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

 

 

Jerstin Crosby and Lump Lipshitz

Biscuit King factory, Durham, North Carolina

 

Jerstin Crosby and Lump Lipshitz memorialize small businesses that are forced to close down in the face of franchising in their sculpture, The Biscuit King. The Biscuit King, is a recreation of a dilapidated building in Durham, North Carolina which will soon be demolished to make room for a large multi-plex.

 

Jerstin Crosby is an interdisciplinary artist and member of the artist collective Team Lump. He received an MFA from the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill, and has exhibited nationally. Lump Lipshitz is the moniker for Raleigh artist, Bill Thelen. He has an MFA from UNC Chapel Hill. He has exhibited both nationally and internationally with and without the Team Lump collective. He is represented by Branch Gallery in Durham, NC.

 


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.