Wooster On Spring To Be Long Forgotten

We have every belief that it was a great decision not to go to Art Basel in Miami last weekend. Not because of the review Amy gave us - but because this weekend, we’ve got something better and we’re going to get all the contemporary art we ever needed. Wooster on Spring promises to offer the world’s best street and graffiti art plastered all over the walls of a building due to be converted into condos in New York’s Nolita. It starts at 11am on Friday and ends on Sunday at 5pm.

And then what happens to the art? Nothing. Yes, nothing. It just get’s plastered over as building commences. WC reports:

Wooster Collective reports that First, in regards to the art being “destroyed”, the word “destroyed” is perhaps not telling the whole story. What’s actually going to happen is much more interesting then that. As many of you know, there’s a tradition in construction to leave a newspaper in a wall during the construction process to create a sort of time capsule. Most people who have renovated a home or building have great stories about finding things from decades, or even centuries before, in the walls of their buildings.

So after the Wooster on Spring exhibition, all of the interior walls of 11 Spring will be covered during the construction process. 11 Spring will become one of the most fascinating art time capsules in history. We love the fact that two hundred years from now, a brick might fall out to reveal an original piece creared by Lady Pink, Shepard, Swoon and 35 other incredible artists.

Second, to put your mind at ease, all of the artwork will (and has been) meticulously documented. Over the last seven weeks we invited lots of photographers and videographers to film the artists creating the work and after the show is over all of the work will be photographed and archived.

Amazing idea.

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