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Hey Audrey! I will be your cheerleader if you like. I don't think New York city has ever had another art entity like Audart. Those were the hottest, most pulsating, energy-filled, demented evenings I can ever remember. The Warhol Show opening blew my mind. Like a trip to a faraway planet. Billy Name walking around in his totally wierd duds and this bartender dressed from head to toe in black vinyl S&M. Listening to the Blondie songs pumping though the space and then literally bumping right into her! Crazy times. (Audrey you gave me a stack of used Warhol invites. I still have them!) I thank you for them. Robin Sciorria __________________
The art I
remember best during the Audart Gallery days were the Kenta Furusho sculptures,
all set
up in a circle in a large room. That was Audart's first exhibition
ever. I visited the gallery often
just to stand amid Kenta's sculptures of children - they were magical.
I regret never attending
an actual opening night but one thing was evident from the visits I made
during the day
just to view the art on exhibit and that was Audrey Regan's creative karma.
One show would be
up, the next show would be underway and Audrey would already be throwing
out ideas for the exhibition
beyond that. She told me that once the press releases were issued,
there was no backing down
and that there was no greater high than looking at new art works.
The space was very huge with many
rooms, each of them different so it was an amazing feat to keep them filled
with art at all times and
to do it with such imagination and non-stop energy. It was good for
my soul to spend time at Audart. I miss the place.
Carole Newbigging __________________
I I
worked on Rector Street from 1996 through 1999. I often shopped
in the store in front of your gallery and I would see the most alluring signs, inviting people to walk
through the doorway into your gallery. I kept putting it off. I don't know why. Oneday, my husband came
downtown to take me to lunch and we decided to visit the Audart Gallery together. And that was it for us. We
were hooked. We attended the "Salute to Broad Street" opening and every opening thereafter. It must have
been a hundred degrees in the gallery on the night of Salute to Broad Street. And all the corks on the wine bottles were
breaking! But what a great evening just the same. I brought
all my co-workers with me to those openings and they, in turn, invited
their friends and family. We would arrive early and get seated in one of the rooms at the back of
the gallery and just watch those hundreds and hundreds of people come in all through the night. The art
was always provocative and interesting. The music was the best. By ten o'clock or so, what had started as
an art opening became the hottest most amazing party. I miss Audart. I miss the energy of the place. All those amazing rooms
of art. I won't forget it. You can use this email if
you like. I know a lot of other people who work downtown who share my feelings
about the incredible Audart Gallery. 60 Broad Street has never been the same since you all left.
Take care,
Jill Goss
I am so glad you are continuing the gallery in cyberspace, and
perhaps someday in real space. I miss Audart so much, because it was so much like a family - it was an ongoing "happening"
. It was someplace that did what most galleries would feel to be impossible. Todays world is so apocalyptic,
that one wonders what will happen to New York, the US, and consequently the arts if this war happens. It is good to see good
things developing in this very depressing scene. My visit
to Senegal was wonderful because I found a spot on the earth where
people get along: Muslims, Christians, Jews; black & white; Africans with each other, with Europeans, with Americans.
I was astonished! I can't wait to return. Best wishes for a successful New Year. Jacqueline Taylor Basker
__________________New York city for Goldman Sachs. There must have been ten thousand people packed into the gallery that night and I never thought I'd see those glasses again. The following week when I went in on my lunch hour to look at the Warhol art, there were my glasses on Audrey's desk. I thought, this has to be a miracle! Anyway, we loved you guys. You really knew how to put a great art exhibit together and you did it so many times and each time was like a trip to another world. All the best. Claire Simpson, Brooklyn, NY Well, what
a shock to get a phone call from Audrey Regan! A delightful
surprise reallly. The only
negative thing is that Audart isn't coming back downtown to open another
gallery. That would
be nice! I had a lot of fun there. I only went to one
big opening night but I was there a
lot on my lunch times and saw the beautiful Melanie Rey's theater piece
three times. God
bless you Audart. |