"Dem’ Golden Slippers" Exhibition
Cuchifritos
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Dem’ Golden Slippers is a performance and installation inspired by the street vendors and self-employed peddlers originally housed in the Essex Street Market. The exhibition explores the shoe shining trade and act of hustling that once energized the Market by setting up shop in Cuchifritos Gallery and inviting visitors to have their shoes gold-leafed. The title of and actions performed in the exhibition are influenced by minstrel lyrics that speak of putting your best things away until judgment. The work investigates the role of shoes as status symbol in the urban context, elevating the role of the shoe shiner as the provider of a tool for ascension.
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Schedule
from April 20, 2013 to May 26, 2013
Opening Reception on 2013-04-20 from 16:00 to 18:30
with performance at 5pm.