Irving Sandler and Marylyn Dintenfass at Babcock Galleries on June 3, 2009

Renowned art critic Irving Sandler interviews artist Marylyn Dintenfass about her exhibition, Good & Plenty Juicy at Babcock Galleries

The Chief

Leo Kesting Gallery Presents:
Ray Sell : Ya Gotta Be Tough
July 9 – August 2, 2009
Opening Night Reception: Thursday July 9 from 7:00 – 10:00 pm
812 Washington St (at Gansevoort) NY NY 10014
8th Ave A, C, E and L train Stop or 1,2,3 to 14th St
Tue - Sat from 11:00 am until 7:00 pm Sun & Mon 1– 6pm
Admission is free to the public
phone: 917-650-3760 / 917-292-8865
http://www.leokesting.com

Ray Sell returns to Leo Kesting Gallery with his 2009 collection entitled Ya Gotta Be Tough, a depiction of the formative years of a boy’s life as a bombardment of masculine imagery to convince the youth to be a man. Ray’s latest exhibition gives the viewer insight into the mind of the American adolescent boy, one who is caught in a whirlwind of masculine preconceptions.

Many of Ray’s paintings, such as Target Practice and Tough Guy, hone in on the father-son relationship and how it influences a boy’s idea of manhood. Ya Gotta Be Tough represents the boy’s conception of masculinity as depicted by his father, peers and the media.

The collection of collage pieces, as well as sculpture such as Easy Target, mixed media sculpture, 2009 and Wanna Buck, mixed media sculpture, 2009 are crafted life-size taxidermy deer decoupaged in Ray’s signature style. What better represents the heyday of the man’s man than a taxidermy deer hanging above the mantle?

Leo Kesting Gallery invites you to join us in the unveiling of Ray Sell’s Ya Gotta be Tough with a reception for the artist on Thursday July 9th form 7pm until 11pm. The work will be on display daily until August 2nd.

Leo Kesting Gallery launched in 2003 and developed an aggressive campaign to introduce new figurative artists to collectors and art supporters. Leo Kesting offers the art viewing public an opportunity to see forthcoming talents in an intimate setting where undiscovered, cutting-edge artists are presented to the contemporary art scene.

Leo Kesting Gallery is located at 812 Washington Street at the corner of Gansevoort in Manhattan’s Meat Packing District. A, C, E or L train to 8th Ave and 14th Street or 1, 2, 3 train to 14th Street. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Sunday from 11am until 7pm.

Unearthed, AC Institute [Direct Chapel] - September, 2008

AC Institute [Direct Chapel]
2009/2010 Call for Participation/Call for Artists

REALIT(Y/IES)

Deadlines:
To be considered for Fall and Spring Calendar: August 1, 2009
To be considered for Spring Calendar: November 1, 2009

REALIT(Y/IES) Call:
This means that the dialectic of semblance and Real cannot be reduced to the rather elementary fact that the virtualization of our daily lives, the experience that we are living more and more in an artificially constructed universe, gives rise to an irresistible urge to ‘return to the Real’, to regain firm ground in some ‘real reality’.
―Slavoj Žižek, Welcome to the Desert of the Real!, 2002

In 2008 we wondered: the relationship between real estate prices and actual money, if the crowds at the Armory were smaller than the year before, the various costs of a fossil fuel driven culture, if our gallery could exist without being on Facebook and if we even needed to leave our homes (or computers for that matter).

The AC Institute seeks works to exhibit for its upcoming 2009/2010 season. Our call is not meant as a ‘return to the Real’ rather, like Žižek, we continue in an exploration of ‘reality’―the things, the conditions, the concepts, the perceptions, the implications and the relationships and/or dialogues between them. Our focus is on the ephemeral (site-specific works, installation, sound video, etc) though any media/medium will be considered so long as they suit our various gallery spaces.

