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INEQUALITY REEXAMINED. SCULPTURE BY ABRAHAM CRUZVILLEGAS ACE Curatorial Collective, Hunter College Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Gallery South-West Corner 68th St. and Lexington Ave. One view June 25, 2010 – September 4, 2010 24/7

“They have skate boards as a base.

None of the wooden pieces is attached, screwed or glued, they’re just in equilibrium.

Please find skate boards randomly, they must be ordinary things;

then find the potato, ginger and/or chayote randomly as well.”

The ACE curatorial collective of Hunter College presents Inequality Reexamined. Summer 2010, an exhibition of sculptures by the Mexico City-based artist Abraham Cruzvillegas. The project was conceived and is being created specifically for the street-facing windows of the Leubsdorf Gallery and the hot New York summer.

The sculptures in the window vitrine visualize and embrace the process of perishing. With them, Cruzvillegas explores the issues of transformation, self-construction, and the unfinished, open-ended nature of artwork and material objects. Complicating the viewers’ expectations, the sculptures will open different meanings of perishing and decay with an unusual, life-affirming, metamorphosis. Day one will differ from day two, which will differ from day sixty, and by the end of August the viewers will encounter a changed object.

The sculptures, composed of materials found randomly in different boroughs of New York City, absorb and express the rhythm of the street and people’s quotidian ways. By providing a set of simple instructions for assembling his work, Cruzvillegas emphasizes its constructed nature and dissolves its boundaries into the processes of scavenging, street-walking, and errand-running. Sticks, potatoes, skateboards, summer, heat, the virtuosity of equilibrium, and the intrigue of metamorphosis all reside in this project.

Abraham Cruzvillegas was born in Mexico City in 1968. He studied pedagogy at UNAM and participated in Gabriel Orozco’s workshop in 1987 – 1991. Since 1987, Cruzvillegas has exhibited internationally in such shows as the 25th Sao Paulo Biennale in 2002, 50th Venice Biennale in 2003, and Cali Biennale in Colombia in 2008. Since the 1990s, he has tutored, taught, and participated in conferences and workshops. In 2009, he held residency at the Wattis Institute of California College for the Arts in San Francisco. He is a recipient of numerous awards and scholarships, such as 2010 – 2011 DAAD in Berlin. His recent work includes autoconstrucción: The Film, which he presented at the Red Cat Arts Center in Los Angeles in 2009 and Kurimanzutto gallery in May, 2010, as a multi-media collaborative performance. Cruzvillegas is represented by the Kurimanzutto Gallery, Mexico City.

For more information, please contact ACE: apantuye@hunter.cuny.edu

Announcing our upcoming Open Studios:

Friday April 23, 6-10PM
Saturday April 24, 2-6PM
450 W 41st St. New York, NY 10036
Take the A, C, E trains to Port Authority or 1, 2, 3, N, R to Times Square

Hunter MFA’s Spring Open Studios and Silent Auction. Tour studios and bid at the chance to own the work of Hunter’s emerging artists. Come see the MA curated exhibition of MFA works on the fourth floor. Two Nights of fresh art, artists, socializing, and surprises! Come out and see what makes Hunter MFA’s programs one of the most diverse and exciting New York art programs.

Big thanks to Culture Pundits who are helping with our web advertising for this event!

'The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb’s Book of Genesis’, David Zwirner Gallery

Upper East Side

Marta Minujín: MINUCODEs, March 2 – April 30, 2010, Americas Society, 680 Park Ave on 68th St

“Collecting Biennials”, through Nov. 28 at the Whitney Museum of American Art

MILTON AVERY: INDUSTRIAL REVELATIONS, FEBRUARY 18–MAY 1, KNOEDLER & COMPANY, 19 EAST 70TH STREET

Midtown

Austrian Cultural Forum, 11 E. 52nd St., SOLACE, THURSDAY FEB 04 – SATURDAY MAY 15

