i-D Magazine
Summer Camp

Every now and then, there is an exhibition that sums up a certain mood or reflects the concerns of a certain emerging generation of artists. New York Projects at Delfina Project Space looks set to become one such exhibition. Featuring the work of 14 artists, all currently living and working in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Willemsburg, this exhibition offers up some of the best young artists from New York. Delfina has invited them all to spend the summer living and working in Bermondsey Street, and many of the artists will produce new works specifically for the space. Featuring, among others, Lucky DeBellevue, Rachel Harrison, Jonathan Horowitz and Rob Pruitt, the exhibition offers an insight into  the practices of a group of young artists who will live, work and exhibit together for the first time-kind of like an art world version of Big Brother. Selected by artist Luke Dowd, who will also feature in the show, the exhibition features the works of artists who are already some of the hottest among their contemporaries in New York. Look out for Ricci Albenda, who in the past has warped gallery walls and is known for an ongoing series of works in which he creates both negative and positive "portals" which fit neatly into the surface of wall space. Also Robb Pruitt, who recently exhibited a large selection of ideas from his book 101 Art Ideas You Can Do Yourself.  This show includes realisations of ideas like 'paint yourself into your favourite cartoon'. Other artists such as Lucky De Bellevue makes complex sculptures from pipe cleaners, whist Rachel Harrison's work often involves found and constructed objects twinned with photographs. There isn't one single thing that can link these artists together, other than being in a certain role at a certain time. This show should be pretty excellent because of it.