Notes from the curator: We were introduced to Jeremy in April 2009. He came to us with a small box and a big idea. At a time when most of us are scaling back, easing off the accelerator petal, and hunkering down, Jeremy Dean ask us to dream really, really, BIG.

After a dozen or so false starts and meeting that went no where with directors, foundations, non for profits, car companies, city agencies, and media companies we decided just six weeks out from Armory Art Week, that it was now or never. That we get this done or it may never happen. That while yes, we feel this work will stand the test of time regardless of when it is shown, the conversation it inspires is so relevant and so now we had to make this project a reality.

With acceptance letters from from all the major art fairs in New York in hand and an artist that has no real portfolio to speak of we decided for us and our program what Jeremy wanted to create was a challenge in every way and CTS loves a challenge.

The production of the Futurama series to us represented that David and Goliath story when our current political and financial mood seems insurmountable by the average citizen and an artist that we barely knew at the time wanted us to pour every resource we had into a dream. This project for us was HUGE, over the top, amazing, ridicules almost and utterly impossible ... he wanted to build or convert the world’s largest vehicle, a Hummer, into a carriage of sorts that horses pull and than rewire the whole vehicle so that it works- I mean... he’s a film maker by trade...our fear was can he really do this? Could he deliver?

And here we are just 6 weeks later both of us having poured every dollar we had available in making this possible and when we first got to stand before the finish piece, we were floored. It really does stand as testament not only to American ingenuity and gumption but for our industry... it that go big or go home... Now is the time to say what you mean say it loud say it clear and say it proud. He created this mammoth testament to our modern times in a way that only large scale contemporary art can. Our hope is years and years from now this piece will act as a marker... a place holder in our collective time line

about the artist: Jeremy Dean has built a reputation for exploring the American dream and human progress through art. Deconstructing and re-contextualizing iconic symbols of power and wealth, his work addresses social, political, economic and cultural issues. Dean’s recent feature film “Dare Not Walk Alone” received Official Selection in over a dozen film festival from San Francisco to New York City, has been mentioned in numerous national publications such as the New York Times, the Village Voice, The L.A. Times, The Independent Film Magazine, and Variety. And has been called "a powerful slice of roiling American history". --Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times. His films have screened in theaters across the country as well as at The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and The Queens Museum. He was inducted into the Writers Guild of America in 2007.

about the gallery: CTS is quality art on the move. Championing provocative content driven work by local and international mid-career, underrepresented, and emerging artists in all media. Our goal is to build an infrastructure that knows no boundaries, one that carries the torch of modernism acting as a vehicle for dreamers, a cultural meeting place for great minds, an international community of inter connectivity and expandability. CTS exhibitions and artist have been touted in many local and international publications, including The New York Times, La Republica, Miami Herald, The Chicago Tribune, Art Nexus, Art Review, Art in America, Art Forum, Flash Art, NYarts Magazine, L Magazine, Flavor Pill, Miami Art Guide, Artnet, Art Info and TimeOut New York.

about the art fair: Pulse Contemporary art fair is the leading US art fair dedicated solely to contemporary art. Held annually in New York and Miami, PULSE bridges the gap between main and alternative fairs and provides participating galleries with a platform to present new works to a strong and growing audience of collectors, art professionals and art lovers.