With your submissions, please include the following in an email (no attachments please):
-A short description and/or images of the work you are proposing for our spaces
-Your standard CV and contact information
-Links to your website or other sites where materials could be viewed, if possible

About AC Institute [Direct Chapel]: AC’s mission is to advance the understanding of art through investigation, research and education. It is a lab and forum for experimentation and critical discussion. We support and develop projects that explore a performative exchange across visual, verbal and experiential disciplines and encourage critical writing that challenges conventional expectations of meaning and objectivity as well as the boundaries between the rational and subjective. Art Currents is a non-profit 501(c)3 and is under the Direction of Holly Crawford.

September 2008 marks the date in which the AC Institute took on a physical location, the AC [Direct] I and II spaces and the AC [Chapel] space in Chelsea. In its inaugural season the AC has: had 10 openings, one per month, which represents 25 individual shows (approximately 2-4 solo shows per exhibition); offered 5 live performance special events; participated in the 2009 Armory show with 2 VIP projects; collaborated with over 50 artists; and worked with various cultural organizations towards promoting art-based projects, such as Rhizome, Harvestworks and Materials for the Arts. Press for the inaugural year include those in ArtCal/ArtCat, Chelsea Now, NY ArtBeat and various other online reviews. We provide our spaces(550 square foot video space complete with benched seating), regular press/programming support, some A/V equipment (5.1 sound system, single channel video projector, etc.) and upload to various online archives/announcements, including but not limited to: Artslant!
.com,
Artipedia.org and Artfacts.net. Please see our website for more information: www.artcurrents.org.

AC Institute [Direct Chapel]
547 West 27th St, 5th Floor - #519, 529 and North Alcove
New York, NY 10001 www.artcurrents.org / email: info@artcurrents.org Gallery Hours: Wed, Fri & Sat: 1-6pm, Thurs: 1-8pm

“Chicken Salad,” from Matinee/Matiné , 2009

Hosfelt Gallery is pleased to present the U.S. premier of Liliana Porter’s most recent video “Matinee/Matiné” with screenings at our New York gallery on Thursday, June 25th at 7pm and Saturday, June 27th at 2pm and 4pm.

Following the screening on June 25, Porter will have a conversation about her work with Gabriel Perez-Barreiro, Director of the Coleccion Patricia Phelps de Cisneros.

Drawn from an extensive collection of vintage knickknacks, toys, and souvenirs, Porter’s “characters” (with occasional help from a human hand) “act” in a succession of seemingly unrelated vignettes that together comprise a poetic vision of the human condition. Incongruities between image and music trigger unexpected political, philosophical and existential interpretations.

“Matinee/Matiné” is Porter’s fourth video work. As in each of the prior videos, the haunting and beautiful soundtrack is an original score composed and performed by Sylvia Meyer.

Hosfelt Gallery New York is located at 531 W 36th Street, between 10th & 11th Avenues. For more information, call 212.563.5454 or visit http://hosfeltgallery.com.

Images: (left to right) Kiki Smith, Dana Major Kanovitz, Monica Cook, and Melanie Bilenker

WEXLER GALLERY
September 4 - October 31, 2009

PHILADELPHIA- Wexler Gallery is proud to present “The Self & Beyond,” a group show curated by Sienna Freeman, Associate Director of the Wexler Gallery. The exhibition explores the idea of self as experienced through the body- an organic and temporary vessel in which the psyche is housed during life. Featured artists include Kiki Smith, Dana Major Kanovitz, Monica Cook and Melanie Bilenker. The exhibition will run from September 4th through October 31st, 2009. An opening reception will take place on First Friday, September 4th, from 5 – 8pm.

Working in a variety of mediums, these four artists explore the idea of self as dualistic in nature: internal and external, physical and spiritual, private and public, cognizant and unaware. Linked by a common desire to investigate the territories between these places, each creates work that often mirrors their own physical likeness while examining wider issues concerning identity, mortality, sexuality, and human nature.

