deitch created less a traditional gallery than a venue for experimentation in the visual arts, supporting artists as diverse as Shepard Fairey, Kehinde Wiley, Mariko Mori, assume vivid astro focus, and Tauba Auerbach. On the one-year anniversary of the closing of the gallery, this extraordinary volume chronicles each of the gallerys more than 200 projects, with in-depth installation views and photos of the raucous opening parties. Deitch himself will pen the fascinating history of each project, giving the reader a glimpse into his creative genius as well as a deep understanding of the art he championed.
Synopsis
Jeffrey Deitch was the director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles from 2010 to 2013. Before founding his eponymous gallery in 1996, Deitch began his career in the 1970s working for the John Weber Gallery in New York. He went on to cofound Citibanks important art advisory program and later turned to private dealing.
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Deitch Projects created a new model redefining what an art gallery could be. In addition to presenting more than 250 artist projects during the fifteen years of its existence it created a remarkable community of artists, musicians and other creative talents. After closing the gallery Jeffrey Deitch became the director of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Deitch is now working on bringing his influential Art in the Streets exhibition to New York. Stefan Sagmeister is a New York-based graphic designer and typographer. He is co-founder of Sagmeister & Walsh, a design firm that creates identities, commercials, websites, apps, films, books and objects.
About the Author
Jeffrey Deitch began his stellar career in the 1970s working for John Weber Gallery in New York City. He went on to cofound Citibanks important art advisory program, oversaw the estates of Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat, and advised corporations and art institutions on their programming. In June 2010, he permanently closed the gallery to become director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.