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Fall has officially begun and what better way to welcome the season than an art parade in New York City’s SoHo! This weekend Jeffrey Deitch and friends (including Theme alum Barry McGee and Yoko Ono) will be parading along West Broadway. Over-the-top “floats”, costumes, performance art, and installations on wheels will take over the street in a fun Saturday spectacle. My good homegirl Lynette Astaire will be staging a New Orleans style jazz funeral for her piece The Polaroid Funeral, a lament she concepted earlier this year after the announcement that Polaroid would cease film production. The performance will feature a 6ft custom built casket complete with costumed pallbearers, custom church style handfans, funeral bridesmaids, NYC’s Stumblebum Brass Band, African roots dance ensemble Afro Mosiac Soul, as well as a host of others from the Downtown art community. 

Deitch Art Parade
Saturday September 06, 2008
Along West Broadway from Houston to Grand Street

Deitch Projects, Creative Time and Paper Magazine are pleased to announce the fourth annual Art Parade. The parade will take place on Saturday, September 6th, at 4:00 PM on West Broadway. Following the success of the past three Art Parades, we have again invited artists, performers and designers to create floats, balloons, placards, portable sculptures, performances and street spectacles. This year’s parade will include over 90 projects, including those by Jim Drain, Barry McGee, Clare Rojas, Beta Tank, Yoko Ono, Dzine, The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black and Kenny Scharf, and will involve over 900 participants, making this the largest and most dynamic Art Parade yet.