Don Nicoulin's monotype, 「Whirl,」 an abstract of tentacle like forms, is demure and elegantly composed. Teresa Celemin's 「La Bouclee」 is a meticulous pencil drawing of a striped spiral object against a stark white background. She draws like a draftsman yet maintains some sense of biomorphic beauty.Susan Hesk's silver print of a roadside sign warning 「Beware of Bison」 is creepy and ironic with its stormy weather background and a depiction of a buffalo on the sign that looks like it came from the island of Dr. Moreau.

This group show is curated by the gallery owner, John McGarvey, who will select the curators for the future schedule of Meatspace shows.

There is a piece by Natalie Campbell that consists of a recycled time card rack with slots filled with various authors' stories curated by Campbell. At its side sits a three legged easy chair propped on a cinderblock to compensate for its missing limb. The physical infusion of literature into a sculpture of ready made objects is almost provocative, and when you throw in the issue of multiple curatorial levels, this piece gets unwittingly complicated and intellectual in its nature.Yet it is the curatorial aspect of this piece that Campbell talked about most in conversation.The new criticism is sociological more than aesthetic by a long mile. Communal issues have replaced drunken arguments about action painting.

The current curator is curating this curator's space until he appoints the next curator. This curator of curators has curated Campbell's piece, which is intentionally curatorial. If one of the stories in Campbell's piece were a curated selection of poems by various artists, you would have four levels of curators.

The old adage 「everyone's a critic」 now becomes, 「everyone's a curator.」 Because of the ever expanding market for images and the use of existing consumer electronics for distribution, the financial stakes have risen, bringing about changes in the business of art.

At Meatspace, most pieces are for sale, with modest purchase prices between $30 and $800. It serves perhaps as a glimpse of a future where it will be de rigueur for artists to hire agents to represent them, and for galleries to employ producers in order to get the look they want from their shows.

So go to Meatspace, a funny little office like gallery with, for now, a 24 carat view of the greatest city in America.It's a gallery that represents one future aspect of art we cannot ignore.

The group show will be on view at Meatspace Gallery, 46 01 5th Street, Long Island City, through Sept. 12. More information at www.meatspacegallery.com.