SAVONAROLA SUITE ONLINE SERIES
BY GREGORY PERKEL
MARCH 25 - DECEMBER 22, 2020
Savonarola Suite Online Series consists of 40 short clips, 8-10 mins each. Released weekly by Black & White Gallery/Project Space on the gallery website and Facebook pages, each video clip features selected excerpts from both segments of the original Savonarola Suite video diptych - Investigation & Incineration presented in December of 2019 at Pulse Contemporary Art Fair in Miami.
INVESTIGATION video segment retraces four decades of the recent art market history of exhibitions, art fairs, biennials, etc. through monthly print issues of Art in America and Art News magazines, a total of some 700 volumes, from 1977, when the artist first arrived to New York City from Moscow, until 2017 — a time when the Internet had already reshaped every aspect of our lives. Paging through each magazine’s monthly issue chronicles compelling art market events that resonate poignantly with art market participants directly affected by its movements and the social relations it creates. Investigation video provides a unique opportunity to engage audience in exploration of the complex and sometimes paradoxical evolution of the recent art market and contemplate the wide-ranging effects of information in those pages prior to their destruction by fire.
INCINERATION video segment documents the staged real-life destruction of all 700 monthly issues of Art in America and ArtNews magazines by fire to mark the end of an era they reflected. As the incineration of the magazines begins, it becomes evident that the act of burning, by the very nature of fire, is giving birth to a new form of visual reality.
January 6, 2021 - Clip Forty One
— ArtNews, Summer, Fall, 2017
Video ©Gregory Perkel
December 22, 2020 - Clip Forty
— Art in America, December, 2017
— ArtNews, January, 2017
Video ©Gregory Perkel
December 16, 2020 - Clip Thirty Nine
— Art in America, December, 2016
— ArtNews, January, 2016
December 9, 2020 - Clip Thirty Eight
— Art in America, December, 2015
— ArtNews, January, 2015
December 2, 2020 - Clip Thirty Seven
— Art in America, December, 2014
— ArtNews, January, 2014
November 25, 2020 - Clip Thirty Six
— Art in America, December, 2013
— ArtNews, January, 2013
November 18, 2020 - Clip Thirty Five
— Art in America, December, 2012
— ArtNews, January, 2012
November 11, 2020 - Clip Thirty Four
— Art in America, December, 2011
— ArtNews, January, 2011
November 4, 2020 - Clip Thirty Three
— Art in America, December, 2010
— ArtNews, January, 2010
October 29, 2020 - Clip Thirty Two
— Art in America, December, 2009
— ArtNews, January, 2009
October 21, 2020 - Clip Thirty One
— Art in America, December, 2008
— ArtNews, January, 2008
October 14, 2020 - Clip Thirty
— Art in America, December, 2007
— ArtNews, January, 2007
October 7, 2020 - Clip Twenty Nine
— Art in America, December, 2006
— ArtNews, January, 2006
September 30, 2020 - Clip Twenty Eight
— Art in America, December, 2005
— ArtNews, January, 2005
September 23, 2020 - Clip Twenty Seven
— Art in America, December, 2004
— ArtNews, January, 2004
September 16, 2020 - Clip Twenty Six
— Art in America, December, 2003
— ArtNews, January, 2003
September 9, 2020 - Clip Twenty Five
— Art in America, December, 2002
— ArtNews, January, 2002
September 2, 2020 - Clip Twenty Four
— Art in America, December, 2001
— ArtNews, January, 2001
August 26, 2020 - Clip Twenty Three
— Art in America, December, 2000
— ArtNews, January, 2000
August 19, 2020 - Clip Twenty Two
— Art in America, December, 1999
— ArtNews, January, 1999
August 12, 2020 - Clip Twenty One
— Art in America, December, 1998
— ArtNews, January, 1998
August 6, 2020 - Clip Twenty
— Art in America, December, 1997
— ArtNews, January, 1997
July 29, 2020 - Clip Nineteen
— ArtNews, November, December, 1996
Video ©Gregory Perkel
July 21, 2020 - Clip Eighteen
— Art in America, December, 1995
— ArtNews, January, 1995
July 15, 2020 - Clip Seventeen
— Art in America, December, 1994
— ArtNews, January, 1994
July 8, 2020 - Clip Sixteen
— Art in America, December, 1992
— ArtNews, January, 1992
July 1, 2020 - Clip Fifteen
— Art in America, December, 1991
— ArtNews, January, 1991
June 24, 2020 - Clip Fourteen
— Art in America, December, 1990
— ArtNews, January, 1990
June 17, 2020 - Clip Thirteen
— Art in America, December, 1989
— ArtNews, January, 1989
June 10, 2020 - Clip Twelve
— Art in America, December, 1988
— ArtNews, January, 1988
June 3, 2020 - Clip Eleven
— Art in America, December, 1987
— ArtNews, January, 1987
May 27, 2020 - Clip Ten
— Art in America, December, 1986
— ArtNews, January, 1986
May 20, 2020 - Clip Nine
— Art in America, December, 1985
— ArtNews, January, 1985
May 13, 2020 - Clip Eight
— Art in America, December, 1984
— ArtNews, January, 1984
May 6, 2020 - Clip Seven
— Art in America, November, 1983
— ArtNews, January, 1983
April 30, 2020 - Clip Six
— Art in America, December, 1982
— ArtNews, January, 1982
Video © Gregory Perkel
April 21, 2020 - Clip Five
— Art in America, December, 1981
— ArtNews, January, 1981
Video © Gregory Perkel
April 14, 2020 - Clip Four
— Art in America, April, 1980
— ArtNews, January, 1980
April 8, 2020 - Clip Three
— Art in America, November, 1979
— ArtNews, April, 1979
Video © Gregory Perkel