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Conditions of Display curated
by Gean Moreno
April 14 - June 30, 2007
Opening reception: Saturday, April 14 @ 9 pm
In their first collaborative project, The
Moore Space and Locust Projects are pleased to present
the two-venue exhibition Conditions of Display, curated
by Gean Moreno. This exhibition will open to the public
at both locations on SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2007. At The
Moore Space, the opening reception will be from 7pm
to 10 pm, and at Locust, it will be from 9pm to midnight.
Conditions of Display includes the following artists:
Shahin Afrassiabi, Tobias Buche, Gardar Eide Einarsson,
Eugenio Espinoza, Gaylen Gerber, Adler Guerrier, Swetlana
Heger, Gareth James & Roe Ethridge, Sergej Jensen,
Michael Krebber, Michaela Meise, Paulina Olowska, Elena
Pankova, Sean Paul, Kristen Pieroth, Seth Price, Blake
Rayne, Josh Smith, Christopher Williams, Johannes Wohnseifer,
Remy Zaugg and Kevin Zucker.
In recent years there has been a renewed interest among
younger artists to produce work that rescues some of
the critical gestures of past generations. Conditions
of Display sets out to showcase and explore the meaning
of this refocusing on display strategies, presentational
contexts, and the myriad ways in which artworks are
framed and distributed. Stemming from the preoccupations
of early conceptual artists that first turned toward
a rigorous investigation of site, the concerns of these
younger artists engage not only the immediate physical
locale where the work is exhibited but the systems of
distribution and display in which they function. Beyond
this, the exhibition will explore how the critical gestures
fare in our contemporary socio-cultural situation.
The work of four artists that first emerged in the
late 1980s and early 1990s—Christopher Williams,
Michael Krebber, Eugenio Espinoza and Gaylen Geber—made
theirs the tradition of institutional critique and context-specific
production. Against these, the work of the younger artists
in Conditions of Display will be presented. Relying
on different media—from digital videos to banners
to paintings—these younger artists have revived
certain critical and self-reflexive gestures, renewing
an interrogation of site and the systems that frame
the art object while remaining keenly aware of the socio-cultural
situation in which the function.
Along with pre-existing objects, a number of the artists
will be producing projects specifically for this exhibition.
Gaylen Gerber will participate with a new Backdrop painting
made specifically for The Moore Space. Berlin-based
artist Tobias Buche will build a new, large-scaled display
unit. Shahin Afrassiabi has shot a new video that focuses
on educational spaces. Miami-based artists Adler Guerrier
and Eugenio Espinoza will both make new work. Guerrier’s
will involve, among other things, a psycho-geography
of the increasingly-gentrified neighborhood of Wynwood
and Espinoza will be rehabilitating part of the installation
that he produced for Locust Projects in 2005. Sean Paul
is working on a context-specific reaction to the sites
in which this exhibition will take place. Gardar Einar
Einarsson and Blake Rayne will also be participating
with new work.
This exhibition runs until June 30th at Locust Projects
and July 14th at The Moore Space.
The Moore Space is a non-profit art space in the Design
District in Miami. Founded in 2001, its mission is to
present international contemporary art forms. It achieves
this through an experimental program of cross-disciplinary
exhibitions, performances, artists and curators residencies
and public programs which reflect the state of contemporary
art today: new forms, new voices and new thought. This
exhibition is sponsored by: Craig Robins, Rosa de la
Cruz, and The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural
Affairs and The Cultural Affairs Council, Miami-Dade
County Mayor and the Board of County Commissioners,
Eugenio López/La Colección Jumex generously
sponsor the Moore Space with the support of the Austrian
Cultural Forum New York. The Moore Space is located
at 4040 NE 2nd Avenue, 2nd floor in the Design District.
Regular Hours: Wed – Sat 10 am – 5 pm. Admission:
free of cost.
Locust Projects is an alternative, not for profit,
Miami based exhibition space dedicated to providing
contemporary visual artists the freedom to experiment
with new ideas and methods without the pressures of
gallery sales or other limitations of conventional exhibition
spaces. Artists are encouraged to create site-specific
installations as an extension of their representative
work; Locust Projects offers them a vibrant Miami experience
to develop their ideas and methods. Locust Projects
is committed to offering an approachable and inviting
venue for the Miami and international art community
to experience the work and meet the artist. Locust Projects
is sponsored in part by Peroni, Italy. Locust Projects
is located at 105 NW 23rd Street in Wynwood.
Regular Hours: Thu – Sat 10 am – 5pm, Admission:
Free of cost.
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LOCUST PROJECTS is sponsored, in part,
by The Dade
Community Foundation with support of The Miami-Dade
County Dept of Cultural Affairs, The Cultural Affairs
Council, The Mayor, and The Miami-Dade Board of County
Commissioners.
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