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EXIT HISTORY:
Endurance
3/4/1995 - 4/15/1995
Curator(s): Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman
Artists: Marina Abramovic, Bas Jan Ader, Vito Acconci, Eleanor
Antin, Skip Arnold, Judith Barry, Joseph Beuys, Chris Burden, Papo
Colo, Arthur Cravan, Valie Export, Bob Flanagan and Sheree Rose,
Sherman Fleming, Terry Fox, Gilbert and George, Geoffrey Hendricks,
Tehching Hsieh, Kim Jones, Yves Klein, Barry Le Va, Tom Marioni,
Paul McCarthy, Linda Montano, Charlotte Moorman, Bruce Nauman,
Yoko Ono, Dennis Oppenheim, Orlan, Gina Pane, Pearl, Rachel Rosenthal,
Jill Scott, Carolee Schneemann, Barbara Smith, Bonnie Sherk, Stelarc,
Mierle Laderman Ukeles, T.R. Uthco (Doug Hall and Jody Proctor).
Exhibition: Endurance was an historical exhibition examining and
documenting the work of twentieth century visual and performance
artists whose individual and collective works tested the physical,
mental, and spiritual endurance of the body. The exhibition included
the work of approximately thirty artists and focused on selected
photographic documentation from key works that exemplified acts
of endurance done in real time.
Endurance was the extreme form of presence, an emphatic statement
of existence, time, and the physical limitations of the body and
will. Within these performances/actions is an intention beyond
the physical to reach the spiritual -- rituals of the modern world,
a way for the artist to prove a point with themselves, a defiance
of being your own victim, an action between triumph and defeat.
Visual art becomes a form of acting, the meaning changes from the
visual to the physical and finally to photography which is the
final act/object.
Way Cool
5/6/1995 - 7/14/1995
Curator(s): Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman
Artists: Lynda Abraham, Yuval Adler, Mike Arvan, Michael Ashkin,
Jean Blackburn, Matt Blackwell, Chakaia Booker, Nina Bovasso, Ana
Busto, Kristin Calabrese, William Cotton, Patricia Cronin, Graham
Gillmore, Steve Giovinco, Sarah Grimm, Mara Haseltine, Bing Hu,
David Lindberg, Alfredo Martinez, Katie Merz, Nelson, Itty Neuhaus,
Sheila Pepe, Juan Perdiguero, Edouard Pierre Louis, Alfredo Ramirez,
Jason Reed, Laura Sansone, Joseph Schneider, Jennie Schueler, Robert
Seng, Lawrence Seward, Randy Wray, Ricardo Zulueta
Exhibition: Way Cool was a dynamic group exhibition of thirty-one
young fieldworks by Jeanette Ingberman and Papo Colo, Directors
and Co-Founders of Exit Art. Way Cool was the synthesis of discoveries
-- taking the pulse of the younger generation and identifying
its position in a vital cultural context. The exhibition explored
the
formation of new aesthetic attitudes and the current tendencies
in art, forged in a changing global vision. The exhibition offered
a window into fresh art that focused on personal style, on individual,
idiosyncratic visions. A spirit of inventiveness characterized
the work, often manifested in experimental interactions with
materials, from rubber to light. The sources varied extensively,
but the art
shared a characteristic energy that was bold and edgy. A spirit
of vitality united the work of Way Cool. The artists examined,
played, and finally found their individual voices. Way Cool expanded
Exit Art’s dialogue with emerging generations of young
artists by providing a showcase to analyze their work and ideas.
Transfers
9/23/1995 - 11/11/1995
Curator(s): Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman
Artists: Thomas Riley Andersen, Mike Arvan, Drew Beattie & Daniel
Davidson, Judy Glantzman, Lawrence Seward, First World Theater
Exhibition: Transfers was a group exhibition that examined the
expression of surrealist tendencies in painting by contemporary
artists. The exhibition began with painting and continued in an
exploration of the relationship between painting and theater. Each
artist created a costume inspired by their paintings, intended
for theatrical collaborations to illuminate the fantastic vision
of the picture frame. These costumes, exhibited on stages in the
gallery, served to transform Exit Art into a performance space
as actors of the First World Theater, under the direction of Papo
Colo, performed from texts inspired by The Book of Imaginary Beings
by Jorge Luis Borges.
Transfers served as an experimentation on the translation of the
surreal expression of one medium to another. The exhibition expands
Exit Art’s exploration of new media and the reinvention of
traditional forms.
Imaginary Beings
12/2/1995 - 1/27/1996
Curator(s): Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman
Artists: Ida Applebroog, Meghan Boody, Louise
Bourgeois, Nina Bovasso, David Henry Brown Jr., Antonina Canal,
Nicola Constantino,
Scott Cunningham, Dame Darcy, Sue deBeer, Nicole Eisenmann, Judy
Fox, C. Garcia Martinez, Steven Gontarski, Elliott Green, Kristin
M. Hartmann, Ben Katchor, Kaz, Jerry Kearns, Larry Krone, Krystine
Kryttre, Peter Kuper, Carol Lay, Alfredo Martinez, Dominic McGill,
Shirin Neshat, Laura Newman, Elizabeth Olbert, Tom Otterness,
Roxy Paine, Joyce Pensato, E. Pierre Louis, Jörg Rode, Jonathon
Rosen, Rudy Royval, Christy Rupp, Alison Saar, Lucas Samaras,
Keith Sanborn, David Sandlin, David C. Scher, Arlene Shechet, Kate
Shepherd,
Cindy Sherman, Amy Sillman, Allison Smith, Kiki Smith, Rachel
Stevens, Javier Tellez, Miguel Trelles, Fred Tomaselli, Connie
Walsh, S.
Clay Wilson, Angela Wyman
Exhibition: Each civilization has its myths. These myths embody
imaginary figures-- from the dragon, the minotaur, the golem, to the
super-heroes of commercial culture. Imaginary Beings was concerned
with both the interaction of fantasy and reality, and the construction
or deconstruction of figures existing within the artists’ imagination.
Imaginary Beings exemplified heroes and villains, saviors and demons.
They are products of the human condition and our theatrical imagination.
Imaginary Beings represent our joys and fears. There is a tradition
of imaginary beings within the history of art: from Brueghel to
Goya, from the folkloric to the conceptual, from storytelling to
theater, from poetry to filmmaking.
The inspiration for Imaginary Beings derives from Jorge Luis Borges’ “The
Book of Imaginary Beings,” a poetic investigation into the
creatures, monsters and figures embodied in ancient and modern
lore. Published in 1967, Borges’ book reflects a cultural
fascination and an enduring need for the imaginary figure. The
artists selected represented different generations and visual approaches
to the ideas expressed by Borges. The exhibition formed a dialogue
-- from the drawings of Louise Bourgeois, to the photographs of
Lucas Samaras and Cindy Sherman, to the comic art of S. Clay Wilson
and Jonathon Rosen, and finally to a new generation of artists
-- with each artist interacting and shaping a contemporary view
on this ancient practice.
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