From todays' New York Times:
"Bookstores as Galleries of the Page / Bookstores for Gazers" by Randy Kennedy
Especially in the summer, when the sidewalks of the New York art world turn into barren, windswept places, I spend a lot of time visiting what I like to think of as a parallel art world, one that seems almost clandestine. In this world the galleries don’t have the word “gallery” in the name. Many are tough to find, located along anonymous hallways of nondescript buildings. ... To describe them as bookstores — which they are, in the narrowest technical sense — would be a little like describing “On the Road” as a guide to traveling America by automobile.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/17/arts/design/bookstores-as-galleries-of-the-page.html
specific object / david platzker
601 west 26 street, room M285
new york, ny 10001
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www.specificobject.com
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