EXIT ART presents
INTERPLAY
CITY LIGHTS: NEONART
¡VIVA LA MUSICA!
October 14-November 25, 2006</p>
THE PURPOSE AND FUNCTION OF ART IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Whats Wrong With This Picture: Conversations on Sex, Drugs, Rock n Roll
Organized by Carlo McCormick Saturday October 28 12 noon-6 pm
SERIOUS GAMES
Performances by Trickster Theater
Saturdays November 11 and 18 8-10pm
EXIT ART opens the season with three exhibitions, panels and performances
INTERPLAY focuses on four international emerging New York-based artists whose work is equally defined in a multiplicity of mediums. For each of these artists, the expression of ideas in different mediums is a necessity. Interplay explores individual bodies of artwork by these artists, as they strive to master artmaking in numerous distinct mediums, and at the same time, form a comprehensive artistic statement. Painting, sculpture, sound, installation, poetry, photography, drawing, collage and video are among the methods being investigated by these contemporary artists.
Artists: Ernest Concepcion, Vlatka Horvat, Miquel Luciano, William Villalongo
Curators: Jeanette Ingberman and Papo Colo
CITY LIGHTS: NEONART
Over the past fifty years, the use of neon has grown from commercial advertising and signage to fine art sculpture and installation. In City Lights: Neonart, contemporary artists explore the diversity of this vibrant and colorful light. Using the mediums inherent graphic lines, the artists in City Lights: Neonart use this flexible illustration tool to create bold text works, image-based wall artworks, animated displays, sculpture and more. Exit Arts storefront windows on 36 Street and Tenth Avenue feature the installations that are viewable 24 hours a day.
Artists: Tim Etchells, Hernan Marina, Kevin Curran, Stephan Krasner, Rocky Pinciotti, Donald Bruschi, Elisabeth Nickles, Khalil Chishtee
Curators: Jeanette Ingberman and Papo Colo
¡VIVA LA MÚSICA! explores the evolution of Latin music album cover art over the last 50 years. Taking inspiration from Pablo Yglesias recent book Cocinando! 50 Years of Latin Album Cover Art, this exhibition visually traces the history of Latin identity, culture and aesthetics through the display of over 400 albums. ¡Viva la Música! features sexy, colorful, innovative and creative Latin record covers from all the various genres of Latin music. Featuring covers by legendary performers such as Machito, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Celia Cruz, and Perez Prado. And pays tribute to the numerous graphic artists including: Chico Alvarez, Ely Besalel, Charlie Rosario, Izzy Sanabria, Manny Vega, Jorge Vargas, Walter Velez, and many others.
Curator: Pablo Yglesias
THE PURPOSE AND FUNCTION OF ART IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Whats Wrong With This Picture: Conversations on Sex, Drugs, Rock n Roll
Organized by Carlo McCormick
Saturday October 28 12 noon-6 pm
Sex moderated by Brandon Holley, Executive Editor, Jane magazine
Drugs moderated by Steve Hager, Executive Editor, High Times
Rock n Roll moderated by Jon Durbin, Managing Editor, Paper Magazine
advance ticket sales available at 212-966-7745 x15
Whats Wrong With This Picture is the first in a quarterly series, The Purpose and Function of Art in the 21st Century, a day long symposia that address critical issues in the diverse communities of the contemporary art world. Each of the three panels will feature a moderator and three artist-panelists whose work deals with the issues.
SERIOUS GAMES
Performances by Trickster Theater
Saturdays November 11 and 18 8-10pm
The trickster performance theatre is the individual voice in a collective arena. The artists develop a specific shared subject. The group performs simultaneously inside an exhibition of the same subject. The curve of performance art is the collective theatre. Papo Colo, Director
Serious Games is the fourth project in a new way of doing performance art, other projects include prayingproject, Water Project and Wild Nights
Artists: Rob Andrews, Mayumi Ishimo, Saeri Kiritani, Wanda Ortiz, Jolie Pichardo, Boryana Rossa & Oleg Mavromatti, Pasha Radetzki, Rafael Sanchez, Mark Stafford, Traci Tullius
Exit Art
475 Tenth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
212-966-7745
Hours:
Tuesday-Thursday 10am-6pm
Friday 10am-8pm
Saturday 12 noon-8pm
Closed Sunday and Monday
Closed Thanksgiving Day (November 23), open Nov 24-25 12-6pm
Exit Art has charted the new in art and contemporary culture since its founding by directors Jeanette Ingberman and Papo Colo in 1982. Over the course of 20 years, Exit Art has acquired a substantial reputation for curatorial innovation, depth of programming in diverse media, and especially for bringing to public attention the work of important unknown artists. Part of its mission is to present the work of under-recognized living artists in innovative ways that expose the diverse, multi-disciplinary nature of contemporary culture. Its exhibitions, performances and programs challenge traditional notions of what art is and explore the rich amalgam of voices and cultures that continually shape America. As such, it has grown to become one of the most admired, innovative spaces for supporting artists and providing the public with a visionary look on whats to come. Exit Art now stands as an archive of cultural thought and expression routinely mined by artists, students, curators, and scholars.
General exhibition support been provided by General exhibition support provided by American Express, Brown Foundation, Carnegie Corporation, Greenwall Foundation, Jerome Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, New York State Council on the Arts, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Exit Arts Board of Trustees and our members.
