KEN JACOBS UP THE ILLUSION April 15 – November 26, 2023, Broadway Windows Gallery
80WSE: Broadway and E. 10th Street
One of the highlights of my recent visit to New York City was seeing the artist/filmmaker Ken Jacobs's exhibition, Up The Illusion, curated by Andrew Lampert, as a window display on Broadway and 10th Street. To come upon this site is the most old-fashioned fantasy of being in Manhattan. As important as seeing the Empire State Building or Bemelmans Bar, one must also interact with the world of Film Anthology Archives and all the geniuses that were part of that landscape. There is an excellent tradition of window displays in New York (and other great cities) where one can walk on a busy street and come upon something odd, weird, beautiful, and profound in its window space. Ken Jacobs's work fits perfectly in this motif of discovery and profound memories of what is (or was) New York.
For more detailed information, go here: Ken Jacobs - 80WSE Gallery