“Smoke+Mirrors/Shadows+Fog”, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, 450 West 41st St, Feb 18th – April 17th

Antony Gormley, “Event Horizons”, public installation around Madison Square Park and the Flatiron district

Robert Ryman: ‘Large-Small, Thick-Thin, Light Reflecting, Light Absorbing’, Pace Wildenstein, 32 E 57th, through March 27th

Chelsea

JAMIE ISENSTEIN, Andrew Kreps, 525 West 22nd Street, Through March 20

Jacco Olivier, Feb 19 – Apr 3, 2010, Marianne Boesky, 509 West 24th Street

‘The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb’s Book of Genesis’, David Zwirner Gallery, 519 West 19th Street, Through April 17

Luis Camnitzer, “Memorial”, Alexander Gray Associates, 508 West 26 Street #215, March 17 – April 24, 2010

Charles W. Hutson, ‘A Survey’, Edward Thorp Gallery, 210 11th Avenue, at 25th Street, Through March 27

WILLIAM BAILEY, Betty Cuningham, 541 West 25th Street, Through March 27

Self-Fulfulling Prophecies, Leo Koenig, Inc. 545 W 23rd, March 5 – April 10, 2010

“Bank of Bikers”, ZieherSmith Inc., 516 W 20th, Feb 25th – Mar 20th

Joan Jonas, Yvon Lambert, 550 W 21st, Feb 27 – April 10

Yun-Fei, “Mistaking Each Other for Ghosts”, James Cohen Gallery, 533 W 26th, February 19 – March 27

Soho/Greenwich

Swiss Institue: Tobias Madison, Carissa Rodriguez, and Andro Wekua, 495 Broadway / 3rd Floor, Mar 6 – Apr 24

‘THE BRUCENNIAL 2010: MISEDUCATION,’ through April 12, 350 West Broadway, between Broome and Grand

LES

Jessica Jackson Hutchins, LAUREL GITLEN (SMALL A PROJECTS), 261 Broome Street, February 21–March 28

In Print, e-flux / reading room, 41 Essex Street, March 16 – May 15, 2010

MUSEUM 52, 4 East 2nd Street: Benjamin Degen, ends April 2

NEW MUSEUM: ‘SKIN FRUIT: SELECTIONS FROM THE DAKIS JOANNOUS COLLECTION,’ through June 6

North Brooklyn

JIM TOROK, Portraits and Clowns, Pierogi, 177 N 9th St

South Brooklyn

“Kiki Smith: Sojourn” continues through Sept. 12 at the Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, at Prospect Park

LIC

NOGUCHI MUSEUM: ‘NOGUCHI REINSTALLED,’ through Oct. 24, 9-01 33rd Road, at Vernon Boulevard

Out of Town

Dia: Beacon, Agnes Martin paintings 1957-60 and 1999-2002, ongoing

Philadelphia, Notations/Bruce Nauman: Days and Giorni, November 21, 2009 – April 4, 2010

Chris Knox is a New Zealand independent artist who is probably better known by his association with the Tall Dwarves, a lo-fi DIY band. Knox’s solo music continues with the lo-fi production. His songs are often affecting and intelligent ruminations on mortality, sex, and society, produced with peculiar textures, a lyrical wit, and sincerity rarely expressed in contemporary music. His work  has had a great influence in the American indie scene– in particular Pavement, Neutral Milk Hotel, and the Elephant Six Collective cite him as a major influence. In fact, Knox recently suffered a stroke and in a rare appearance, Jeff Magnum of Nuetral Milk Hotel, came out from his self-imposed retirement to contribute a track to the album.

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Help support Chris Knox’s recovery and purchase Stroke!

