Please join me with the artist Emil Memon, in his first solo exhibition: "Human League" this Friday, May 4 (6-9pm) @ 450 Broadway Gallery NYC. Regards, Cristine WangTitle: EMIL MEMON: HUMAN LEAGUE @ 450 BROADWAY GALLERY NEW YORK
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4 5 0 B R O A D W A Y G A L L E R Y
is pleased to announce the First Solo Exhibition of Video Artist Emil Memon in New York: EMIL
MEMON:
Friday, May 4th - Saturday, May 19th 2001 *Reception
for the Artist*
"Like clicking on an icon, the viewer decompresses the process, accessing a stream of information." This exhibition focuses on works on paper which are likened to "compressed thoughts" - cultural codes. An object, in the form of a table, performs similarly to the drawings, playing with the idea of modernism, where Corbusier's "Do-mi-no House" sketch is the DNA responsible for Chicago's "Cabrini Housing Projects", all the way to Manhattan corporate architecture. There is an ambient sound piece, which fills the exhibition space with the artist's lament on the "Fall of Man". In the last decade, New York-based artist Emil Memon has been prolific in the production of site-specific installations. He was able to transform inhospitable, but architecturally-engaging spaces such as old Broadway theaters ("The Supper Club", the ex-"Club USA" ), as well as abandoned offices and industrial spaces. In a matter of minutes he transformed them through video, slide projections and light materials (like vinyl), absorbing everything around it into carriers of cultural codes. A consummate media artist, he chooses the medium that best fits the idea he is working with, while paying respect to the spirit of it. This flexibility (not taken lightly) is fitting in a place like New York City, whose main product is the packaging of highs + lows in the form of different media. Emil Memon, born in Slovenia, studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. As a Fulbright Scholar, he travelled to New York where he lives and works. In the eighties, he exhibited his work in the then bourgeoning east village art scene, along with artists such as David Wojnarowicz. In the nineties, he transformed abandoned industrial sites with his sound and video installations, as well as curating other artists such as Kenny Schacter and Taylor Mead into these hybrid events. He participated in the XLVII Venice Biennale.
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