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The Pin-UPStairs (@ Fanelli): Affordable artwork by emerging artists on view from September 21 –

October 2, 2005 at jen bekman gallery’s new satellite space in SoHo.

 

 

NEW YORK, NY jen bekman announces The Pin-UPstairs, the latest incarnation of the gallery’s popular

Pin-Up Show. The exhibition will be on view at jen bekman’s new satellite space, located at 94 Prince St., at

Mercer (above Fanelli) in SoHo. The exhibition includes work by more than 35 artists active in various

mediums.

Jen Bekman will host an opening reception for the artists on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 from 6pm-

9pm, at The Pin-UPStairs @ Fanelli, 94 Prince St. (buzzer #2). Jen Bekman will also make a special

presentation about The Pin-UPstairs at NYC Photobloggers 5, on September 30 at 7pm at the Apple Store

SoHo on Prince Street.

The Pin-UPstairs includes photographs, prints, drawings, paintings, and mixed media works by Lisa Brody, Lia

Bulaong, Tim Carpenter, Jesse Chan-Norris, Dylan Chatain, C/hunk, Christine Collins, Jake Dobkin, Benjamin

Donaldson, Jad Fair, David Gallagher, John Glassie, Anne Hall, Laura Holder, Andrea Hornick, Raffi

Kalenderian, Frank Kolodziej, Kara Maria, Dave Martinidez, Diane Meyer, Dana Miller, Rion Nakaya, Nate Page,

Pants Avengers, Youngna Park, Jennifer Schmidt, Tod Seelie, Eliot Shepard, Bullet Shih, Sean Sheridan, Tema

Stauffer, Jeffrey Teuton, Lucas Thorpe, Matthew Tischler, Martin Wojcik, and Kate Zimmermann.

 

 

For anyone who’s ever fancied themselves an aspiring art collector, The Pin-UPStairs is the place to begin.

Everything in the exhibition is priced under $500, and most pieces are less than $300. All of the work is

shown unframed and hung directly on the walls. Unlike other gallery exhibitions, the work is refreshingly

cash/credit and carry, allowing buyers to fall in love and purchase a piece of art on the spot that they can take

home with them that day. For the cost of a handbag or a pair of shoes, a client can acquire a piece of original

art created by an emerging artist.

 

 

jen bekman also discovers new artists through the innovative Hey, Hot Shot! photography competition,

which gives talented unknowns the opportunity to compete for exposure and gallery representation. More

information on the rules, rewards, upcoming quarterly deadlines and related exhibitions is available at

www.heyhotshot.com.

 

 

Since its inaugural exhibition in March of 2003, jen bekman has attracted the attention of critics, museum

curators and collectors alike. Gallery artists and exhibitions have been featured in publications such as

ARTFORUM, The New York Times, Interior Design Magazine, W Magazine, The Village Voice and New York

Magazine. The gallery also has a well-established online presence having been featured on sites such as

Curbed, Daily Candy, Gawker, and Gothamist. Ms. Bekman, the gallery's founder and director, is the editor of

the popular design weblog, Personism, bringing the gallery and its artists to the attention of an even broader

audience of designers, architects, and magazine editors.

 

 

The Pin-UPStairs (@ Fanelli) 94 Prince St. #2

Hours: Thursday - Sunday, 2pm-8pm, or by appointment.

For images or more information, please contact Lauren Cerand: 917.533.0103 or press@jenbekman.com

www.jenbekman.com