Peter& Makebish are pleased to present Golf Sale, a group exhibition consisting of four Artists;

Francesca Anfossi, Michael Brown, Nicola Pecoraro, and Ben Sansbury. Golf Sale will take place at The Bowery Hotel (Basement Annex) from 4 - 21 May 2012, opening hours are Wed to Sun 11-6 or by appointment.
Opening Reception 4th May 7-10 pm
The Golf Sale trend started in London in the mid 1990s. High rents had forced many shops off the main thoroughfares and into the less-frequented side streets and alleyways. The pioneer of this movement was Andrew Wells, owner of a discount golfing store in Maddox Street in London's Mayfair. The brash advertising was considered an eyesore by the high-end retailers and many complained to the local government.
To remove the placards would require a change in the law, this duly came in 2006, in the form of the London Local Authorities Bill. Westminster Council has now designated Oxford Street, Regent Street and Bond Street as board-free zones, and enforced the rule with vigor.
Overnight, many discount stores saw their takings fall by up to 50% - that was the value of “lollipop”advertising. In addition, a number of , admittedly, low paid jobs have vanished.
Yet, our story doesn't end there. The Golf Sale phenomenon is still alive and well and has been sighted in many cities across the UK, Europe, and beyond where the long arm of the law is yet to collar them.
Peter&Makebish continue in this Dickensian tradition by bringing four international artists that are unrepresented in NYC to the basement annex of the Bowery Hotel in the midst Frieze New York.
Living and working in London, Francesca Anfossi creates monoprints, rubbings and collage which aim to look through our memory in an unexpected way, as if daydreaming. The title of her works helps trigger this process by provoking a series of paradoxical reflection Michael Brown, based in New York combines found objects with industrial materials and processes to create new formal relationships between seemingly disparate objects and materials in order to provide a new way of experiencing the everyday and common.
Nicola Pecoraro, working in Rome and London, defies boundaries and regulations within he medium he works. For GOLF SALE Nicola stripes down the formal composition of the pictorial plane using a combination of various solvents and bleaches.
London based artist Ben Sansbury uses symbolic registrations drawn from various myths, merging archival passion for Old Europe and its alchemic oddities to form sculptural assemblages in various materials.

…The “girls” are at it again this year. This weekend, at the Bowery Hotel in New York, Fashion Girls for Japan, is hosting its second sample-sale shopping event. Among brands that will have women’s clothing and accessories on hand: 3.1 Phillip Lim, Doo.Ri, Helmut Lang, Proenza Schouler, Thakoon, VPL, Zero Maria Cornejo. There’s also something for men so they’ll have something to do if they’re tagging along. Menswear at the sale will include Acne, Helmut Lang, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Surface to Air, Theory, and Thom Browne…

…Fashion Girls for Japan was conceived by Kyoko Kageyama, an executive at 3.1 Phillip Lim, along with Kikka Hanazawa, president of VPL, Tomoko Ogura, fashion director of women’s Co-op at Barneys New York, Miki Higasa, president of public-relations firm Kaleidoscope Consulting, Stella Ishii, president of fashion showroom The News, fashion consultant Julie Gilhart and, Chiaki Yamamura , also of 3.1 Phillip Lim.

You can read the whole article about these wonderful girls by clicking here. See some of the wonderful fashions available below.

Until February 20th, Live Urban Walls will be projecting images of swimming turtles along with thought-provoking messages and images from other non-profit organizations like Charity : Water and Razia Said, at the corner of Bowery and Houston. For more videos, information, and how to submit a tax-deductible donation go to: www.turtleconservancy.org/support.