Mothers’ Day at the Armory

Armory Show visitors may have noticed some of the attendees toting black helium-filled balloons that read YOUR MOM in white letters. The balloons are part of an installation by Ed Young, represented by the South African SMAC Gallery in the Focus section, which is centred near one of the entrances. There you will find a teddy bear holding a bundle of balloons below two massive banners that read: NOT ME IT’S YOU and ALL SO FUCKING AFRICAN. Young said he saw the piece as a critique of the so