cadre: the $10 artist grant

Archeology of Wonder
curated by Kristina Newman-Scott
REAL ART WAYS
October 4, 2008 —January 4, 2009
Opening reception: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 4-7PM
Performance by Valerie Garlick, 4:30PM
Closing reception: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 3-5PM
56 Arbor St
Hartford CT 06106
860 232 1006
www.realartways.org

Archaeology of Wonder brings together two disparate approaches to the past - archaeology with its meticulous discipline, and wonder with its radical subjectivity - to examine contemporary works of art. This exhibition was conceived and is being curated by Kristina Newman-Scott, Real Art Ways’ Director of Visual Arts.

Central to the concept of the exhibition is the symbolic significance of archaeology: Freud used archaeological excavation as a metaphor for the process of remembering experiences in therapy. Indeed, such language has worked its way into our daily parlance; we often speak of “unearthing” facts and memories. Archaeology of Wonder posits questions about the way we use artifacts and art to approach those relationships to the past that are difficult to pin down, yet evoke inescapable reactions in the mind of the viewer, thus linking them to the world of wonder.

Artists include Elia Alba, Tom Bogaert, Julia Brown, Brian Burkhardt, Harriet G. Caldwell, Chad Curtis, Valerie Garlick, Heather Hart, Jennifer Knaus, Simone Leigh, Brian Lund, Justin McAllister, Sally B. Moore, Julia Gail Oldham, Javier Piñón, and Yuko Suzuki. Each of these artists incorporates historical items and facts-objects of existence-in ways that stimulate a lasting, emotional response in the viewer in his or her effort to decode their meaning

Ethnographies of the Future, Redux
curated by Sara Reisman
The Starry Night Fund of the Tides Foundation
September 10 - November 24, 2008
55 Exchange Place, Suite 406
@ Broad Street
New York, NY 10005
646.747.2248
Exhibition on view during business hours: 10am to 5pm and by appointment

The B Sides
@ALJIRA, Ac CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART
curated by Edwin Ramoran
November 22, 2008 to February 28, 2009
The major group exhibition The B Sides will bring together the cultural production of various artists based in the New Jersey and New York metropolitan area who have been influenced by dance music culture or have produced works within the context of club and house-ball culture. The exhibition will include works in various media including dance, drawing, fashion, installation, music, painting, performance, photography, sculpture, and video. A forthcoming catalog will provide some background and perspectives on dance music and contemporary art and culture and the intersections of race, class, gender, and sexual orientation. Curator: Edwin Ramoran, Director of Exhibitions and Programs, Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art.
THE NEW YORK TIMES (08/01/08) Karen Rosenberg
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/01/arts/design/01gall.html?ref=arts

ARTINFO (07/10/08) Claire Barliant
http://www.artinfo.com/news/photos/1095/11983/

ARTFORUM (07/03/08) Colby Chamberlain
http://www.artforum.com/archive/id=20671

RHIZOME (7/7/08) Ed Halter
http://rhizome.org/editorial/news/?timestamp=20080707

ARTNET (8/8/08) Elisabeth Kley
http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/kley/kley8-4-08.asp