Benjamin Degen at Museum 52

Upper East Side

Marta Minujín: MINUCODEs, March 2 – April 30, 2010, Americas Society, 680 Park Ave on 68th St

2010 Whitney Biennial, through May 30, Whitney Museum

“Collecting Biennials”, through Nov. 28 at the Whitney Museum of American Art

Pablo Bronstein, THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, October 6–April 18

“The Drawings of Bronzino,” the Met, through Apr 18

Midtown

Austrian Cultural Forum, 11 E. 52nd St., SOLACE, THURSDAY FEB 04 – SATURDAY MAY 15

“Smoke+Mirrors/Shadows+Fog”, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, 450 West 41st St, Feb 18th – April 17th

MoMA, “William Kentridge: Five Themes” continues through May 17

MoMA, Projects 92: Yin Xiuzhen, February 24–May 24, 2010, Projects Gallery, second floor

MoMA, Ernesto Neto: Navedenga, January 22–April 5, 2010, Fourth floor

Chelsea

Charles W. Hutson, ‘A Survey’, Edward Thorp Gallery, 210 11th Avenue, at 25th Street, Through March 27

WILLIAM BAILEY, Betty Cuningham, 541 West 25th Street, Through March 27

Self-Fulfulling Prophecies, Leo Koenig, Inc. 545 W 23rd, March 5 – April 10, 2010

SUPERFLEX, Flooded McDonald’s, January 22 to March 20, 2010, Peter Blum Chelsea, 526 West 29th

“Bank of Bikers”, ZieherSmith Inc., 516 W 20th, Feb 25th – Mar 20th

INDEPENDENT March 4: 4-9 March 5 & 6: 11-8 March 7: 12-4, (for X Initiative location, 548 W 22nd)

Nari Ward, LIVESupport, at Lehmann Maupin Gallery, 540 W 26th St, 25 February – 17 April, 2010

Joan Jonas, Yvon Lambert, 550 W 21st, Feb 27 – April 10

\ (LEAN) (with Nari Ward), Nicole Klagsbrun, 526 W 26th St. No. 213, MARCH 12—APRIL 24, 2010

“THE VISIBLE VAGINA”, FRANCIS M. NAUMANN FINE ART (24 West 57th Street) and DAVID NOLAN GALLERY (527 West 29th Street), January 28 – March 20, 2010

Yun-Fei, “Mistaking Each Other for Ghosts”, James Cohen Gallery, 533 W 26th, February 19 – March 27

Soho/Greenwich

ESOPUS SPACE, 64 WEST THIRD STREET, #210, “The Assembled Picture Library of New York City” with Jason Polan and Robin Cameron, February 16 – March 18, 2010, Closing Reception: Thursday, March 18, 6-8pm

Anti-Prow, a project by PROW, the collaborative duo Peter Rostovsky and Olav Westphalen, art in general, 79 walker street, through March 10

Tobias Madison, Hydrate + Perform, Yes I Can! The Movie: Preview, March 8 – April 24, 2010, Opening Reception: Saturday, March 6, 2010, 6 – 8 PM, Swiss Institute, 495 Broadway 3rd Floor

LES

MUSEUM 52, 4 East 2nd Street: Benjamin Degen, ends April 2

South Brooklyn

“Kiki Smith: Sojourn” continues through Sept. 12 at the Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, at Prospect Park

LIC

Flux Factory, Housebroken, 39-31 29th Street, LIC, NY 11101, on view every Saturday and Sunday from 12 – 6 pm until March 21st

NOGUCHI MUSEUM: ‘NOGUCHI REINSTALLED,’ through Oct. 24, 9-01 33rd Road, at Vernon Boulevard

Queens

Daniel Bozhkov: Republik of Perpetual Reconstruction and Rebuild” and “Duke Riley: Those About to Die Salute You”, through March 13, Queens Museum of Art, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

Happy viewing.  - Matthew, matthewstudio.com

Call for submissions closes March 9th at 12 Midnight!

