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EXIT ART
475 Tenth Avenue NYC, 10018
212-966-7745
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jodi Hanel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RENEGADES
25 Years of Performance at Exit Art
A Selection from the Archives
December 16, 2006 – January 27, 2007
Opening Saturday December 16 7-10pm
RENEGADES is a history of performance that was produced or presented
at Exit Art over its 25-year history. Through documentation from the
archives including video, photographs, slides, ephemera and other
archival materials, this exhibition examines Exit Art’s seminal place
in the history of performance.
In 2007-2008 Exit Art will celebrate its 25th Anniversary. This
silver anniversary will be commemorated during the year through new
programming initiatives and other special events to include an
exciting series of exhibitions that explore Exit Art’s rich and
diverse history. The first exhibition, RENEGADES, highlights our
history of fostering and presenting performance art in New York City.
Drawn directly from our archive, this exhibition offers the
opportunity to revisit a number of historically important
performances as well as exhibitions that explored the contemporary
history of performance art.
Live performances by Trickster Theater
Saturdays, January 20 and 27, 2007 8-10PM
Featuring Rob Andrews, Mayumi Ishino, Saeri Kiritani, Jodie Lyn-Kee-
Chow, Wanda Ortiz, Jolie Pichardo, Pasha Radetzki, Boryana Rossa,
Rafael Sanchez, Mark Stafford, Traci Tullius
Brief History of Exit Art’s Performance Projects
Illegal America
February 10, 1982- March 6, 1982
This historical show examined artists, who in the process of making
their work, came into conflict with the law, challenging issues of
legality and censorship. The show included photo-documentation of the
work with an artist statement and extensive written documentation of
each incident, many of which continued as legal cases.
Artists included Vito Acconci, Chris Burden, Gordon Matta Clark, Papo
Colo, Guerilla Art Action Group (GAAG), John Giorno, Tehching Hsieh,
Charlotte Moorman, Dennis Oppenheim
Tehching Hsieh
February 16, 1983 - March 12, 1983
Documentary presentation of Hsieh’s one-year performance of living
out of doors.
Oracle
April 28, 1985
Twenty-two artists were invited to do a performance in response to
the notion of the ancient Greek Oracle. Each artist had fifteen minutes.
Artists included Charlie Morrow, John Giorno, Alison Knowles, Bonnie
Sherk, Martha Wilson, Papo Colo, Yasunao Tone, Aline Mare & Bradley
Eros, Charlotte Moorman
Mastfor II: Good Treatment for Horses
June 11, 1987- June 28, 1987
Recreation of Nikolai Foregger's celebrated Constructivist cabaret/
theater, Mastfor from 1920s Moscow. Presentation of Good Treatment
For Horses was the first full recreation and adaptation of Vladimir
Mass' 1922 play, originally dramatized by Foregger with costumes
designed by Sergei Eisenstein and sets designed by Sergei Yutkevich.
Twelve performances were given by Mastfor II, a theater group that
recreates avant-garde productions of the twenties, directed by Mel
Gordon.
Samuel Beckett
January 27, 1990- February 18, 1990
Exit Art restaged several of Beckett’s plays in conjunction with an
exhibition that focused on his work for media including film,
television, and radio.
Tantrum
June 1, 1990
The event created a context for the eclectic group of visual artists,
musicians, dancers and performance artists by exploring how their
work redefines the boundaries of their mediums.
Artists included Jimmie Durham, Suzan-Lori Parks, Elizabeth Streb/
Ringside, David Linton, Reno
Speaking Tongues
January 17, 1992- January 18, 1992
Speaking Tongues were performance evenings that explored the varied
uses of the English language by writers and performance artists of
diverse backgrounds who are writing and publishing in English.
Let The Artist Live!
September 17 – October 22, 1994
Let the Artist Live! Was an exhibition in which fifteen American and
international artists were invited to live and work at Exit Art.
Each artist was given a space in the gallery to create their own
living and working environment. The environments changed over the
course of the five-week exhibition and included performances and
public programs that were organized by the participating artists.
