VOLUME @ AT1 Projects (part I of II)

pics:tryharder

VOLUME is an experimental and expansive exhibition featuring a wide spectrum of LA and NY-based contemporary artists of diverse media — painting, sculpture, site-specific and multi-media installation, performance, sound art, and video — whose collective bios boast prestigious bi-coastal, national and international exhibitions, including at the Whitney Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, the New Museum New York, Performa, Deitch Projects, and documenta.

ARTISTS VOLUME: Harold Ancart, Elisabeth Benjamin, Vahe Berberian, Dan Carlson, Hollis Cooper, Mariechen Danz, Ira Eduardovna, Yael Frank, Liz Glynn, Alvaro Guillen, Simon Haas, Francisco Janes, Johns Burtle & Barlog, Erlend Larsen, William Latta, Brendan Lynch, Emily Mast, Melodie Mousset, Levon Parian, Grear Patterson, Tom Pnini, Adam Rabinowitz, Grayson Revoir, Samantha Roth, Jess Ryan, William Sabiston, Aili Schmeltz, Nathan Spondike, Miljan Suknovic, Ryan Sullivan, Kara Tanaka, Cody Trepte, Logan White, Aaron Wrinkle.
the Super/Prime PAVILION: The Cloacina Project (Molly Danielsson and Mathew Lippincott), Harry Gassel, Brendan Griffiths & Mylinh Nguyen, Riley Hooker, Gary Kachadourian, Brian Randolph, Steven Sarkozy, and Stacia Yeapanis.

May 21 – June 6, 2010
(two-weeks only; extension TBA)
AT1 Projects

2010 whitney biennial curators announced

NYT: "...museum has paired Francesco Bonami, 53, a seasoned Italian-born curator with an international reputation, and Gary Carrion-Murayari, 28, a homegrown senior curatorial assistant. Mr. Bonami will serve as curator for the Biennial, with Mr. Carrion-Murayari acting as associate curator..."
TRY: ok, this sounds fine.
NYT: "I want to stretch the building’s dimensions,' Mr. Bonami said. 'Sometimes Biennials go all over the place. This one will be more specific."
TRY: alright, one place, that's all fine too but let's chalk this one up to the economy.
NYT: "...But now my challenge is to reflect on the idea of Americanness (said Bonami)...Mr. Carrion-Murayari said the notion of globalism, which was important in past Biennials, feels dated..."
TRY: hmmm, Americanness, why is it that Jon Stewart's impression of George Bush saying "america" is now running in my head. also, if Shepard Fairy makes it in, I am going to scream!
NYT: "The two men also said they were considering weaving works from the Whitney’s holdings into the Biennial, which would be a departure..."
TRY: terrible, just terrible. don't they understand the point of the biennial? sounds like a jay leno move.
source: nytimes, pics: TRYHARDER

ah..huh..ahem...so, a sculpture, painting and a video walk into a bar...

Rachel Harrison, American Idol, 2008, wood, polystyrene, cement, Parex, acrylic, microphone with stand, 62×24 x 89”.
Photo: André Morin. All images of Rachel Harrison’s works courtesy of the artist and Greene Naftali, New York.