EXIT ART HISTORY
WATERPOD: Autonomy and Ecology
01/09/10 – 04/10/10
Curator(s): Ian Daniel and Mary Mattingly
Exhibition: A project of SEA (Social-Environmental Aesthetics), Waterpod: Autonomy and Ecology documents and revisits the Waterpod's five-month voyage around the boroughs of New York. It includes videos, photographs, relics, art works, journal entries, and ephemera that tell the story of this unusual public art project.
Events: January 15, 2010, Interactive Architecture: Reinventing Social Spaces, a discussion with Natalie Jeremijenko, Terreform One and BLDGBLOG creator Geoff Manaugh; January 22, 2010, Back to Land: Waterpod Party, with food by Bridget Stixrood; music by Queen of Quartz, Furacoco, DJ Trent, and Andrew Carter; introduction by Douglas Kelley; films, performances, journal readings and new project highlights; February 26, 2010, A New Breed, a party to benefit the Waterpod and Exit Art with music by DJ Trent, Brahms, Class Actress, and Lemonade; performances by Shana Moulton and Brina Thurston; and videos by Simone Leigh, Aleksandra Mir and Charles Stankievech
NEW MIRRORS: Painting in a Transparent World
01/09/10 – 02/06/10
Curator: Herb Tam
Artists: Kadar Brock, Jesse Chapman, Mira Dancy, Benin Ford, Alison Fox, Julia San Martin, Andy Piedilato
Exhibition: New Mirrors surveyed the state of current painting through the work of seven New York-based artists. In particular, the exhibition positioned painting as a way of thinking about perception in the age of digitization, information and instantaneity.
GLOBAL / NATIONAL: The Order of Chaos
03/13/10 – 05/01/10
Curators: Jeanette Ingberman and Papo Colo
Artists: John Ahearn, Tina Barney, Jimmie Durham, Nicky Enright, Rico Gatson, Kate Gilmore, Guerra de la Paz, Charles Juhasz-Alvarado, Saeri Kiritani, Tseng Kwong Chi, Robin Lasser, Rebecca Loyche, Miguel Luciano, Jonathan Matas, Mary Mattingly, Eve Mosher, Chris Sollars, Jade Townsend, Jason Villegas, Bernard Williams, Martin Wong, O Zhang, François Ziliff
Exhibition: GLOBAL / NATIONAL - The Order of Chaos was an exhibition that addressed the anxieties of economics, environmental tragedies, and societies of control that defined the chaos of globalization.
Events: March 31, 2010, A Conversation with Hua Hsu and Arthur Jafa, a conversation between writer and professor of English Hua Hsu and cultural critic and artist Arthur Jafa who discussed their views on art, commerce, race and globalization; April 14, 2010, World Cuisine with Nirmala Narine, a talk and tastings by celebrity chef, entrepreneur and cookbook author Nirmala Narine
ECOAESTHETIC: The Tragedy of Beauty
06/18/10 – 08/25/10
Curators: Jeanette Ingberman, Papo Colo, Lauren Rosati, Herb Tam
Artists: Edward Burtynsky; Mitch Epstein; Anthony Hamboussi; Chris Jordan; Christopher LaMarca; Sze Tsung Leong; David Maisel; Susannah Sayler/The Canary Project; Jo Syz
Exhibition: ECOAESTHETIC: The Tragedy of Beauty was the first exhibition of SEA (Social Environmental Aesthetics) to be mounted in Exit Art’s main gallery. In keeping with SEA’s mission to present artworks that address socio-environmental concerns – and to unite artists, scholars, scientists and the public in discussion on these issues – ECOAESTHETIC presented the work of nine international photographers who investigated the mystery of beauty in the natural and built environment.
