February 23, 2009, Monday, Gold Bar, East Village, NY

A one man show at the Gold Bar,
in the East Village before the usual gentrified influx
that pushed them out and hipster boutiques in.
An ideal show for me at the time. 

This small bar had cement walls and ceiling.

(picture 3 below shows over 1/4th of entire space)

Floor consisted of large metal plates with fluorescent lights in the gaps, and a bar (made at an obtuse angle along the full length) with a 10" plus gap looking down into the basement where people dropped drinks, tips, and other things off and on.

The Syringe work consisting of over 400 needles
suspended outwards from a poured-resin dome was
installed on the wall/bar below with velcro.

Plexiglass with surveillance dome, chrome drawer pulls & hooks, and magnifying lenses.

Destroyed and salvaged out of my trash
when visiting my Greenpoint studio,

(without my knowledge by Steve and Enju !)

Thank you guys !!

Under the bar drop off,

As seen at

Art Resources Transfer,

(@ 1st Chelsea gallery)

Industrial foam Roarschocks,  

seats were called butt plugs because of the awkwardness.
One always knocked over during each excursion there,
incredibly loud hitting the metal floor.

So small, usually a segway bar for most bar-hoppings during the era

specializing in Hefeweizen.
Usually much darker than these pics.

Because of its unique structure, The Gold Bar
was featured/considered one of the first examples
of Post-Modernism architecture.
Another historical landmark,
over-run by hyperactive gentrification.

Much thanks for the owner who let me have that show there.

(—not to be associated with some 'new' gold bar,
now found with a search for it in NY.)