We are opening up the call for Open Studios advertising early this semester, so that everyone will have the opportunity to contribute to the process and fully vet the final image. We will first offer an opportunity for the submission of images, which will happen online. Next, there will be an online vote. From that vote the top three images will go into a run-off vote that will then be decided in person by the student body at the next MFASO meeting. The image chosen in that meeting will be used throughout our ad campaign. If you have any questions about submitting or the process, feel free to mail us mfa.hunter@gmail.com

Open Studios advertising represents Hunter College’s MFA program to the rest of the art world, so please produce submissions that you feel best reflects the commitment you, the students, have to your practice as artists.  As many of you know, this year we are largely focused on electronic advertising, but we will also be printing a limited number of post cards. To submit simply follow the requirements below and append your image to a comment on this post.

Requirements: You must be a current Hunter MFA student. You must also have paid your MFASO dues. You may submit as many images as you like, but you must submit using your real name and email. Please submit images only– unless text is vital to your concept– event information will be added after the image is chosen. No explicit nudity or language (we have to keep things to our advertiser’s standards). For web submission please use JPG format at 72 DPI and no larger than 600 pixels in any direction . All final images submitted must be able to accommodate printing. Printing requirements are:

THE FOLLOWING ARE PRINTER REQUIREMENTS DO NOT UPLOAD AN IMAGE OF THIS SIZE TO THE WEBSITE (SEE REQUIREMENTS ABOVE)

FILE TYPE: .TIF, .TIFF, .EPS, .AI, .JPG, .PNG & .PDF.
DPI : 300 – 350
COLOR: CMYK is preferable, although i think i have sent RGB files
before to the printer without a noticeable difference
SIZE: 4.1″ x 6.1″

Call for submissions closes March 9th at 12 Midnight!

After Submissions close all submissions will be posted online and voted on by students. Online Voting will close on March 16th at Midnight. The top three images with the most votes will go into a run-off vote that will be decided at the next MFASO meeting on March 17th. The image chosen at the meeting will be used throughout our advertising campaign.

Upper East Side

JEWISH MUSEUM: ‘ALIAS MAN RAY: THE ART OF REINVENTION,’ through March 14, 1109 Fifth Ave, at 92nd St

Pablo Bronstein, THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, October 6–April 18

“The Drawings of Bronzino,” the Met, through Apr 18

‘FROM THE GOTHIC TRADITION TO THE EARLY RENAISSANCE’, Moretti, 24 East 80th Street, Through Feb. 12

‘PAINTINGS OF FéLIX VALLOTTON’, Michael Werner, 4 East 77th Street, Through April 10

Midtown

“Miroslav Tichy” continues through May 9 at the International Center of Photography, 1133 Avenue of the Americas, at 43rd Street

“Demons and Devotions”, through May 2, Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue, at 36th Street

Rome After Raphael”, through May 9, Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue, at 36th Street

Steve McQueen, Marian Goodman Gallery, 24 West 57th Street, through March 6

THE ONASSIS CULTURAL CENTER: ‘THE ORIGINS OF EL GRECO: ICON PAINTING IN VENETIAN CRETE,’ 645 Fifth Avenue, near 52nd Street, through Feb. 27

Austrian Cultural Forum, 11 E. 52nd St., SOLACE, THURSDAY FEB 04 – SATURDAY MAY 15

Chelsea

Betty Cunningham, 541 West 25th Street, PEARLSTEIN/HELD: Five Decades, November 19, 2009 – February 13, 2010

Nari Ward, LIVESupport, at Lehmann Maupin Gallery, 540 W 26th St, 25 February – 17 April, 2010

“Demons, Yarns & Tales,” James Cohan Gallery, 533 West 26th, through Feb. 13

“THE VISIBLE VAGINA”, FRANCIS M. NAUMANN FINE ART (24 West 57th Street) and DAVID NOLAN GALLERY (527 West 29th Street), January 28 – March 20, 2010

“Vertically Integrated Manufacturing”, MURRAY GUY, 453 West 17th Street, January 9–February 20

Cornelia Parker, D’AMELIO TERRAS, 525 West 22nd Street, January 9–February 13

Soho/Greenwich

ROBERT BLANCHON, Tracey/Barry Gallery, Bobst Library, New York University, 70 Washington Square South, Through Feb. 26