Artists included Skip Arnold, Rachel Feinstein, Regina Frank, Paula
Hayes, Kate Howard, Yasira Nun, Javier Tellez, Michael Yue Tong, Ike
Ude, Liz Young
Endurance
March 4-April 15, 1995
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.
Artists included 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).
Imaginary Beings
1995
Taking inspiration from Jorge Luis Borges’ “The Book of Imaginary
Beings”, a poetic investigation into the creatures, monsters and
figures embodied in ancient and modern lore, these performance events
were a combination of poetry, prose and acting, a collaborative
exploration of life and love, body and spirit that coalesced in a
fantastic voyage upon a stage set representing a one bedroom apartment.
Sweat
June 15-July 13, 1996
Sweat was a group exhibition that addressed ideas of beach fantasies,
escape, heat, and the rituals inspired by warm summer months. Sun
worship, water, inertia, leisure time, and tourism were some of the
themes that informed the art pieces and installation. Comprised of
art objects, performance, and found ritual objects of the season -
assembled and manipulated in-group efforts, the exhibition celebrated
the season as a chaotic vision of Utopia of organized contradictions.
Artists included David Henry Brown Jr., Sue de Beer, Matthew Flower,
Kate Howard, Kim Jones, Dominic McGill, Heather Stephens, Michael
Tong, Javier Tellez
The Shape of Sound
September 21-November 23, 1996
The Shape of Sound was a dynamic exhibition/performance event that
studied the blurring of distinctions between mediums that has been
made possible by new technologies and new sensibilities. The
exhibition consisted of music and sound performances, both live and
recorded, as well as installations. One of the main features was the
interaction between the performances and the installations, between
musicians and visual artists.
Terra Bomba
December 7, 1996-March 8, 1997
Terra Bomba investigated the theatricality of installation art and
the reality of performance art as installation. Performance artists
used the gallery as a stage and created areas of acting that
constituted a dynamic exhibition of installations with the purpose of
performance. The public was encouraged to interact with the
performers and their stage settings.
Artists included David Henry Brown, Sue de Beer, Antonina Canal,
Patty Chang, Deborah Edmeades, Matthew Flower, Charley Friedman,
Gavin Grace, Marisa Gallo, Eric Guzman, Kate Howard, Dominic McGill,
Yasira Nun, Adam Putnam
La Tradicion
March 22 – April 26, 1997
La Tradicíon was an exhibition that explored the theatricality of
painting and the poetry of constructing a metaphysical object. Ten
painters transferred their studios to Exit Art for five weeks. Each
artist, while engaged with his/her own work, simultaneously
contributed to a larger, collective creation - a living, working,
interactive installation exploring the artists’ behavior and creative
processes.
Collective Actions
July 18-September 30, 1997
Collective Actions featured over fifty poster sized black and white
photographs, wall texts, and a video program documenting works by the
influential Russian performance group, Collective Actions. Since 1976
and under the leadership of theoretician Andrei Monastyrsky,
Collective Actions has been an important influence in the development
of contemporary conceptual and performance art in the Soviet Union.
All of Collective Actions’ performances took place outdoors,
primarily in the country, and endure in the form of black and white
photographs, video, and commentaries written by the viewers
documenting their impressions of the performances. Linking
performance with ritual, the Collective Actions performances were
spiritual acts aimed to create an atmosphere of unanimity among the
participants and to serve as a vehicle for directing consciousness
outside the boundaries of intellect. The photo images in the
exhibition documented representative scenes of various performances
from 1976 to 1990, recreating the atmosphere, spirit, and
significance of the performative actions of the Collective Actions
group.
Body and the East
January 20 – March 17, 2001
Body and the East, was an important survey of the history of body art
actions performed in the former Eastern Bloc and Soviet Union from
the 1960s to the present. Because much of this work operated outside
the boundaries of state-sanctioned art, the exhibition brought
attention to a body of work experienced by only a small minority in
the East, and known to few in the West. The exhibition examined more
than 200 body actions and performance works through extensive video
footage and still photographs taken during live actions. Drawings,
writings, photographs, and other archival materials also contributed
to an understanding of how a significant group of artists based in
the former Eastern bloc countries used their bodies as a starting
point for art. The exhibition was organized into fourteen sections,
each representing a country in Eastern Europe.
