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EXIT HISTORY:
Wild
1/17/1998 - 3/29/1998
Curator(s): Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman
Artists: David Brody, Fabia Closson, Nancy Cohen, Steve Currie,
Inka Essenhigh, Peter Hildebrand, Herb McGilvray, Arnaldo Morales,
Daniel Pittman, Bruce Pearson, Joslin Stevens, Patrick Thorne,
Rodney Allen Trice, Daniel Zeller, Shari Zolla
Exhibition: Wild was a turbulent body constructed of related sensibilities.
It was an assemblage of anomalies, drawn by associations across
the mediums of painting, sculpture, drawing, and installation.
The exhibition presented the artists’ unusual uses and interpretations
of these traditional mediums and the unexpected manipulation
of materials and subject matter. The wildness was in the juxtaposition
of materials, expanding the traditional interpretations of those
mediums.
Propelled by the wilder-than-ever spirit of New York City, Wild
gave form to the charged atmosphere around us. With work culled
from one year of actively seeking out and reviewing new artists'
work, Wild presented what Exit Art saw happening at the moment
in the studios that they visited in and around the city.
Hybrobar
2/12/1998 - 3/19/1998
Curator(s): Alien Comic, Ami Armstrong, and Julia Martin
Performance: Hybrobar was a series of theatrical
evenings for which Exit Art’s cafe was the stage. As a new
venue for directors, writers, and actors, each evening of Hybrobar
hosted a series of
short performances - monologues, scenes, short plays, works in
progress - by an exciting selection of both accomplished and emerging
thespians. Each evening was organized by a different performance
coordinator.
Hybrobar draws on the history of the bar/cafe as a site for performance
- from cabaret to stand-up comedy to improvisation. By virtue of
being a communal, relaxed space, the bar is an optimal arena for
interaction among performers and audiences. Hybrobar provides an
opportunity for writers, directors and actors to challenge themselves
and further develop their crafts by presenting work in an atmosphere
where feedback is immediate and experimentation essential.
Hybro Video
3/11/1998 - 4/1/1998
Curator(s): Jodi Hanel and Kate Hackman
Video Program: Hybro Video was a series of video programs that
took place in Exit Art’s cafe. Hybro Video provided a forum
for video artists to gain exposure for their work and to meet and
exchange ideas in a creative, informal environment. Each evening’s
program consisted of a series of short videos by a diverse selection
of artists.
Transmissions: Channeling Cultural Information Through the Medium
of Video
5/9/1998 - 7/11/1998
Curator(s): Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman
Participants: Darsie Alexander (Curatorial Assistant,
The Museum of Modern Art), Bill Arning (Independent Curator/Critic),
Joseph
Backstein (Director, Institute for Contemporary Art, Moscow),
Tamas Banovich (Independent Curator), Amnon Barzel (Curator, Judisches
Museum, Berlin), Barry Blinderman (Director/Curator, Illinois
State
University Galleries), Dan Cameron (Senior Curator, New Museum),
Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman (Curators, Exit Art), Pip Day
(Curator, Artists’ Space), Okwui Enwezor (Independent Curator),
Fab 5 Freddy (Cultural Critic), Richard Flood (Curator, Walker
Arts Center), Christian Haye (Writer, frieze, London), Hou Hanru
(Independent Curator), Laura Hoptman (Curator, The Museum of
Modern Art), Evelyne Jouanno (Independent Curator) Yu Yeon Kim
(Independent
Curator), Barbara London (Curator of Film and Video, The Museum
of Modern Art), Amerigo Marras (Independent Curator) Jay Murphy
(Writer, Critic), Dominique Nahas (Independent Curator/Critic),
Hans Ulrich Obrist (Independent Curator), Celeste Olalquiga (Cultural
Critic), Andrzej Przywara (Curator, Galeria Foksal, Warsaw),
Hani Rashid (Director, Asymptote), Larry Rinder (Director, Institute
for Exhibitions and Public Programs, CCAC, S.F.), Kenny Schacter
(Independent Curator), Ingrid Shaffner (Independent Curator),
Patterson
Sims (Curator, The Museum of Modern Art), Oleksandr Soloviev
(Independent Curator), Mary Anne Staniszewski (Cultural Critic,
Professor, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute), Robert Storr (Curator, The Museum of
Modern Art), Adam Szymczyk (Curator, Galerie Foksal, Warsaw),
Christoph
Tannert (Director, Kunslerhaus Bethanien, Berlin), Theo Tegelaers
(Director/Curator, W139, Amsterdam), Cesar Trasobares (Independent
Curator), Adam Weinberg (Curator, Whitney Museum of American
Art), Martha Wilson (Director, Franklin Furnace Archives), Octavio
Zaya,
(Independent Curator/Critic), Lynn Zelevansky (Curator, Los Angeles
County Museum of Art)
Exhibition: Transmissions was about the vision
of the curator/critic - how they absorb cultural information and
communicate that information
to the public. For the exhibition, a group of national and international
curators and cultural critics made hour-long unedited videotapes
with the purpose of exposing a fragment of their behavior, their
modus operandi. The format varied and was entirely up to the
individual - ranging from an interview, a visit to an artist’s
studio, a meeting or conversation, impressions of a place or space
- any
kind of cultural information they wanted to transmit. The video
camera became the eye of the curator/critic, recording and revealing
the information each of them absorbs and extracts from their
daily experiences and framing that information, in whatever way
they
chose, for the public to see.