Anti-Prow, a project by PROW, the collaborative duo Peter Rostovsky and Olav Westphalen, art in general, 79 walker street, through March 10

LIC

NOGUCHI MUSEUM: ‘NOGUCHI REINSTALLED,’ through Oct. 24, 9-01 33rd Road, at Vernon Boulevard

Queens

Daniel Bozhkov: Republik of Perpetual Reconstruction and Rebuild” and “Duke Riley: Those About to Die Salute You”, through March 13, Queens Museum of Art, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

Out of Town

Philadelphia, Notations/Bruce Nauman: Days and Giorni, November 21, 2009 – April 4, 2010

Longterm

Walter de Maria (through Dia), Wednesday-Sunday, 12-6pm (closed 3-3:30pm), Admission is free, The Broken Kilometer, 1979, 393 West Broadway

Happy art viewing, -Matthew

matthewstudio.com

Note: Hunter’s Quarry, by your fellow student Joshua Johnson, is an occasionally updated column highlighting rare and under-appreciated musical gems that have been lost to the sands of time. If you would like to make any recommendations or suggestions, feel free to contact him. All downloads are hosted on third party servers. HunterMFASO.org bears no responsibility for copyrighted material and will remove a link if it is requested.

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This week I am continuing with the Franco-phile mood of the last post and bringing you the music of French pop songstress France Gall. Gall worked with the now legendary Serge Gainsbourg to produce many of the tracks on the album Baby Pop…. From Wikipedia:

At the beginning of 1966 Gall released Baby pop, another song written by Gainsbourg, the lyrics of which Gall once described as “brutal”, but whose dark undertones are not easily perceived when one hears the song as sung by the then 18 year-old girl. However, the undertones in her next hit song were not so easily missed, and caused a scandal when it was released. Gainsbourg deliberately filled the song Les Sucettes(“Lollipops”) with double-meanings and strong sexual innuendo. On the surface, the lyrics tell the innocent tale of a girl named Annie who enjoys lollipops. However, it is clear that Gainsbourg intentionally created the theme as a metaphor for oral sex. Although a big hit, the song sat in stark contrast to genuinely innocent songs on the same album such as Je me marie en blanc (“White Wedding”) and Ça me fait rire (“It makes me laugh”).

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Thanks to the blog I Could Die Tomorrow, where I originally found this posting!

Out of Town

Philadelphia, Notations/Bruce Nauman: Days and Giorni, November 21, 2009 – April 4, 2010

Upper East Side

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM: ‘ANISH KAPOOR,’ through March 28

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM: Tino Sehgal, Jan 29 – May 10

JEWISH MUSEUM: ‘ALIAS MAN RAY: THE ART OF REINVENTION,’ through March 14, 1109 Fifth Ave, at 92nd St

Pablo Bronstein, THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, October 6–April 18

“The Drawings of Bronzino,” the Met, through Apr 18

IDA APPLEBROOG “MONALISA”, Hauser & Wirth New York, 32 East 69th Street, 19 January – 6 March 2010

Beyond Participation: Hélio Oiticica and Neville D’Almeida, Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, February 4 – May 1, 2010

‘FROM THE GOTHIC TRADITION TO THE EARLY RENAISSANCE’, Moretti, 24 East 80th Street, Through Feb. 12

Midtown

“Demons and Devotions”, through May 2, Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue, at 36th Street

Rome After Raphael”, through May 9, Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue, at 36th Street

Steve McQueen, Marian Goodman Gallery, 24 West 57th Street, through March 6

THE ONASSIS CULTURAL CENTER: ‘THE ORIGINS OF EL GRECO: ICON PAINTING IN VENETIAN CRETE,’ 645 Fifth Avenue, near 52nd Street, through Feb. 27

Chelsea

Nari Ward, LIVESupport, at Lehmann Maupin Gallery, 540 W 26th St, 25 February – 17 April, 2010