Events: July 27, 2010, SEA Poetry Series No. 4 with James Sherry and featuring The Canary Project
CONSUME
06/18/10 – 08/25/10
Curators: Jeanette Ingberman, Papo Colo, Lauren Rosati, Herb Tam
Artists: Prayas Abhinav; Elizabeth Demaray; Jon Feinstein; Jordan Geiger / Ga-Ga and Virginia San Fratello / Rael-San Fratello Architects; Sara Heitlinger and Franc Purg; Manny Howard; Miwa Koizumi; Tamara Kostianovsky; Robin Lasser; Lenore Malen; Mark Lawrence Stafford; Laurie Sumiye; Andreas Templin; Uli Westphal
Exhibition: Consume, a project of SEA (Social Environmental Aesthetics), investigated the world's systems of food production, distribution, consumption and waste.
Events: June 23, 2010, raw food cooking demonstration and tasting with Seema Shah; July 17, 2010, artist talk by Elizabeth Demaray and featuring invertebrate zoologist Dr. Christine Johnson of the Museum of Natural History, NY; July 22, 2010, Media that Matters screens GOOD FOOD; July 29, 2010, Community Food Access panel with Just Food, Green My Bodega and the Center for Urban Pedagogy, featuring a screen of CUP's documentary "Bodega Down Bronx"; August 24, 2010, SEA Poetry Series No. 5 featuring Julie Patton
ALTERNATIVE HISTORIES
09/24/10 – 11/24/10
Curators: Jeanette Ingberman, Papo Colo, Lauren Rosati, Herb Tam
Spaces: For a complete list of included spaces and projects, click HERE.
Exhibition: Alternative Histories was a history of New York City alternative art spaces and projects since the 1960s. Through audio interviews with founders and key staff, a reading room of magazines and publications, documentation, ephemera and narrative descriptions, the exhibition told the story of pioneering spaces and documented a new generation of alternative projects.
Events: October 15, 2010, What Is Alternative? panel discussion moderated by Robert Storr and with Papo Colo, Artistic Director / Co-Founder, Exit Art; Martha Wilson, Founder / Director, Franklin Furnace; Peter Cramer and Jack Waters, Former Directors of ABC No Rio, Founders / Director of Le Petit Versailles; Bridget Finn, Cleopatra's; October 22, 2010, Alternative Curatorial Strategies panel discussion organized by ArtTable, moderated by Erin Donnelly of LMCC with Ingrid Chu and Savannah Gorton, Forever & Today, Inc.; Allison Weisberg, Recess Activities; Michael Connor, Marian Spore; Regine Basha, Basha Projects/Grackleworld; Virginija Januškeviciute, CEC Artslink Fellow from Lithuania hosted by Independent Curators International; Radhika Subramaniam, Director/Chief Curator, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center; October 29, 2010, Activism and the Rise of Alternative Art Spaces, moderated by Mary Anne Staniszewski and with Robert Lee, Director, Asian American Arts Centre; Beka Economopoulos, Co-Founder / Director, Not An Alternative; Alanna Heiss, Founder, P.S.1, Director, AIR and Clocktower Gallery; Avram Finkelstein, Gran Fury; Melissa Rachleff Burtt, Clinical Associate Professor of Arts Administration, NYU; November 9, 2010, screening of "Soup & Tart," 1974; November 10, 2010, New Media Alternatives panel discussion moderated by Ed Halter, Light Industry, and with Rebecca Cleman, Distribution Director, Electronic Arts Intermix; Lauren Cornell, Executive Director, Rhizome, and Adjunct Curator, the New Museum of Contemporary Art; Carol Parkinson, Director, Harvestworks; November 16-17, 2010, Counter Culture, Counter Cinema film series organized by the NACG / Film-makers' Cooperative
ECOKIDS
09/24/10 – 11/24/10
Curator: Lauren Rosati
Projects: Cool Coventry Club; Environmental Children’s Organization (ECO); Forest Project; Help Light NJ; Kids Face; Kids Saving the Rainforest; Kids vs. Global Warming; Plant for the Planet; Project Sprout; Pump ‘Em Up; Sahabat Alam; Tree Musketeers
Exhibition: ECOKIDS, a project of SEA (Social Environmental Aesthetics), was an exhibition that showcased the work of outstanding youth activists working to raise awareness and solve environmental issues.