Drawing on theories of embodiment from the fields of psychology, sociology, and philosophy, the exhibition also considers the idea of self in relation to the theme of “the double,” a subconscious representation of one’s ego. Often associated with the uncanny, “a form of terror that leads back to something long known to us, once very familiar,” the double has been referenced throughout history in literature and art, assuming various forms including shadow, reflection, mirror, and twin.

One of the most influential artists of her generation, Kiki Smith has challenged ideas regarding the body as both subject and object for over 30 years. Using a broad spectrum of materials to create sculpture, prints, and installation works, Smith explores the often unsettling relationship between body and psyche with a continued interest in self portraiture. Referencing themes commonly found in folklore and mythology, much of her work reflects on personal mortality, bodily decay, and symbolic relationships between humans and animals.

The daughter of American sculptor Tony Smith, Smith was born in Germany and grew up in New Jersey. Her work can be found in numerous prominent museum collections including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Museum of Modern Art. Smith has exhibited work in three Whitney Biennials and has been the recipient of many distinguished awards including the Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture in 2000. The artist presently lives and works in New York City.

Sculptor Dana Major Kanovitz is an artist who believes “perception and possibility, as much as circumstance, create the self.” Her creations, haunting life-sized figures of unclad women wielding long blond hair and piercing eyes, bear a striking resemblance to the artist herself. Interacting with their environment by crouching in corners, dangling on a window ledge, or floating suspended in mid air, her figures “examine a single moment’s particular alchemy of perception, possibility, and reality; they are portraits of an instant of the self.”

With a background in ceramics, Kanovitz earned a BA in Philosophy from De Paul University in Chicago in 1991. She then completed an 18 month professional apprenticeship in sculpture with master sculptor Alexander Zadorin of the Muhkinskya Institute of Art in St. Petersburg, Russia. Kanovitz has shown extensively throughout the United States at galleries and museums including Leslie Ferrin Gallery in Pittsfield, MA, The Clay Studio in Philadelphia, PA and the Kentucky Museum of Art + Design in Louisville, KY. She has also exhibited work at international art fairs including SOFA Chicago and Bridge Art Fair in Miami. The artist presently lives and works in Chicago.

Monica Cook paints hyper realistic portraits of female figures, often using herself as subject. With an interest in capturing the subtle qualities flesh, Cook is “fascinated by how history is trapped in the skin: the stories told in lines etched into faces, bruises and scars from their past.” Heightening the details on and in the flesh, Cook aims to enhance the mortal presence of the subject and create “a tension between the psychological complexity of the person and their raw humanness.”

Born in Dalton, GA, Cook earned a BA in painting from the Savannah college of Art and Design. She recently concluded a residency at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where she presently lives and works. Cook’s paintings have shown in numerous group and solo exhibitions at museums and galleries worldwide, including the Moti Hasson Gallery in New York City, the King Bridge Biennial at The Columbus Museum in Columbus, GA, and the Marcia Wood Gallery in Atlanta, GA. Her work can be found in many prominent collections and has been reviewed in numerous international publications including Art in America, Le Figaro, Elle Magazine, and New American Paintings.

Melanie Bilenker is a Philadelphia based artist who creates tiny wearable self-portraits from clippings of her own hair, cast in resin and set in precious metals. Referencing Victorian hair work of the mid-nineteenth century, Bilenker uses the physical remnants of her body to secure memories of “quiet minutes, the mundane, the domestic, and the ordinary moments” in her life. Her jewelry pieces, which often depict the artist in the mist of intimate activities such as brushing her teeth, taking a nap, drawing a bath, or reading a book, are both adornment for the body and commentary on its ultimate decay.

Melanie Bilenker earned a BFA in Crafts with a concentration in Jewelry and Metalsmithing from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Her work can be found in the permanent collection of the Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC and has been included in various exhibitions at the Saatchi Gallery in London, UK, the San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design, CA, the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland, and the Museum of Art + Design, NY. Her work has also been featured in numerous publications including Metalsmith Magazine’s recent Exhibition in Print, American Craft Magazine, and Lark Books’ 1000 Rings and 500 Brooches.

