Artists Stage Unauthorized 'Die-in' at Armory Show
- March 08, 2015 20:25
A group of artists staged an unauthroized performance piece about the death of Eric Garner during the Armory Show's busy Saturday run in New York.
Voices echoing Garner's last words, "i can't breathe," were heard around the show floor. Garner died after being put in a chokehold by a police officer.
About a dozen members of Artists for Justice NYC said they came together after the police officer was not indicted by a Staen Island grand jury. The performance culminated in the group collapsing on the floor together in a "die-in" before they were ushered out of the show by guards.
__2016_100x100_c.jpg "David Shrigley, Life Drawing (Crayons), 2016. Courtesy the artist and Anton Kern Gallery, New York")
![Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640), After Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) (Italian [Venetian], c. 1488–1576), Rape of Europa, 1628–29. Oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 79 3/8 in.](/images/c/e2/2e/Jan20_Rape_of_Europa100x100_c.jpg "Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640), After Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) (Italian [Venetian], c. 1488–1576), Rape of Europa, 1628–29. Oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 79 3/8 in.")
