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ART SCOUTS exhibition at the Arlington Art Center, Arlington, Virginia
June 18-August 21, 2010
For ART SCOUTS, six accomplished artists with strong presences in the D.C. metro region explain how and why they make their art—by presenting other artists who use the same materials or methods.
These six artists all work in different (but related, sometimes overlapping) disciplines: Zoe Charlton (drawing), Mary Early (sculpture), J.J. McCracken (performance and installation), Maggie Michael (painting), Jefferson Pinder (video), and Kerry Skarbakka (photography).
Each ART SCOUT will curate one of the AAC’s separate gallery spaces. The resulting show will highlight six distinctive points of view, explain what it means to take a contemporary approach to a particular medium, and underscore the ways in which artists forge relationships and define their own peer groups within the art world.
There will be two live performances during the opening reception on June 18:
In the Smith Corridor Gallery on the main floor, Philadelphia artist Ryan Kelly will produce cardboard cutouts and wall drawings onsite in order to construct his own impromptu version of Superman’s Fortress of Solitude. Kelly will be wearing his own hand-sewn Superman costume.
And downstairs in the Truland Experimental Gallery, fellow Philadelphia artist Jerry Kaba will offer a performance piece involving children in hazmat suits made from fleece and flannel (see image above) romping on playground equipment bolted into the gallery’s concrete floor.
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click on DOWNLOADS in the main (lefthand) toolbar for an illustrated PDF file of curator's statement with links to each artists' website
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read a few sentences in review and see video at:
http://ode-street-tribune.blogspot.com/2010/06/art-scouts-form-groups-at-arlington.html
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Exhibition Invite, ART SCOUTS
- Arlington Art Center, Arlington, Virginia
- June 18-August 21, 2010
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PLAY DATE, by Jerry Kaba - 2010 - performance/installation
Jerry Kaba’s PLAY DATE, between performances.
The installation includes cold-war-era playground equipment and gas masks, employed to reference a time when technology-testing ran rampant, without caution or consideration for its public health impact. |
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SIREN SESSIONS #2, by Madeline Stillwell - 2008 - performance/installation (video still)
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Stillwell constructs installations from urban detritus through which she explores non-choreographed performative action. Her task-based activity deals with excessive & abrasive materiality, endurance & persistence, and submission, negotiation, & triumph. |
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LIVE DRAWING, by Madeline Stillwell
- 2008
- performance
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FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, by Ryan Kelly - 2009 - performance/installation (video still)
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Kelly’s work is “a balance of timelessness (in the familiar narratives) and the immediate (in the ephemeral quality of the materials [cardboard and tape] used to portray that, along with actions, which are also temporary).” |
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THE MANIFESTO OF GOODNESS, by Oscar
Santillan - 2009 - performance
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Conducted in Richmond, VA; Santillan walked to the James River, collected a mouthful of water, and walked back to his apartment where he watered a small plant with his mouth’s contents. Already struggling in its indoor environment, the now overwatered plant drowned as a result of his action. |
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