The Wexler Gallery is located at 201 North Third Street in the historical district of Old City Philadelphia. We invite you to visit our gallery or explore our website, www.wexlergallery.com. For high resolution images or additional information, please contact Sienna@wexlergallery.com or call (215) 923-7030.

Brooklyn Queens, curated by Eddie Martinez, at The Journal Gallery

The Journal Gallery is proud to present Brooklyn Queens, curated by Eddie Martinez. In Brooklyn Queens, Martinez, a Brooklyn-based painter, has assembled a collection of works by six artists whose work he has followed over the years, artists that provide inspiration in addition to being friends and neighbors. Ranging from the gloss-inspired portraiture of Katherine Bernhardt, to the abstractions of Tauba Auerbach and Gina Beavers, to the appropriation based work of Sam Moyer and Harriet Salmon, and the snapshot-style paintings of Jeanette Mundt, Brooklyn Queens is a mini survey of those working within Martinez’s circle.

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The Journal Gallery
168 North 1st Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
T 718 218 7148
F 646 390 3395
www.thejournalinc.com

Tone and Temperament LIVE

Tone and Temperament: Live Transmission
Featuring:

Barkus Born
Natalie Rose LeBrecht
Mike Wexler

Thursday, June 25th, 7-9pm

About Tone and Temperament:
AC [ Institute Direct Chapel ] is pleased to present Tone and Temperament, a group-exhibition that considers the temporal and expandable material of sound. Curated by Sophie Landres and in collaboration with the eight participating artists, this exhibition concentrates on sound as a condition for personal, social, political and metaphysical experience. In addition to the permanent fixtures in the gallery, performances will be scheduled to occur throughout the duration of the exhibition.

Tone and Temperament was conceived as an opportunity to explore literal and conceptual ideas of harmony versus discordance and innocence versus criminality that subsist within the framework of conflicting social norms and art historical precedents. The exhibition was regarded as a conduit for inconclusive experiments in redistricting discursive boundaries and expanding aesthetic properties. Despite sound’s reflexive predilection for interference, the participants created pieces either in response to the exhibition site or with the ambition that their work could co-exist within spatial proximity, without jeopardizing individual content. Though many of the pieces violate prevailing notions of harmony and composition, the refusal to abide is a victimless crime, motivated by a congenial faith in plurality. Allowing sound to flow without bleeding or hemorrhaging, we hope to maintain numerous elements in a constellate connection, free to generate their own alliance of possible m!
eanings.

About the Performers:
Barkus Born is a Brooklyn group that adopted it’s name from a community in New Orleans that revels in the spirit of animals. For this show, they will perform an audio collage “Without Any Purpose” loosely based on the scientific research of Dr. Peter Witt from 1954. In order to visualize the effects of different kinds of drugs, Austrian pharmacist Dr. Witt drenched flies in these drugs and fed them to spiders. The narcotics influenced various parts of their nervous systems and caused a difference in the ’spin’ results. The effects on behavior are visualized in each individual web, as the photographs he took clearly document. In most cases, the web can no longer perform its initial function. Some webs lose their sense of systematic structure, they are a chaos of holes, knots and asymmetric lines of confusion. Others miss all cross-connections, but form star-shaped compositions without any purpose.

New York City based Natalie Rose LeBrecht began performing and recording music in 1996. She is a multi-instrumentalist most known for her dynamic vocal abilities and intense performance style. She has a BFA in Intermedia Art from the University of Iowa and has been awarded a Roulette/Jerome Foundation Commission for New Experimental Music. Natalie has been featured on several radio stations globally, including WNYC and WFMU, and has performed in several cities internationally. For this event, Natalie will perform a vocal-based piece, working with the ideas of shapeshifting, transmutation and evolution.

