Fountain Art Fair New York Announces 2010 Roster of Exhibitors and Guest Performers

Benefiting the Museum of Arts and Design, Fountain will opens its VIP and press preview on March 4th from 11 AM – 7 PM. Ticket proceeds go directly to the museum. Public access to the exhibition begins Friday March 5th at 11am with evening event starting at 7pm with performances by ADULT and Depreciation Guild. Artlog Live will be the Saturday event with Marky Ramone from The Ramones as DJ March 6 the event starts at 7pm.

Fountain’s Friday night (March 5th) public opening reception will be full of exciting bands and performances. Fountain is proud to announce headlining band, ADULT. Internationally adored ADULT is an electro band from Detroit, Michigan that integrates vocals with drum machines, analog synths and electronic/punk elements. The band consists of husband-and-wife Adam Lee Miller and visual artist Nicola Kuperus. Also on the bill are Brooklyn’s indie rockers Depreciation Guild, members of Pains of Being Pure at Heart.

On Saturday, March 6th, Fountain hosts the new media icon ARTLOG LIVE. An evening dedicated to the rants and raves of the online tastemakers who keep us in the know with mobile updates. Live comments from the Armory Week events will be posted and projected live at Fountain via Artlog.com. To participate via Text or Twitter add #fountainny to your posts. The celebrity guest DJ for the evening will be the legendary Marky Ramone of The Ramones, 7pm-Midnight.

Amongst several art projects and exhibits presented, Fountain in association with Christina Ray Gallery, is pleased to present Idea For the Here and Now, a group exhibition of limited edition prints to benefit Transformazium, an emerging collaborative arts center in Braddock, Pennsylvania. Artists include Cara Siik Benedetto, Jacob Ciocci, David Ellis, Espo, Emma Hedditch, Ayanah Moor, Jose Parla and Swoon. For the benefit, local and internationally-renowned artists have donated a short “Idea for the here and now”: doings, imaginings, practices and interactions geared toward the transformation of resources into tangible social and economic benefits for small communities and the world at large. The ideas have been collected and designed as limited edition, hand-pulled screen prints in the Braddock Screen Printing Shop. Each signed print is available at Fountain and remains sealed in an envelope until purchased.

The Idea For the Here and Now print series represents a unique opportunity both to collect the ideas of highly-sought-after artists and to support a ground-breaking initiative to rebuild a post-industrial city on principles of collaboration, creativity, ingenuity and pure hard work. Transformazium is an active formation of artists, designers, inter-activists, fledgling farmers, visitors and residents of the 15104 area, launched by legendary artist Swoon and her collaborators in 2007. One hundred percent of proceeds from the exhibition will benefit repairs to Transformazium’s headquarters – a reclaimed, condemned church building on its way to becoming a center for arts programming and skill-building workshops. For additional information please visit: http://www.transformazium.org