Show People
May 11 – August 17, 2002
This exhibition explored the practice of six extraordinary stage
directors whose work proved central to the evolution of a “downtown”
aesthetic and artists’ community since the 1960s. Each of these
influential directors has a body of work equally informed by
experimental practices in the visual, literary and performing arts.
Show People traced the careers of these esteemed directors through
unique installations, designed by the artists/directors, providing an
insight into the ideas and principles behind their work.
Artists included Reza Abdoh, Anne Bogart, Richard Foreman, Meredith
Monk, Peter Schumann and Robert Wilson.
Exit Biennial: The Reconstruction
March 8 – May 4, 2003
The first exhibition in Exit Art’s Hell’s Kitchen space, this show
featured 34 site-specific installations by 45 artists. The
exhibition was curated through a conceptplus open call for proposals
in which artists were asked to submit a project that was a metaphor
for Exit Art’s renovation/reconstruction and its relationship to the
new space and neighborhood. The exhibition opened with the artists
surrounded by their building materials, and over the course of the
show artists worked on their installations, the whole process
viewable to Exit Art’s public. In addition to installation works,
there were a number of process-oriented performance art pieces that
occurred at various times throughout the show.
Artists included Rob Andrews, Orly Genger, J. Gabriel Lloyd & John
McGurk, Wanda Ortiz, Matt Bua, Jesse Bercowetz & Ward Shelley,
Allessandra Torres
prayingproject
April 15 – 17, 2005
This weekend-long performance event took place in the ground floor
windows of Exit Art. Exploring the impact of faith on contemporary
society, prayingproject addressed such issues 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 quest to achieve enlightenment and
many others. Twenty-one artists performed on eight stages in the
windows simultaneously, and lasting from 30 minutes to 6 hours.
Artists included Rob Andrews, Sarah Chokyi Bauer, Paul Benney, Maria
Bussmann, caraballo-farman , Karen Dolmanisth, Cécile Evans, Berioska
Ipinza, Mayumi Ishino, Jae Rhim Lee, Annie Murdock, nicoykatiushka,
Laura Nova, Yasira Nun, , Pasha Radetzki, Chemi Rosado-Seijo, Akiko
Sasamoto, Mark Stafford, Riva Weinstein, Beatrice L. Wolert
Water Project
June 3, 10, 2006
In conjunction with The Drop, a visual art exhibition that explored
the global crisis of water, Water Project was a series of
performances addressing similar issues. Embedded within the art
installation, the individual yet simultaneous performances created
one collective presentation.
Artists included Rob Andrews, Mayumi Ishino, Saeri Kiritani (with
Karen Sorensen, Mark Ransom, Jennifer Scott Mobley, and Michael
Divorkin), Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, Nicoykatiushka, Jolie Pichardo, Pasha
Radetzki, Rafael Sanchez, Akiko Sasamoto, Mark Stafford
Wild Nights
July 15, 29, August 5, 2006
Wild Nights explored contemporary feminism and gender identity
through performances that complemented and were integrated into the
visual art exhibition, Wild Girls. The performances by ten artists
functioned collectively as one theatrical presentation although each
artist addressed a specific topic in her/his own unique piece.
Artists included Ogechi Chieke, Mayumi Ishino, Saeri Kiritani, Jodie
Lyn-Kee-Chow, Oleg Mavromatti, Wanda Ortiz, Jolie Pichardo, Boryana
Rossa, Akiko Sasamoto and Traci Tullius
General Information
Exit Art is located at 475 Tenth Avenue at 36th Street. Exit Art is
open each Tuesday through Thursday, 10 am – 6 pm; Friday, 10 am – 8
pm; Saturday, noon – 8 pm Closed Sunday and Monday. There is a
suggested donation of $5. For more information, the public may call
212-966-7745 or visit www.exitart.org.
EXIT ART WILL BE CLOSED DECEMBER 23, 2006 – JANUARY 1, 2007
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