Mike Wexler is a self-taught guitarist and singer whose long-form songs incorporate extended instrumental fingerstyle guitar passages, a post-lyric lyrical sensibility and the desire to reconcile the demands of song structure to those of contemporary investigations into the nature of acoustic phenomena à la the spectral school of composition. His musical inquiries probe the progression, the drone, the single tone as a complex of sounds―in short, to make use of the tension between harmonic movement and stasis as something more than an equilibrium. Wexler also draws inspiration from songwriting auteurs past and present who bring to bear the influence of forward looking musicians and writers on their work (Scott Walker, Robert Wyatt and Annette Peacock spring to mind as spiritually kindred, although not particularly apt as comparisons).

About AC [ Institute Direct Chapel ]:
AC’s mission is to advance the understanding of art through investigation, research and education. It is a lab and forum for experimentation and critical discussion. We support and develop projects that explore a performative exchange across visual, verbal and experiential disciplines. We encourage critical writing that challenges conventional expectations of meaning and objectivity as well as the boundaries between the rational and subjective.

Art Currents is a non-profit 501(c)3.

AC [ Institute Direct Chapel ]
547 W. 27th St, 5th Floor - #519, 529 and North Alcove
New York, NY 10001
www.artcurrents.org / email: info@artcurrents.org
Gallery Hours: Wed., Fri. & Sat.: 1-6pm, Thurs.: 1-8pm

Critic Irving Sandler with Artist Marylyn Dintenfass at Babcock Galleries

A standing room only crowd enthusiastically responded to Irving Sandler’s interview of Marylyn Dintenfass at Babcock Galleries on June 3, 2009. Additionally, noted documentary filmmaker, Julia Mintz [The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo], directed filming of the interview as part of an ongoing film project focused on Dintenfass.
Highlights of the interview will soon be available for viewing at http://www.babcockgalleries.com and http://www.artnet.com.

Seasoned art critic and authority on contemporary art, Sandler questioned Dintenfass about the psychological and intellectual dichotomies that are characteristic of her artistic vision. He also explored the changing context of her experience as a working artist over the years. “Things are not what they seem,” Dintenfass asserted during the interview as she does in her work. This theme captivated the audience of museum directors, curators, collectors, artists and scholars who finished the interview with questions of their own for Dintenfass.

Responding to the widespread interest and activity that has accrued during this exhibition, Good & Plenty Juicy, Lyle Dawson, Director of Babcock Galleries, has today announced that it will be extended through June 30, 2009.

Visit Good & Plenty Juicy Monday - Friday from 10am-5pm and Saturday by appointment at Babcock Galleries, located at 724 Fifth Avenue, between 56th and 57th Streets.

BABCOCK GALLERIES
724 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10019
(212) 767-1852
fax (212) 767-1857
www.babcockgalleries.com

EKO NUGROHO & WEDHAR RIYADI

EKO NUGROHO &
WEDHAR RIYADI
Tales from Wounded Land
NOW SHOWING THRU JULY 25, 2009

Eko Nugroho and Wedhar Riyadi are two of the most noted members in Indonesian society of our generation. For this exhibition, they each will present sensitive works that reflect their personal take on Indonesian society and popular culture, while exploring their own multifaceted inner worlds.

Using cartoon as his foundation, Eko Nugroho explores various mediums, such as painting, drawing, embroidery, mural and animation. He approaches sociopolitical issues with a humorous and cheerful perspective. He simultaneously, manages to successfully transmit a cynical tone that forces his critics to face current governmental, social and global institutional issues.

Through his exploration of animated images, Wedhar Riyadi has adopted the art of comic as his chosen language of expression. With flat lines and color, he builds realistic impressions through cartoon using drawing and painting as his primary medium. Wedhar’s presentation of personal experiences that originate in his work make him one of the most promising young Indonesian contemporary artists of today.

