Events @ INPUT
Current Event:
Presented by Vara Fine Arts and VPL
Curated by Victoria Bartlett and Renée Vara
May 18, 2012 - July 31, 2012
@
VPL
5 Mercer Street
NYC 10013
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 17th, 7-9pm
With performances by: John Giorno, Hrafnhildur Arnardottir
aka Shoplifter, and Mark Borthwick
RSVP requested: vpl@kaleidoscopepr.net
VPL and Vara Fine Arts are pleased to announce Second Skin, an exhibition and book co-curated by Victoria Bartlett and Renée Vara, to be held at VPL studio, 5 Mercer Street (at Howard Street).
Second Skin includes works by David Armstrong, Hrafnhildur Arnardottir aka Shoplifter, Mark Borthwick, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Judith Eisler, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Katerina Jebb, John Giorno, Sarah Lucas, Joe Maloney, Adam McEwen, Jessica Mitrani, Jack Pierson, Ugo Rondinone, and Collier Schorr.
Second Skin is a two-part conceptual project that surveys Bartlett's fascination with muscular anatomy and human skin. As often evident in her own designs, Bartlett explores the concepts of corporal dissection, examination and re-assemblage. The compilation of images, which make up the book and the group show, represents the collective consciousness about the contemporary body.
For the publication of INPUT #4: Second Skin, artists were invited to blindly contribute up to six works contemplating corporeality. The curators loosely mimic the Surrealists’ Exquisite Corpse game by assembling the individual artists’ submissions into a singular “body” of work. Covered in latex and subject to touch, wear and decay, the book offers itself as a metaphor for the contemporary body. INPUT#4 (Summer 2012) is a limited edition publication of 150 copies, and features an introductory essay by Chris Townsend.
Special thanks to: 303 Gallery, Berger & Wild, Cheim & Read Gallery, Gladstone Gallery, INVISIBLE-EXPORTS, Proof7, Sadie Coles Gallery.
For more information, see www.varaart.com/events.html and http://vplnyc.com/blogs/second-skin
For press inquiries or interest in special events contact Gaby Shorr, gaby@varaart.com
Past Events:
August 4th 2011, 8:00-10:00p
The Big Screen Plaza @ the Eventi Hotel
855 6th Avenue Plaza between 29th and 30th Streets
Check out our write up in The Bare Square
Browse our Event Album on Facebook
Special Thanks to Gabriele Gentile, University of Rome, Adriana Farietta, The Big Screen and Eventi Hotel.
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The NY Art Book Fair 2010
MoMA PS1
November 4-7 Booth GG04, 3rd Floor
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The Armory Show 2010
The Collective Booth (L-18 On Pier 92), March 4-7
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INPUT JOURNAL's Opening Event & Wine Reception
Thursday, June 4th 6:00-8:00pm
Ground Floor Viewing Room
22 East 1st St (btw Bowery and 2nd Ave)
NYC ZINE FEST '09
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