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2006-2007 Exhibition Schedule

 

 

September 6 - October 14, 2006
neo-con: Contemporary Returns to Conceptual Art
Organized by Cristiana Perrella (curator, Rome, Italy)
Artists: Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, Jonathan Monk, Yoshua Okon, Joao Onofre, Mario Garcia Torres, Francesco Vezzoli
Re-enacting (with a twist) famous conceptual works, the artists in neo-con level and humanize, by quirky humor and down-to-earth sensibility, the key principles of Conceptualism like the favoring of ideas over object-making, the dematerialization of the art object, the production of work in collaboration and often without a studio. Beneath this playful, ironic take on art making is a serious scrutiny of the very idea of art, its status, appearance and market value, as well as the myth of the artistic genius.

October 18 - November 25, 2006
Phantom Captain: Art and Crowdsourcing
Organized by Andrea Grover (founder of The Aurora Picture Show, Houston, TX)
Artists: Jeff Howe, Harrell Fletcher and Miranda July, Aaron Koblin, Allison Wiese, Davy Rothbart, and others
Phantom Captain explores art collaboration that involves amateur groups of individuals responding to “crowdsourcing” initiatives created by artists. The term crowdsourcing was coined by Jeff Howe and Mark Robinson of Wired Magazine and describes “user-generated content,” or outsourcing labor to armies of amateurs. Crowdsourcing is the methodology behind websites like Wikipedia, Threadless, Ebay, Flickr, Youtube, Blogger, etc., where without the user, all that exists is the conduit for sharing media. User reviews and recommendations are the driving force behind websites like Netflix and Amazon. While crowdsourcing is becoming common practice in business (see Howard Rheingold’s Smart Mobs), its potential is also being harnessed by artists to create communal artworks.

November 29, 2006- January 6, 2007
Thanks: Returning the Favor
Artists: Felipe Arturo, Nayia Frangouli, David Greg Harth, Vandana Jain, Matt Keegan, Kambui Olujimi, Lisi Raskin, Paul Wirhun, Joe Scanlan, Alejandra Villasmil
Whether a gift for a superior, an inferior, a partner, family member or friend, issues of intent and meaning are part of the wrapping. This exhibition reconsiders the relationship of philanthropy, hidden meaning and gift giving. Ten local artists have each been commissioned to produce a "gift." A present for someone they don't know. The only restriction given was that it had to fit in the gift box we provided, otherwise we would show whatever they gave us, with no censorship.

January 10 - February 17, 2007
Let Everything be Temporary, or When is the Exhibition?
Organized by Elena Filipovic (curator, Brussels, Belgium)
Artists: Michel Blazy, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Gabriel Kuri, Oksana Pasaiko, Tomo Savic-Gecan, Joelle Tuerlinckx
This exhibition brings together the work of artists that explore "temporariness" or, more specifically, the possibility of temporal instability in the work of art. It will include works that are premised on their own fleetingness, instability and, at times, on their own destruction.

February 21 - April 14, 2007
Quick! Pull My Animated Finger!
Organized by Matt Silverstein and Dave Jeser (creators and executive producers of Comedy Central's animated series Drawn Together)
The two Jews from L.A. who bring you Drawn Together present the people that help write and draw the series in an “art” exhibit. Artists from Rough Draft Studios show unpublished, unaired, uncensored and mostly unseen stuff.

May 1 - May 12, 2007
The Theme of Violence
ABACA exhibition hosted by apexart

May 16 - June 23, 2007
The Museum of Crime and the Museum of God
Organized by Luc Sante (writer, New York)

July 7 - August 11, 2007
The Most Curatorial Biennial of the Universe


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