“Demons, Yarns & Tales,” James Cohan Gallery, 533 West 26th, through Feb. 13

“THE VISIBLE VAGINA”, FRANCIS M. NAUMANN FINE ART (24 West 57th Street) and DAVID NOLAN GALLERY (527 West 29th Street), January 28 – March 20, 2010

Amy Granat: The Sheltering Sky, The Kitchen, Friday, January 29 – Tuesday, March 30

CHARLES STEFFEN, ‘Drawing Nudes Is Like Saying a Prayer, Amen.’, Andrew Edlin Gallery, 134 10th Avenue, near 18th Street, Through Feb. 27

INKA ESSENHIGH, ‘The Old New Age’, 303 Gallery, 547 West 21st Street, Through Feb. 20

Soho/Greenwich

“Downtown Pix: Mining the Fales Archives, 1961-1991”, through April 3 at the Grey Art Gallery, 100 Washington Square East

ROBERT BLANCHON, Tracey/Barry Gallery, Bobst Library, New York University, 70 Washington Square South, Through Feb. 26

LES

ROBIN GRAUBARD, ‘The Hold Up’, Participant, 253 East Houston Street, Through Feb. 14

LIC

Bryan Zanisnik perfrmance, PS1, Saturday Feb 6th, 4 PM

Queens

Daniel Bozhkov: Republik of Perpetual Reconstruction and Rebuild” and “Duke Riley: Those About to Die Salute You”, through March 13, Queens Museum of Art, New York City Building, Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

Longterm

Walter de Maria (through Dia), Wednesday-Sunday, 12-6pm (closed 3-3:30pm), Admission is free, The Broken Kilometer, 1979, 393 West Broadway

Note: Matthew’s List is an occasional, probably weekly, list of shows that your fellow student Matthew Newton has accumulated from some of the various news outlets (NYT, eflux, Artforum, etc.). If you see a stellar exhibition, feel free to send the information his way and he’ll look into adding it.

Out of Town

Philadelphia, Notations/Bruce Nauman: Days and Giorni, November 21, 2009 – April 4, 2010

Upper West Side

Upper East Side

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM: ‘ANISH KAPOOR,’ through March 28

JEWISH MUSEUM: ‘ALIAS MAN RAY: THE ART OF REINVENTION,’ through March 14

1109 Fifth Ave, at 92nd St

METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: ‘AMERICAN STORIES: PAINTINGS OF EVERYDAY LIFE, 1765-1915,’ through Jan. 24

Pablo Bronstein, THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, October 6–April 18

“The Drawings of Bronzino,” the Met, through Apr 18

‘MEDIEVAL ART AND THE CONTEMPORARY SPIRIT,’ through Feb. 4, Richard L. Feigen, 34 East 69th Street, M-F, 10-6, select saturdays

North Manhattan

Midtown

“Demons and Devotions”, through May 2, Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue, at 36th Street

Chelsea

MARTIN WONG, ‘Everything Must Go’, P.P.O.W., 511 West 25th Street, Through Jan. 30

Maximilian Toth, FREDERICKS & FREISER GALLERY, 536 West 24th Street, December 10–January 30

Alighiero e Boetti, GLADSTONE GALLERY, 530 West 21 Street, November 7–January 23

Nari Ward, LIVESupport, at Lehmann Maupin Gallery, 540 W 26th St, 25 February – 17 April, 2010

Soho/Greenwich

LES

Tribeca

Marie Lorenz, JACK HANLEY GALLERY, 136 Watts, January 2–January 31

Downtown

North Brooklyn

South Brooklyn

LIC

SculptureCenter, Leopards in the Temple, January 10th – March 30th, 2010

Queens

Longterm

Walter de Maria (through Dia), Wednesday-Sunday, 12-6pm (closed 3-3:30pm), Admission is free, The Broken Kilometer, 1979, 393 West Broadway