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EXIT HISTORY:
Other America
3/5/2005 - 5/7/2005
Curator(s): Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman
Artists: Sol Aramendi, David Borawski, Michael Combs, Sung Ho
Choi, Chaim Garcia, Reuben Henry, Duron Jackson, Marie Christine
Katz, Sarah Klein, Tamara Kostianovsky, Warren Lehrer, David Opdyke,
Dane Patterson, Richard Rinehart, Bradley Rubenstein, Bryan Savitz,
Minshik Shin, Kiriko Shirobayashi, Véronique Simar, Jonathan
Skurnik, Judith Sloan, Randy Erica Stulberg, Alison Elizabeth Taylor,
The 62, Lex Thompson, Jennifer Trausch, Brian Ulrich, Michael Zansky
Exhibition: We live in a world that is defined
by American Pop icons like MTV, Hollywood, CNN, Disneyland, McDonald’s,
Coca-Cola, and Superman. What are the views of America beyond the
dominant
commercial aesthetic? What are the other faces of our country
that we want to present to the rest of the world? What are the
issues
and ideas that concern us? Who and where is the 'Other America'?
There are always new countercultures. At this moment, what are
the stories about life and art in the United States that reflect
other narratives and visions of who we are? How do we define
ourselves outside the American mainstream? Other America was a
multidisciplinary
arts exhibition that investigated views of America beyond the
conventional aesthetic. Other America presented artworks that
symbolize the
undercurrents of life in the United States.
PRAYINGPROJECT
4/15/2005 - 4/17/2005
Curator(s): Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman
Artists: Rob Andrews, Sarah Chokyi Bauer, Paul Benney, Maria Bussmann,
caraballo-farman, Karen Dolmanisth, Cécile Evans, Berioska
Ipinza, Mayumi Ishino, Jae Rhim Lee, Annie Murdock, Nico y Katiushka,
Laura Nova, Yasira Nun, Praxis, Pasha Radetzki, Chemi Rosado-Seijo,
Aki Sasamoto, Jeffrey Schiff, Mark Stafford, Riva Weinstein,
Beatrice L. Wolert
Exhibition: Realizing that faith has become one of the most relevant
issues of the 21st Century, Exit Art saw a need for artists to
respond to issues such as the influence of the religious right
on politics, the widespread interest in Zen practices, worldwide
religious intolerance, use of religion to connect to personal heritage,
the mixing of business, politics and religion, the quest to achieve
enlightenment, and many others. The twenty-one artists selected
for prayingproject discovered their unique ways of praying - private,
public, intense, sublime, vulnerable and powerful. Performances
were presented simultaneously on eight stages in the 10th Avenue
and 36th Street windows of Exit Art.
Homomuseum
5/21/2005 - 8/19/2005
Curator(s): Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman
Artists: Christopher Arabadjis, Alvin Baltrop, James Bidgood,
ak burnes, Christopher Clary, JP Forrest, Leor Grady, Stephanie
Gray, Michela Griffo, Geoffrey Hendricks and Sur Rodney (Sur),
Derek Jackson, Aaron Krach, Marget Long, Gabriel Martinez, James
Morrison, Rune Olsen, Predrag Pajdic and Rachel Wilberforce, Robert
Ransick and Blake Goble, Matthew Ravenstahl, Milton Rosa-Ortiz,
Shane Ruth, Mary Ellen Strom, Jonathan Wahl, Phillip Ward
Exhibition: Homomuseum was structured around
the idea of an imaginary national art museum dedicated to the presentation
and historicizing
of art by LGBT artists. Homomuseum investigated lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender
(LGBT) icons and histories that have made their mark on the political,
social, economic, and cultural landscape. Homosexual politicians,
architects, inventors, athletes, scientists, artists, and events
have shaped our global culture, this exhibition celebrated these
icons and moments in history. Homomuseum was comprised of two
visual components, an exhibition and archive project. For the exhibition,
LGBT artists chose a historical moment or person in the gay and
lesbian community that has influenced local, national, or global
culture and then created a conceptual portrait of work of that
person, event, or place. For the archives, members of the LGBT
community submitted objects/mementos that are personally important.
Archive objects included photographs, books, movies, poems, drawings,
and included personal texts explaining the object’s significance.
Homomuseum was a response to the tremendous influence that gay
culture has had on mainstream culture and investigated how homosexuality
is defined and expressed by queer artists today.
Exit Biennial II: Traffic
10/1/2005 - 12/23/2005
Curator(s): Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman
Artists: jonathan allen, Justin Beal, Gail Biederman, Johannes
Buss, Alfredo Conde, Matthew Cusick, Michel de Broin, Lisa DiLillo,
Uri Dotan, Hasan M. Elahi, eteam, Eddie Figueroa, Rafael Rivera,
Aaron Salabarrías, Chantel Foretich, Adam Frelin, Graciela
Fuentes, Christoph Gielen, Eduardo Gil, Shuli Hallak, Tom Hébert,
Angela Hennessy, Todd Jokl, Marie-Christine Katz, Michael Lalicki,
Matthew Lusk, Mitchell Marco, Bryan Mesenbourg, David Packer, Debra
Pearlman, Plamen Petkov, PIPS (Providence Initiative for Psychogeographic
Studies), Preemptive Media, Jeremy J. Quinn, Nicholas Rodrigues,
Augustine Romero, Shane Ruth, Marie Sauvaitre, Romy Scheroder,
Simon Schiessl, Saoirse Higgins, Zoë Sheehan Saldaña,
Paul Slocum, DoEAT, János Sugár, Stefanie Trojan,
Jovan Villalba, Onge S. Warner, Seth Weiner, Letha Wilson, Bradley
Wood, Mike Wsol, Linda Wysong
Exhibition: Traffic was the second of five biennials
planned over ten years. All of the biennials will focus on issues
relevant to
life in the metropolis and extend Exit Art’s commitment
to showcasing the work of young and emerging artists.
In response to Webster dictionary’s five definitions for “traffic”,
the artworks in this exhibition explored how traffic is defining
our constantly changing world; the sprawl of urban centers, borders
being redefined, global import and export of goods, people moving
from one place to another, the trafficking of drugs, people and
children, the flow of information over the internet etc. Everything
is in flux and traffic is the system in which it all moves.
Holiday Windows
11/19/2005 - 1/1/2006
Curator(s): Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman
Artists: Karen Dolmanisth, Hector Ducci, Kate
Gilmore, Anne Spurgeon, Charles Juhasz-Alvarado, nicoykatiushka,
José Letelier,
Jimmie Stone, Seth Weiner, Saya Woolfalk
Exhibition: In the spirit of the holiday windows
featured in New York’s major department stores, Exit Art
commissioned ten artists to create installations in its eight storefront
window
spaces. Viewable twenty-four hours a day through the 10th Avenue
and 36th Street windows, each display expressed a unique take
on the holiday season and spirit.
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