Tales from Wounded Land is now showing at Tyler Rollins Fine Art thru July 25, 2009

VIEW THE EXHIBITION
529 WEST 20 STREET, 10W NEW YORK, NY 10011
info@trfineart.com www.trfineart.com

To schedule an appointment or for media inquiries and press images please contact Matthew Marchak at: matthew@thisismission.com

Louisa Conrad, Video stills from …Niglintgak Gas Conditioning Facility, Beaufort Sea and Bird Decoys: Syncrude Processing Plant Tailing Ponds, Fort McMurray, Alberta

THE END OF OIL
June 13 – July 31, 2009
Opening: Saturday, June 13, 6-8pm
Exit Underground

NEW YORK – A project of SEA (Social-Environmental Aesthetics), The End of Oil is an exhibition of photography, prints, videos, installations and new media that addresses human dependence on oil and other fossil fuels; the ramifications that this dependency has on the future of the environment and of global geopolitics; and the recent push towards viable alternative energy resources.

In July 2008, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Companies (OPEC) announced that the price per barrel of oil had climbed above $130. About five months later, in December 2008, the New York Times reported that oil had fallen below $40 a barrel, less than a third of the July 2008 price. In the first six months of 2009, oil prices seem to have steadied around $55 a barrel. These fluctuating oil prices are evidence of the instability of global oil markets and reminders of our urgent need to develop alternative fuels and forms of energy.

The works in this exhibition draw attention to and investigate the violent conflicts (such as in Nigeria, Burma and Sudan) and negative environmental effects that result from mining and drilling; the politicization of the oil industry; carbon-footprinting; and renewable energy options, such as vegetable and electric-powered cars, geothermal energy, and solar power. The End of Oil does not prophesize a dystopian future, but looks critically at the way in which we use and generate energy, encouraging a dialogue on this issue for the benefit of future generations.

SEA and The End of Oil conceived by Papo Colo.
The End of Oil curated by Herb Tam and Lauren Rosati.

FEATURING PROJECTS BY:

Khalil Chishtee; Louisa Conrad; Robert Derr; Dominic Gagnon; Ed Kashi; Matt Kenyon; Michael Mandiberg; Andrei Molodkin; Jo Syz

PUBLIC EVENTS

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15
7:30 – 9pm: SEA Poetry Series, No. 2
Following the inaugural reading of this series, which brought Maine-based poet Jonathan Skinner to Exit Art, poet Marcella Durand will read a selection of her poems and discuss her work in relation to The End of Oil. Q & A and reception to follow. Conceived and organized by E.J. McAdams, poet and Associate Director of Philanthropy at The Nature Conservancy, New York City. Free. Cash bar.

Marcella Durand’s recent books are Traffic & Weather (Futurepoem, 2008), AREA (Belladonna, 2008), and The Anatomy of Oil (Belladonna, 2005). Other books include Western Capital Rhapsodies, City of Ports, and Lapsus Linguae. Her poems and essays have appeared in Conjunctions, The Canary, Denver Quarterly, Chain, The Poker, Verse, NYFA Current, and other journals. She has given talks on the intersections of poetry and ecology at Kelly Writers House, Small Press Traffic, Dactyl Foundation, Stella Adler Studio of Acting, and other venues. Excerpts from her ongoing collaboration with Tina Darragh, based on environmental science, Deep Ecology and Francis Ponge, have appeared in Anomaly, How(2), and Ecopoetics. Currently, she is translating Michèle Métail’s Les horizons du sol / Earth’s Horizons, a history of the geological formation of Marseille written within a Oulipian formal constraint; a s!
ection
of her translation appeared last year in The Nation.

THE END OF OIL SCREENING SERIES
The End of Oil Screening Series consists of films that explore topics such as peak oil; the impact of coal mining and oil drilling; dwindling oil resources; and the effect of this environmental crisis on the economy. For more information, please visit on www.exitart.org.

