Led by the Armory Show, New York City is abuzz with art fairs this weekend, and one of the most unconventional is free, easy to get to and full of finds. Parked along 22nd Street between 10th and 11th Aves, the U-Haul Art Fair consists of twelve U-Haul trucks and one 95-gallon trash can repurposed as an exhibition venue. Apart from circumventing a tight real estate market and generally slow art sales, the galleries and independent curators of the fair are enjoying high visibility with their location outside some of Chelsea’s biggest galleries. Participants range from LES gallery Post Times showing an absorbing assortment of mini-paintings by Minnesota artists Bruce Tapola and Melba Price to New York based artists Bradley Milligan’s and Dan Gausman’s bin housing Kian McKeown’s kinetic sculpture, ‘Cherry.’ (On view this weekend through Sunday, Sept 7th).
