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AROUND THE CLOCK New York City
Not far from Broadway and Madison avenue, near NIKE TOWN… range of clocks helps you not missing your time!
The town who never sleeps!
Photo by Pascal Gillet

PAOLA PIVI, GALERIE PERROTIN

Housed in the new Madison Avenue home of internationally acclaimed Galerie Perrotin, Paola Pivi’s eight whimsically positioned neon plumed life-size bears welcome visitors into art dealer Emmanuel Perrotin’s world of contemporary wonder.  The inaugural exhibition for the gallery in New York, Paola Pivi’s “Ok, you are better than me, so what?” embodies the audacious nature of the artist.  Known for her Dada-esque technique, Paola Pivi has taken a room full of bears, alarming under realistic circumstances, and has transformed it into a showcase of playfully animated creatures. As a possible homage to the landmark space, which used to be the headquarters of the Bank of New York, Pivi continues the exhibit to the basement floor with “Money machine (true blue, baby I love you)”, a blue stainless steel box that spits out cash and coins on the hour.

Words and pictures by Leila Samïi

Galerie Perrotin
909 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10021
September 18th – October 26th
WWW.PERROTIN.COM