See 10 of the Exhilarating Installations at the Spring/Break Art Show, From a Shrine to Giantesses to One Absurdly Big Ham

The fair's tenth New York edition delivers more of the over-the-top art installations for which Spring/Break has become known.

Spring/Break Art Show, the upstart cool kid’s fair, kicked off its 10th New York edition—yes, you read that right—in uncharacteristically subdued fashion on Wednesday, keeping crowds to a minimum during its collectors and press preview as a health precaution.

“It’s strange,” Ambre Kelly, who co-founded the fair with husband Andrew Gori, admitted to Artnet News. “But the curators say they’ve been having these great conversations with collectors!”

And while the fair was quieter than usual, it still delivered its usual infectious mix of immersive installations, with most curators opting to eschew the traditional white cube and embrace the quirkiness of the office building setting, even to show drawings and paintings. (The fair is taking place in Ralph Lauren’s former headquarters for the second year running.)

This year’s theme was “Hearsay:Heresy.” As always, interpretations varied widely, with artists exploring Medieval artisanship, Catholic imagery, and concepts of the plague, public shaming, and heretical beliefs. Installations ranged from meditative chapels and ornate altarpieces to a giant, self-slicing honey-baked ham. Here’s a look at ten of the highlights.

Glitter, delicate crochet, and pink fur adorn the paintings of 24-year-old, queer, non-binary artist Moises Salazar Tlatenchi, a (first generation Mexican American). Their faceless self portraits of boxers and wrestlers ($4,800 to $6,000) are displayed alongside a bench press and treadmill, both of which have been similarly adorned by the artist.

“We were thinking of the gym as a torture chamber, and recontextualizing it as a safe space for queer and trans kids,” gallery owner Gabrielle Aruta told Artnet News, adding that “I know a lot of artists working in glitter, but I haven’t seen anyone else who is able to capture the graduation of hue Moises achieves.”