Event: October 2 and 9, 2010, Green Patriot Posters Citizen Youth Design Camp, organized by The Canary Project in collaboration Tara DePorte
GRAPHIC RADICALS: 30 Years of World War 3 Illustrated
12/07/10 – 02/05/11
Curators: Peter Kuper, Seth Tobocman, Susan Willmarth
Artists: Mumia Abu Jamal, Penny Allen, Peter Bagge, Isabella Bannerman, Rosie Bottom, Steve Brodner, Zenzele Browne, Leigh Brownhill, Christopher Cardinale, Sue Coe, Scott Cunningham, Brian Damage, Eric Darton, Eric Drooker, Kate Evans, FLY, Susan Greene, Ethan Heitner, Chris Heneghan, Paula Hewitt Amram, Mirko Ilic, Ryan Inzana, Melissa Jameson, Sandy Jimenez, Sabrina Jones, Kathy Kelly, Tom Keough, Stephen Kroninger, Peter Kuper, Irene Ledwith, Tom McDonald, Mac McGill, Rebecca Migdal, Naji-Al-Ali, Ursula O’Steen, Jose Ortega, Maddalena Polleta, Kevin Pyle, Carlo Quispe, Corinne Rhodes, Spain Rodriguez, James Romberger, Joe Sacco, Nicole Schulman, R. Sikoryak, Susan Simensky Bietila, Erin Sinefit, Chuck Sperry, Art Spiegelman, Tenesh, Seth Tobocman, Tom Tomorrow, Teresa Turner, Lawrence Van Abbema, Marguerite Van Cook, Anton Van Dalen, Edwin Vazquez, John Williamson, Susan Willmarth, Samantha Wilson, Leah Wishnia, David Wojnarowicz, WW3 Arts In Action, Micah Ian Wright
Exhibition: Graphic Radicals was a 30th anniversary retrospective of World War 3 Illustrated, an independently published political comic magazine founded in 1980 by artists Seth Tobocman and Peter Kuper. Comprised of original comics drawings, paintings, posters, commissioned murals, documentary film, animation and a complete set of issues, Graphic Radicals was the largest World War 3 Illustrated exhibition to date and highlighted the history that the magazine has scrutinized, documented, and participated in for three decades.
Events: December 7, 2010, Issue #41 Release Party; January 14, 2011, Picture the Homeless with artist talks by Seth Tobocman, Mac McGill and Rebecca Migdal and music by Eric Blitz, Andy Laties, Graham Haynes and Matt Metzger; January 21, 2011, Friends of Brad Will with artist talks by FLY, Susan Simensky Bietila and Peter Kuper; January 26, 2011, Milk Not Jails with artist talks by Sabrina Jones and Kevin Pyle
Travel: University of North Dakota, Col. Eugene E. Myers Art Gallery / Hughes Fine Art Center, and Third Street Gallery (September 28 - October 31, 2011)
FRACKING: Art and Activism Against the Drill
12/07/10 – 03/26/11
Curators: Lauren Rosati with Peggy Cyphers, Ruth Hardinger, and Alice Zinnes
Artists: June Ahrens, Guy and Mary Arnold, Sabrina Artel, Kevin Bourgeois, Dianne Bowen, Miriam Brumer, Lois Carlo, Pamela Casper, Peggy Cypher, Carrie Dashow and Suzanne Thorpe, Jacques del Conte, Linda DiGusta, Debra Drexler, Dennis Edge, Mariah Fee, Xeth Feinberg, Jane Fire, Sandy Gellis, Patricia Bellan-Gillen, Elizabeth Ginsberg, Edith Gould, Grace Graupe-Pillard, Ruth Hardinger, Erica Hart, Heide Hatry, Mary Hrbacek, Michael Lebron, Michael Leong, Linda Levit, Ellen Levy, Glenn Lieberman, Norm Magnusson, Angela Manno, E.J. McAdams, Jenny McNutt, Philip Metres and Kristen Baumlier, William Meyer, Rifka Milder, Ron Moroson and Miriam Bloom, C. Michael Norton, Tom Otterness, Tina Potter, Jane Prettyman, Aviva Rahmani, Michael Forster Rothbart, Allan Rubin, Christy Rupp, Kevin Ryan, Paul Lloyd Sargent, Laura Sheinkopf / Jesse Goldstein / Molly Fair, Barbara Slitkin, Susan Smith, Robin Jane Solvang, Sasha Sumner, Naomi Teppich, Robin Tewes, Edwin Torres, Chris Twomey, Mark Wiener, Jeanne Wilkinson, Alice Zinnes
