Michael Bauer
March 19, 2009
While Mayfair and Marylebone streets are clogged with Bentleys and Maseratis the streets near Aldgate East are the warehouses of London’s garment district. Here the folks on the street are Indo-Asian and the women wear chadors. There are not the number of galleries and they are spaced more widely apart. But the industrial spaces are cheap, large and facilitate curatorial adventure. I just began to crack this district very late this afternoon planning on where I was to eat. Most galleries out in east London are only open Friday and Saturday so the next two days I will be heading further afield. I will dress down.
Michael Bauer is German and showing at Hotel on Greenfield Road, London E1.
