Venue Closure Forces Cancellation of Karen Finley's THE JACKIE LOOK

Venue Closure Forces Cancellation of Karen Finley's THE JACKIE LOOK

The West Village venue Country Club, where Karen Finley was to have premiered her site-specific new piece THE JACKIE LOOK, has unexpectedly shuttered. The closure has forced the cancellation of Finley's run, which was scheduled from September 19 - October 24. Refunds will be issued to ticket buyers by OvationTix.

Finley will begin searching for a new venue to present the work later this season. Earlier this year, the closure of The Zipper theater forced Finley to postpone performances of another new work, IMPULSE TO SUCK, a piece inspired by the Eliot Spitzer sex scandal.

In THE JACKIE LOOK, Karen Finley brings icon Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis back to life in this unique look at history, style, trauma, femininity and the demands of being the First Lady. Using the structure of a lecture set in the present day, Jackie, one of the most photographed woman of her day, contemplates her life in pictures. Jackie also makes use of You Tube and views online homages to her and her family. Along the way Jackie ruminates on Michelle Obama, Marilyn Monroe, Caroline's run for Senate, the art world, Michael Jackson, and the lasting impact of that fateful day on the grassy knoll in Dallas.

Since her first performances in the early 1980's, Karen Finley has become synonymous with performance art. She is the recipient of two Obies, two Bessies, and multiple grants from the NEA and NYSCA. She has toured internationally with pieces including Make Love, George & Martha, The American Chestnut, A Certain Level of Denial and The Return of The Chocolate Smeared Woman. In 1990, Finley became an unwilling symbol for the NEA when she, along with Tim Miller, Holly Hughes & John Fleck, sued the NEA for withdrawing grants on the grounds of indecency.