FAU ART IN NYC

Artists Space

Richard Birkett, cuarator at Artists Space in Soho discusses their current show by Hilary Lloyd, a British video artist. This is the artist's first solo show in the United States.

The exhibition features new work developed by Lloyd in direct relation to the architecture of Artists Space. Lloyd's work is predominantly realized through the presentation of sequential images, either within video or slide installations. This work is rooted in Lloyd’s observation of people, objects and spaces.

Founded in 1972, Artists Space has successfully contributed to changing the institutional and economic landscape for contemporary art in New York City - lending support to emerging ideas and emerging artists alike. Today, Artists Space is a place for discussion and examination that proposes new modes of production, setting new relations into play and shifting its focus away from the presentation of works alone - ultimately, a center for new ideas in a radically changing world.

The Drawing Center

Professor De St. Croix and his students view works at the Drawing Center in Soho.

The exhibition on display in the main gallery is "Drawing and its Double" Selections from the Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica. This exhbit is comprised of fifty-nine rarely-exhibited engraved metal printing plates dating from the sixteenth century to the late twentieth century, culled exclusively from the collections of one of the world’s most important museums devoted to the Graphic Arts. Magnifying lenses were supplied at the center to investigate this wonderfully intricate work.

Featured in the drawing room was an exhibition by Paolo Canevari titled "Decalogo." Decalogo, the Italian shorthand for the Ten Commandments and perhaps the most well-known social contract or “rules to live by,” continues Canevari’s investigation into how dynamic imagery can reveal political and social crises.

Artist statement workshop in our NYCAMS classroom with art critic, Jill Conner of White Hot art blog.

Jill Conner is the New York Editor of Whitehot Magazine and Editor of On-Verge. She is a contributor to Afterimage, ArtUS, Art in America, Interview Magazine, Performance Art Journal and Sculpture Magazine and posts reviews at ArtQuips. Since 2003, Conner has curated six group shows in New York City. This summer she has curated "Vestige" for the AIR Gallery which is a two-site exhibition, showing in both Sweden and Brooklyn. She has also curated a solo show for light artist Vicki DaSilva that will open at Able Fine Art in Chelsea. Conner is also working on bringing new insight to the long-unrecognized sculpture of Reuben Kadish, and collaborating with Forrest Myers and Jim Clark on future projects.

SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK

Shaun El C. Leonardo, Director of Public Programs and Community Relations, gives the group a brief introduction to Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City.

In 1986, sculptor Mark di Suvero and a coalition of artists and community members transformed the riverside landfill into an outdoor museum and artist residency program. The park is the only site in NYC dedicated to providing artists an opportunity to create and exhibit large-scale sculpture and multi-media installations in a unique outdoor environment.

"The Park's existence is based on the belief that the reclamation, revitalization and creative expression are essential to the survival, humanity and improvement of our urban environment"

06/27/11 Day 14 - Rachel Gugelberger Lecture

Rachel Gugelberger is an independent curator, consultant and writer based in New York. Recent projects include What is left at Curatorial Research Lab/Winkleman Gallery and exhibitions at Sara Meltzer Gallery that investigated the notion of landscape as a social construction (Landscapes for Frankenstein); examined the art world with irony and humor (Ceci n’est pas…) and explored the notion of “climate” as both a weather condition and a characterization of our moment in time (Prevailing Climate). She has curated exhibitions at School of Visual Arts, Cuchifritos Art Gallery/Project Space, Marvelli Lab, PS122 Gallery, Artists Space, Center for Curatorial Studies and the inaugural Brewster Project. Exhibitions in progress include Data Deluge, a presentation of works that utilize data as source material and Library Science, an exhibition that ponders our changing role to the library as it adapts to the digital world. Rachel holds an M.A. in Curatorial Studies in Contemporary Art and Culture from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College.

Ed Winkleman Lecture

Ed Winkleman is a gallerist who keeps a blog that is a rich and highly respected source for information about art - shows and artists. Ed Winkleman is the owner and Director of the Winkleman Gallery a highly regarded contemporary art gallery in the Chelsea Art District of New York City. He has also served on many arts panels throughout the city and nationally such as recently at College Arts Association Conference, New York City. Ed delivered a very comprehensive lecture on the business of art.

The Role of the Curator

Caryn Coleman is a curator and writer whose curatorial practice explores the intersection of film and contemporary art. Her main area of research on the aesthetic and structural influence of horror cinema on contemporary artist is the subject of her writing project The Girl Who Knew Too Much, online essays for LUX, and exhibition programming.

Caryn discussed with our group what she believes to be the role of the curator: 'to protect, promote, and contextualize work for an exhibition.' She also discussed her current project, gave us a bit of historical information on curatorial studies, and conducted a studio visit with each student.

Trends in Contemporary Art

FAU students take a relaxing approach on the final day as they sit back and listen to Martha Schwendener discuss current trends in Contemporary Art and the upcoming gallery exhibition.

Martha Schwendener is an art critic and writer for art publications such as The New Yorker, The Village Voice, The New York Times, Flash Art and others. She has also participated as visiting critic, juror and panelist at many contemporary art institutions including Art Omi; White Columns; New York Foundation for the Arts and others. Martha's lecture explored the set of standards that make up the canon of contemporary art. "Society decides what the canon is", she says as she discusses the role of criticism in the art world. After her lecture Martha gave the students a crash course in getting into a critics head, what they look for, how they interpret it, and why we as young artists should care.