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Hive II, Flesh Hive, 2004, permanent ABC installation, part of the Ides of March Biennial 12’x20’x12”, plaster casts, shellac and pigments on walls -
Hive II, Flesh Hive, 2004, permanent ABC installation, part of the Ides of March Biennial 12’x20’x12”, plaster casts, shellac and pigments on walls -
Hive III, Gold Hive, 2006, permanent ABC installation, part of the Ides of March Biennial 12'x20'x12", plaster casts, shellac and pigments on walls -
Hive IV, Moss Hive, 2010, (revisited in moss and copper for the last incarnation before ABC’s demolition in 2017), permanent ABC installation, part of the Ides of March Biennial, 12’x20’x12”, plaster casts, moss, shellac and pigments on walls
The Hive was an iterative installation over a ten year period at the former ABC No Rio, a center for art and activism on New York’s Lower East Side. ABC is known internationally as a venue for social and political engagement. The Hive began in 2000 as part of The Ides of March Biennial, a building-wide art invitational. During the Ides of March exhibitions, the entire 5-story tenement became home to over 50 artist projects. For over a decade, The Hive underwent a transformation with every Ides of March Biennial. In 2017, ABC secured funding to build a new art center and the old structure on Rivington Street, along with The Hive, was demolished.