All films will be screened in our Exit Underground Digital Theater on Saturdays at 4pm. $5 Suggested Donation.

The Great Squeeze: Surviving the Human Project
(June 20 and 27)

A Crude Awakening
(July 11 and 18)

The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil
(July 25)

SEA (Social-Environmental Aesthetics)
SEA is a unique endeavor that presents a diverse multimedia exhibition program and permanent archive of artworks that address social and environmental concerns. SEA will assemble artists, activists, scientists and scholars to address environmental issues through presentations of visual art, performances, panels and lecture series that will communicate international activities concerning environmental and social activism. SEA will occupy a permanent space in Exit Underground, a 3000 square-foot, multi-media performance, film and exhibition venue underneath Exit Art’s main gallery space. The SEA archive will be a permanent archive of information, images and videos that will be a continuous source for upcoming exhibitions and projects. Central to SEA’s mission is to provide a vehicle through which the public can be made aware of socially- and environmentally-engaged work, and to provide a forum for collaboration between artists, scientists, activists, scholars and the publi!
c. SEA
functions as an initiative where individuals can join together in dialogue about issues that affect our daily lives.

CONCEPTPLUS
Exit Art currently works with a curatorial model called ConceptPlus, which begins with a theme or concept that is then publicized through a call for proposals. For each ConceptPlus idea, the curators first chose a group of artists that form the base of the exhibition. Then Exit Art issues an international call for artists to propose new or newly-contextualized work in response to a given theme or cultural condition. The exhibition is then curated by Exit Art’s curatorial staff, who view all the proposals for new work and work samples submitted by artists and select projects to be presented and/or commissioned for the exhibition. Every artist who submits a proposal has equal access to the curators, regardless of their previous experience, making ConceptPlus a highly democratic curatorial model. Recent ConceptPlus exhibitions at Exit Art have addressed ideas ranging from the reconstruction of global cities (Exit Biennial: Reconstruction, 2003) to the image of America’s highe!
st
office (The Presidency, 2004), to contemporary Latino icons (L-Factor, 2005) to neuroscience innovations (BrainWave: Common Senses, 2008). A fundamental precept of the ConceptPlus model is to remove barriers to cultural participation by creating exhibition opportunities limited only by the artistic idea itself. As we have implemented this model over the past five years, Exit Art has seen a dramatic rise in both the number and geographic diversity of artists submitting proposals in response to our open calls. ConceptPlus also enables us to directly support the production of new work, as an increasing proportion of artists propose new projects that are commissioned exclusively for Exit Art exhibitions.

ABOUT EXIT ART
Exit Art is an independent vision of contemporary culture. We are prepared to react immediately to important issues that affect our lives. We do experimental, historical and unique presentations of aesthetic, social, political and environmental issues. We absorb cultural differences that become prototype exhibitions. We are a center for multiple disciplines. Exit Art is a 25 year old cultural center in New York City founded by Directors Jeanette Ingberman and Papo Colo, that has grown from a pioneering alternative art space, into a model artistic center for the 21st century committed to supporting artists whose quality of work reflects the transformations of our culture. Exit Art is internationally recognized for its unmatched spirit of inventiveness and consistent ability to anticipate the newest trends in the culture. With a substantial reputation for curatorial innovation and depth of programming in diverse media, Exit Art is always changing.

EXHIBITION SUPPORT
This exhibition is supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Bloomberg LP, Carnegie Corporation, Jerome Foundation, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, O’Grady Foundation, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Public Funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, Starry Night Fund at The Tides Foundation, Exit Art’s Board of Directors and our members.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Exit Art is located at 475 Tenth Avenue, corner of 36th Street. Hours: Tues. – Thurs., 10am – 6pm; Fri., 10am – 8pm; and Sat., noon – 8pm. Closed Sun. and Mon. There is a suggested donation of $5. For more information please call 212-966-7745 or visit www.exitart.org.

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