ALTERED, STITCHED AND GATHERED at PS1
This should probably go right to the top of your list of things in New York to catch post-reviews.
http://www.ps1.org/ps1_site/content/view/218/102/
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center is pleased to present Altered, Stitched and Gathered, an exhibition that brings together artists exploring or transforming familiar objects and social practices through a deliberate methodology. The exhibition, curated and produced entirely by the museum’s assistant staff, is on view in the Third Floor Main Galleries from December 14, 2006 through January 22, 2007.Each artist utilizes a step-by-step production process. Be it implied, seemingly spontaneous, or unnervingly rigorous – each leads to outcomes that range from the humorous to the politically charged. Though their methods vary, they stem from similar sensibilities – the serial formalism of Conceptual art and the calculated yet DIY nature of 1960s Fluxus practices.Commenting on the intended uses of the original and how it was produced, the works in the exhibition question accepted notions of practicality and impracticality, recollection and fabrication. Early examples exploring these themes, such as Yoko Ono’s poetic instructional work and Ben Vautier’s inventive musical composition, are presented with more recent work. Included are Serkan Özkaya’s hand-rendered newspaper covers; corporate logos arranged in Moorish patterns by Gunilla Klingberg; Cornelia Parker’s steamrolled and suspended silverware; and Shinique Smith’s site-specific installation of clothing and fabric. Artists also include Ai Weiwei, Ann Böttcher, Vija Celmins, Jacob Dahlgren, Tom Friedman, Sharon Hayes, Emily Jacir, Guillermo Kuitca, Dinh Q. Le, Li Songsong, Rä di Martino, Ola Pehrson, Zoë Sheehan Saldaña, Paul Salveson, Stephanie Syjuco, Jacques Villegle, and David Wojnarowicz.
http://www.ps1.org/ps1_site/content/view/218/102/
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center is pleased to present Altered, Stitched and Gathered, an exhibition that brings together artists exploring or transforming familiar objects and social practices through a deliberate methodology. The exhibition, curated and produced entirely by the museum’s assistant staff, is on view in the Third Floor Main Galleries from December 14, 2006 through January 22, 2007.Each artist utilizes a step-by-step production process. Be it implied, seemingly spontaneous, or unnervingly rigorous – each leads to outcomes that range from the humorous to the politically charged. Though their methods vary, they stem from similar sensibilities – the serial formalism of Conceptual art and the calculated yet DIY nature of 1960s Fluxus practices.Commenting on the intended uses of the original and how it was produced, the works in the exhibition question accepted notions of practicality and impracticality, recollection and fabrication. Early examples exploring these themes, such as Yoko Ono’s poetic instructional work and Ben Vautier’s inventive musical composition, are presented with more recent work. Included are Serkan Özkaya’s hand-rendered newspaper covers; corporate logos arranged in Moorish patterns by Gunilla Klingberg; Cornelia Parker’s steamrolled and suspended silverware; and Shinique Smith’s site-specific installation of clothing and fabric. Artists also include Ai Weiwei, Ann Böttcher, Vija Celmins, Jacob Dahlgren, Tom Friedman, Sharon Hayes, Emily Jacir, Guillermo Kuitca, Dinh Q. Le, Li Songsong, Rä di Martino, Ola Pehrson, Zoë Sheehan Saldaña, Paul Salveson, Stephanie Syjuco, Jacques Villegle, and David Wojnarowicz.
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