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Down the Road Events

Baton Rouge, LA - Eva Lee '87 at the Louisiana Art & Science Center

Saturday, September 26, 2009 - Sunday, December 13, 2009
100 River Road South, Baton Rouge, LA

Eva Lee '87 has new work, including drawings and animations, in the exhibition Starry Messenger: Galileo's Vision in 21st Century Art at the Louisiana Art & Science Center in Baton Rouge. In celebration of International Year of Astronomy 2009, this exhibition features 58 works by contemporary artists who have found artistic inspiration in astronomy. In this endeavor, they join artists through the ages, including the great scientist and trained artist Galileo Galilei. Reproductions of his drawings and informative panels about his accomplishments will also be featured.

Please note: on Thursday, October 22, 5-8pm there will be a special talk at the museum with the exhibiting artists, as well as an opportunity to gaze upon the stars in the Irene W. Pennington Planetarium. Reception to follow.

Contact: Louisiana Art & Science Museum, LASM@lasm.org, 225-344-5272. http://www.lasm.org/exhibits/current.shtml E-mail to Friend

New York, NY - Daniel Gordon '04 and Walead Beshty '99 in MoMA Exhibition

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 - Monday, January 11, 2010
MoMA, 11 West 53rd Street

New Photography 2009 is a thematic presentation of significant recent work in photography that examines and expands the conventional definitions of the medium. Although the six artists in this installation—Walead Beshty '99, Daniel Gordon 04, Leslie Hewitt, Carter Mull, Sterling Ruby, and Sara VanDerBeek—represent diverse points of view, working methods, and pictorial modes ranging from abstract to representational, their images all begin in the studio or the darkroom and result from processes involving collection, assembly, and manipulation. Many of the works are made with everyday materials and objects, as well as images from the Internet, magazines, newspapers, and books. Some of the artists also work in other mediums and their pictures relate to disciplines such as drawing, sculpture, and installation. As traditional photographic techniques are being quickly replaced by digital technologies, the artists included here examine the process and structure of making photographs.
212-708-9400. http://moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/891 E-mail to Friend

Queens, NY - Eva Lee '87 at the New York Hall of Science

Saturday, October 3, 2009 - Sunday, January 31, 2010
47-01 111th Street

Eva Lee '87 has work included in the exhibition Digital 09: Mysteries in Science, on view at the New York Hall of Science in Queens. 
Contact: New York Hall of Science, info@asci.org, 718-699-0005. http://www.asci.org/artikel1052.html E-mail to Friend

Brooklyn, NY - George Hirose '79 Exhibition at Pratt Institute

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - Sunday, February 28, 2010
200 Willoughby Avenue, Brooklyn

George Hirose '79: Nighttime
Photographs from 2004-2009

On view through February 2010
Reception: Wednesday, Nov. 4th,  4-6 pm

President's Office Gallery
Pratt Institute    1st floor, main building
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday  9-5

Directions: G train to Clinton-Washington
Contact: George Hirose '79, ghirose@aol.com, 917-833-8123. E-mail to Friend

Brooklyn, NY - Performance/Exhibition by Doug Henderson '82 at Pierogi

Saturday, November 7, 2009 - Sunday, December 27, 2009
191 North 14th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn and Berlin based sound artist Doug Henderson ’82’s Music for 100 Carpenters will be performed and installed at BOILER @ Pierogi in Williamsburg.

Music for 100 Carpenters is a theatrical surround-sound music performance, enlisting 100 skilled and unskilled tradespeople. Prying at Stockhausen’s convolution of rhythm and timbre, 100 hammers, 100 blocks of wood and some 10,000 nails of varying sizes are brought to bear in a real-time, real-world articulation of complex computer synthesis. Under the guidance of job supervisors, thousands of hammer blows become waves of tonal murmur, threaded with rustlings of nails and occasional snarls of righteous indignation. The performers are organized into work crews with lists of tasks and closely timed schedules, and arranged in a circle around the audience. Toolbelts, sweat and lunchboxes are part of the score. For the installation phase, a bird’s eye view of the performance is projected on the floor, with the debris from the show left in place, accompanied by a superbly detailed six channel surround sound recording.

Performances: Saturday and Sunday, November 7 and 8 at 8:00 p.m.

Installation: November 11 – December 27, 2009.
Contact: BOILER @ Pierogi, , 718-599-2144. http://www.pierogi2000.com/new.html E-mail to Friend

Amsterdam, Holland - Serkan Ozkaya MFA '00 at 1K projectspace

Saturday, November 14, 2009 - Sunday, December 6, 2009
1e Keucheniusstraat 13hs, Amsterdam

1K projectspace in Amsterdam, a gallery created and run by Nina Bovasso MFA '00, is proud to present "Serkan Ozkaya's Chair Elevated by Three Balloons."

Turkish artist Serkan Ozkaya MFA '00 has been called "a utopianist," and, "a kind of merry prankster in the tradition of Duchamp and the Dadaists."

Opening reception: Saturday, November 14th, 5-7 pm
Exhibition runs: November 14 - December 6, 2009
Contact: 1K projectspace, 1kprojectspace@gmail.com, 312-077-3191 x4. http://www.1kprojectspace.com E-mail to Friend

New York, NY - Jasmina Danowski '97 (MFA) in Solo Exhibition

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 - Saturday, December 19, 2009
Spanierman Modern, 53 East 58th Street, NYC

Spanierman Modern presents its third exhibition by Jasmina Danowski '97, Quite a Little Bit.
212-832-1400. http://www.spaniermanmodern.com/upcoming.htm E-mail to Friend

East Hampton, NY - Kevin Teare MFA '97 in Exhibition

Saturday, December 5, 2009 - Sunday, January 17, 2010
Guild Hall, Woodhouse Gallery, 158 Main Street

Kevin Teare MFA '97 was the winner of the 69th Annual Artist Members Exhibition competition--juried by Senior Editor at Art In America, Faye Hirsch. The show, Upon This Rock, will begin on December 5 with a Q&A at 3:00 pm with Pauline Sutcliffe, sister of ex-Beatle Stuart Sutcliffe and executrix of the Stuart Sutcliffe Estate. Joining us will be Dr. Christine Feldman, author of We Are the Mods. A public reception will be held from 5:00 to 6:00 pm. 631-725-8030. http://www.guildhall.org/ E-mail to Friend