The figure of the “eccentric” – a term for Russian circus performers used in the early 20th century – refers to the clowns, magicians, and acrobats who were the forerunners to the comic actors that inhabited the newly created space of film. A mode of popular entertainment that links ancient and modern technologies, the structural, emotional, and cognitive effects of the circus operate as an abstract framework for this group exhibition.

The Eccentrics performance program extended out of the works on view by four of the exhibiting artists, Tori Wrånes, Georgia Sagri, Jeanine Oleson, and Ieva Misevičiūtė. Video: Adam Khalil

Tori Wrånes
Performance, January 24, 2016, 5pm, SculptureCenter, New York
Performed by Lisa Asplund, Lasse Marhaug, Constance Tenvik, and Tori Wrånes
Courtesy the artist

Georgia Sagri
Sunday Stroll Undone and Redone, 2016
Performance, February 2, 2016, 7pm, SculptureCenter, New York
2 hours
Courtesy the artist
*The performance piece Sunday Stroll Undone and Redone derives from Sunday Stroll Undone, with Hunter Hunt-Hendrix, 2015. Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków and Nika Kowska. Courtesy the artist and Nika Kowska.

Jeanine Oleson
Does it matter? Hands down, yes., 2016
Performance, March 1, 2016, 7pm, SculptureCenter, New York
Performed by Beth Griffith, Jeanine Oleson, Lisa Reynolds, Diwa Tamrong and nyx zierhut Lighting and production assistance by Elizabeth Harnarine
Courtesy the artist

Ieva Misevičiūtė
Tongue PhD (hardcover), 2016
Performance, April 4, 2016, 6pm, SculptureCenter, New York
Courtesy the artist