Upcoming Events
Opening for Winter Exhibitions
Sunday, January 11, 2009, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Artist Led Walkthrough of Winter 2009 Shows
Sunday, January 11, 2009, 3:30 PM
Member Event
Celebrate the opening of our winter exhibitions with a private viewing of The Space of the Work and the Place of the Object and In Practice. Meet the artists and curators, hear first hand about the works on view and stay and enjoy the opening, 4-6pm.
Melanie Gilligan: Prison for Objects
January 11-12 and 15-19, 2009, 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
As part of the exhibition The Space of the Work and the Place of the Object, Melanie Gilligan's Prison for Objects is an installation and performance that dramatizes our experience of commodities in the past and present. Actors perform the roles of artist and art writer, their characters playing out various contradictions and clichés of art production and reception. Performances last approximately 20 minutes and will take place throughout the day during normal gallery hours. Until January 19.
Lower East Side Gallery Walk
Saturday, January 31, 2009, 12:00 PM
Member Event
Join SculptureCenter Executive Director Mary Ceruti for a gallery walk through the Lower East Side. Latifa Echakhch at James Fuentes Gallery, Rebecca H. Quaytman at Miguel Abreu Gallery, and Michael Mahalchick at Canada Gallery. The gallerists and artists will be on site to discuss their work with the group.
Image: R.H. Quaytman,
Chapter 12, Iamb, 2008. Silk-screen on wood. 32.36" x 52.36"
Medium No. 1 (Manhattan): Midtown
Saturday, February 21, 2009, 3:00 PM
Member Event
Tyler Coburn takes us through the streets of Midtown! Performance, technology, and urban poetics join together in Coburn's In Practice project Medium No. 1 (Manhattan) (2009). Beginning on the first day of the year, Coburn will transmit improvisatory monologues recorded on walks across Manhattan to a thermal roll fax machine in SculptureCenter's basement. Join us for this interactive
afternoon, followed with an evening reading of a selection of Tyler's monologues. Bring a guest and enjoy a glass of wine after hours at SculptureCenter.
Image: Tyler Coburn, A revolver aimed just at you...Red, iron, plastic, acrylic, some sort of translucent film on the top, gross, no relationship to anything, 2008. Halftone prints, tape.
Introductions: Artist Walkthrough
Saturday, February 21, 2009, 5:00 PM
Come and introduce yourself! Join us
for a walkthrough of the exhibitions with
the artists and curators, followed by
warm drinks.
Image: Peter Simensky
Subjective Histories of Sculpture III: Paul Sietsema
Monday, February 23, 2009, 6:30 PM
SculptureCenter Lectures at the New School
65 West 11th Street, New York City
$5 General Admission, SculptureCenter Members and Students Free
SculptureCenter, in collaboration with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School, presents a series of artist-led lectures: Subjective Histories of Sculpture II. This lecture series furthers SculptureCenter's exploration of how contemporary artists think about sculpture - its conventions, and its legacies.
For tickets call 212-229-5488 or email boxoffice@newschool.edu
Image: Paul Sietsema, Figure 3, 2008. 16mm black and white and color film. 16 minutes. Image courtesy of Regen Projects, Los Angeles.
The Armory Show for SculptureCenter Members
Thursday, March 5 - Saturday, March 8, 12pm-7pm
Member Event
SculptureCenter Members receive FREE admission to The Armory Show - International Fair of New Art, The Armory Show Modern, and Volta5.
SculptureCenter at the Armory Show
Thursday, March 5 - Saturday, March 8, 12pm-7pm
Visit SculptureCenter at the Armory Show! Pier 94, Booth 1611.
Image: Ugo Rondinone, still.life. (apple), 2008.
Richard Meier Collection Visit
Friday, March 13, 2009, 12:00 PM
Member Event
Join us for an exclusive tour of Richard Meier's architectural model studio in Long Island City. The collection on view includes 300 models housed in 3,600-square-foot warehouse, ranging from Meier's residential houses of the 1960's to early versions of his 1997 design for J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
It's All Yours Now
Sunday, March 15, 2009, 4:00 PM
Carey Ascenzo, Marthe Fortun Ramm, Linda Weiss, Rachel Mason,
Petit Mal, Nader Sadek, Kalup Linzy
Ranging from a love letter to a song, all six pieces and performances use dialogue and travesty as forms of exploration of power, identity politics, and transmission.
Image: Rachel Mason
Subjective Histories of Sculpture III: Dominique Gonzales-Foerster
Monday, March 16, 2009, 6:30 PM
SculptureCenter Lectures at the New School
65 West 11th Street, New York City
$5 General Admission, SculptureCenter Members and Students Free
SculptureCenter, in collaboration with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School, presents a series of artist-led lectures: Subjective Histories of Sculpture II. This lecture series furthers SculptureCenter's exploration of how contemporary artists think about sculpture - its conventions, and its legacies.
For tickets call 212-229-5488 or email boxoffice@newschool.edu
Image: Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Riyo, 1999. 35mm film, colour/sound, 10 min. Image courtesy of the artist and Jan Mot, Brussels.
Lucky Draw 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 6:30 PM
Save the Date!
SculptureCenter's annual spring benefit.
Subjective Histories of Sculpture III: Simon Starling
Monday, April 13, 2009, 6:30 PM
SculptureCenter Lectures at the New School
65 West 11th Street, New York City
$5 General Admission, SculptureCenter Members and Students Free
SculptureCenter, in collaboration with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School, presents a series of artist-led lectures: Subjective Histories of Sculpture II. This lecture series furthers SculptureCenter's exploration of how contemporary artists think about sculpture - its conventions, and its legacies.
For tickets call 212-229-5488 or email boxoffice@newschool.edu
Image: Simon Starling, Silver Particle / Bronze (After Henry Moore), 2008. Bronze, plinth, cut gelatin silver print. Image courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute.