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| THE LIBERTY FAIR Downtown for Democracy organizes a block party and political fundraiser on West 22nd Street in Chelsea, Sept. 12, 2004 |
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 Face painting by Melissa Bent of Rivington Arms gallery |
 Cotton candy, with artist Guy Richards Smit |
 Artist Theo Rosenblum |
 Kitchen director Debra Singer at Charlie Finch's soapbox |
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 Inka Essenhigh at the face-painting booth |
 Kiki Smith at her tattoo parlor |
 "Free hypnosis to prove the Democrats can win" by Laura Parnes |
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 Nicole Eisenmann making a portrait |
 Coloring with Brice Marden |
 Free purple clover garlands |
 Political t-shirts, courtesy the Gavin Brown family |
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 Painter Will Cotton and designer Cynthia Rowley decorating cookies |
 The portrait booth, with (from right) Dana Schutz, Tim Lokiec and Ryan Johnson |
 Posing as a politico at Mark Dion’s "Mess Conference" |
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 Hugging the Arnold Schwarzenegger punching dummy |
 Temporary tattoos by Ricci Albenda, Tony Just, Ed Ruscha, others |
 Sean Landers and his confessional |
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 Painter Erik Parker as deejay |
 Benefit posters ($200 each) by Cecily Brown, Alexis Rockman, Amy Sillman, others |
 Artforum bigfoot Knight Landesman reads tarot |
 Zak Smith and his flea market |
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 Lisa Levy addresses the crowd from the soapbox |
 Critic Emily Spears Meers at the kissing booth |
 Video artist Michel Auder gets a kiss |
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 The Fredrick Petzel Gallery (with Allan McCollum photos) as electoral day-care center |
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