THE BUILDING SHOW

February 17- March 31, 2007

Opening Saturday February 17, 7-10pm

Buildings have become iconic figures of cities and countries; these architectural wonders are either loved or despised by their neighbors, visitors and passersby. Oftentimes buildings have deeply rooted historical significance, they form skylines that are embedded into our vertical memory and hold infinite stories within their walls. Other times buildings are surrounded by controversy, neighborhoods are rezoned, gentrification causes displacement and old buildings are torn down and quickly rebuilt for new uses. In homage to these vertical symbols Exit Art presents The Building Show, an exhibition featuring twenty-six conceptual, realistic, personal, intimate and analytical artworks that are defined by artists’ personal relationships to existing structures.

CURATORS

Jeanette Ingberman and Papo Colo

PROJECT DIRECTOR

Jodi Hanel

Artists

Mary Mihelic and Caridad Sola

Sears Tower, Chicago, IL

Mary Mihelic and Caridad Sola will create a wind tunnel, inspired by the Sears Tower in Chicago, which until recently, was the tallest building in the world. Not only does Chicago gets its famous nickname, the Windy City, from the wind tunnels that surround the downtown area, but they originally received it after the local long-winded politicians.

Mary Mihelic is a NYC and Chicago-based artist. After graduating from Boston College, she worked as a creative in the advertising industry and studied at the Museum School in Boston and at Parsons, the New School for Design in New York, and received her MFA from there in 2006.
Caridad Sola is a Miami & NYC-based multi-media visual artist and licensed architect. She has exhibited widely including the Lowe Art Museum in Miami, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Center, and A.I.R. Gallery in NYC, and the Arts + Literature Laboratory Gallery in New Haven, CT.

EXHIBITION INVITATION

PUBLIC PROGRAMS

Trickster Theater performances: Saturday March 17 and 24, 8pm. An evening of new performances by exploring ideas of building and layering… (more)

Panel Discussions: Exit Art has invited architects, artists and members of the community to discuss architectural issues pertinent to contemporary life… (more)

Walking tour of Hell’s Kitchen with architect Meta Brunzema… (more)

The Building Show Film Series: Over the month of March we will be screening independent documentaries that focus on the social and political aspects of building…(more)

FUNDERS

Exhibition support provided by Altria Inc., The Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston, Carnegie Corporation, Greenwall Foundation, Jerome Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, New York State Council on the Arts, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Starry Night Fund of The Tides Foundation, Exit Art’s Board of Trustees and our members.

Many thanks to LeNoble Lumber for their generous donation of building materials.