POSTCARDS BY: June Ablele, Irina Adam, Ivan Alechine, Audrey Anastasi, Nancy Azara, Mike Ball, Andrea L. Beeman, Zigi Ben-Haim, Darla Bjork, J.K. Black, Sarah Bliss, Louise Bloom, David Borawski, Keith A. Buchholz, Uma Bullock, Milanka Bunard, Abraham Cahn, Raquel Camara, Lindsay Carone, Ed Cheng, Clark Clarke, Maurizio Collini, Marcia Cooper, Linus Coraggio, Kathy Creutzburg, Janet Culbertson, Josiah Cuneo, Gina Cuneo, Steve Dalachinsky, Daniel De Culla , Bryan Derballa, Cecilia Devine, Daria Dorosh, Michael P. Duncan, William Durkin, Willis Elkins, Jordan Essoe, Jacinto Estevez Garcia, Edward Fausty, Alan Finkel, Ann Finneran, David Fry, Sean Patrick Gallagher, Dylan Gauthier, Sandy Gellis, Ali Gracie, Dustin Grella, Julie Guoss, Jedd Haas, Parker Hamill, Sofia Heimowitz, Christine Heller, Sarah Hincley, Jean Hricik, Akiko Ichikawa, George Jacob, Taylor Jaffe, Ramona Jan, Lucian Jones, Robert Kirkbride, Richard J. Kreznar, Nick Lamia, Ian Laughlin, Cecile Lawrence, Gwyneth Leech, Ellen Levy, Larry Litt, Angela Manno, Marina March, Anna Mattila-Tolvanen, Sarah McCoubrey, Anna Jane McIntyre, Michael McKeown, Brandi Merolla, Rifka Milder, Lisa Moren, Ron Morosan, Leo Morrissey, Margaret Neill, Reynolds Norman-Tenazas, Clemente Padin, Catherine Pena, Nicholas R. Pena, Connie Perry, Olivia Racette, B. Raux, Pat Roberts, G. Ross, Brie Ruais, Deborah Scheider, Scott Schultheis, Laurel Shute, Marilyn Silver, Susan Smith, Joan Sonnenfeld, Martin Springhetti, Sharon Suess, Kendra Sullivan, Jaromir Svozilik, Theodore Taffe, Sandra Taggart, S. Tanger, Naomi Teppich, Catherine Tirr, Dennis Tonifrins, Teressa Valla, Adrian Vega, Hanna Von Goeler, Dave Walczak, Lili White, Stephanie Wooster, Tamara Wyndham, Barbara Zweig
Exhibition: Exit Art announces Fracking: Art and Activism Against the Drill. Hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) is a means of gas extraction that accesses gas trapped more than a mile below the earth’s surface. This exhibition, a project of SEA (Social Environmental Aesthetics), will expose this process of gas extraction that is contaminating water supplies worldwide. Through documentary videos, photography by Jacques del Conte and Michael Forster Rothbart, commissioned works, public responses and literature, it will engage the public in dialogue on this issue through public lectures and calls to action and encourage audiences to continue educating themselves and their communities on fracking and its detrimental effects.
Events: January 12, 2011, Fracking and Its
Effects: A Panel Discussion, with Mark Ruffalo, Actor / Activist; Tracy
Carluccio, Activist; Joe Levine, Lobbyist / Activist; Michael Lebron,
Artist / Activist / Organizer; Al Appleton, Policy; Dr. Vince Pedre,
Health Expert; Christy Rupp, Artist; and Josh Fox, Director / "Gasland";
February 1, 2011, SEA Poetry Series No. 6 with Phil Metres and Michael Leong
and an artist response by Jacques del Conte