The exhibition consisted of a rotating selection of the videos
that were shown on an ongoing basis in Exit Art’s two
gallery spaces. The collections of tapes were augmented continuously
over the course of the show. Videos were projected on the gallery
walls,
as well as shown on monitors in more intimate viewing areas.
Tapes were changed every hour.
New York Stories: Drawings by Seth Tobocman and Photographs by
Brian Weil
9/18/1998 - 10/31/1998
Curator(s): Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman
Exhibition: New York Stories presented the work of artists Seth
Tobocman and Brian Weil. Both artists provided an insider’s
perspective on distinct New York communities and moments that their
works and their activism helped to define. In conjunction with
the exhibition, there was a series of public programs - video screenings,
literature and poetry readings, multi-media and musical performances
- which told other New York stories from very personal perspectives.
In all of these, New York City was cast as a central character.
New York Stories featured original drawings by Seth Tobocman, from
his graphic novel, War in the Neighborhood, in which he documents
the strife he has witness to on the Lower East Side, centering
around Tompkins Square Park.
The documentary photographs of Brian Weil reflect his intense involvement
with social issues and communities at the “fringes” of
society as well. The large-scale black and white photographs provide
intimate perspectives on individuals and communities.
The Choice
11/14/1998 - 1/2/1998
Curators: Ida Applebroog, Nicole Eisenman, Robert Gober, Antony
Gormley, Gottfried Helnwein, Damien Hirst, Ronald Jones, Frank
Moore, Cindy Sherman, Laurie Simmons, Kiki Smith, Sam Taylor-Wood,
Nari Ward:
Artists: Jane Higgins, Saeri Kiritani, Lisa Petsu
Lagunes, Alison Kelly, Maria E. Piñeres, Suzanne Wright, Jonathon Hexner,
Ignassi Aballi, John Patrick Clayman, Iris Andraschek, Danielle
Kraay, Rachel Howard, Eric Schnell, Aaron Cobbett, Michael Combs,
Charles Clough, Susan Jennings, David Krueger, Gail Le Boff, Helen
Rousakis, Pedro Barbeito, Joey Kötting, Georgie Hopton, Brett
Cook Dizney, Chris Sollars
Exhibition: The Choice, was an exhibition that identified unknown
and emerging artists through the viewpoint of leading contemporary
artists. We invited an international group of artists to engage
their own curatorial ideas. In the role of curator, these artists
were asked to present the work of artists they followed or whose
work affected them in a personal way. In keeping with Exit Art’s
mission to bring the work of emerging artists to a broader audience,
they were asked that the artists they chose had not had major
exposure.
Each of the participating artists/curators was chosen for their
different perspectives on contemporary art. Through juxtaposing
each of the curator’s selections within the context of
a larger exhibition, new readings of relationships, influences,
parallels
and differences among a diverse group of artists was suggested.
The Choice created a web of opposing and complimentary visions,
revealing a more inclusive and open reading of recent developments
in contemporary art.
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