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THE BRUCES ARE BACK!

A Q&A WITH THE BRUCE HIGH QUALITY FOUNDATION ABOUT THEIR 2012 BRUCENNIAL

The much-loved Brucennial is returning for 2012, this time downtown at 159 Bleecker Street. A sort-of-every-two-years showing of not-quite-eminent works of art, this downtown alternative exhibition is set once again to coincide with the Whitney Biennial, throwing open its doors at 6pm on February 29. Coordinated by the Bruce High Quality Foundation, the well-known art collective which focuses on a genial form of institutional critique, the Brucennial has managed to attract quite an audience for its lovably DIY spirit.

We see something similar in the provisional list of the 2012 participants glimpsed by ARTINFO. Between the names of a variety of under-employed artists and gallery interns, there are figures like Cindy ShermanRichard Prince, and even Jean-Michel Basquiat. There’s even supposed participation by one Damien Hirst — though the curators haven’t denied that this might be a wisecrack about the British artist’s hyper-exposure (see below). 

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