 10/17/06 EXIT ART
EXIT ART presents INTERPLAY CITY LIGHTS: NEONART ¡VIVA LA MUSICA! October 14-November 25, 2006 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 http://www.exitart.org 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. |
