A big change

I mentioned a few times already that I am planning on closing the studio. I simply am not able to make enough use of it with the time left over from my day job and I need to restructure the way I work. Well, that problem has been solved and now I have a real plan.

As of July 1 I will be living and working in Philadelphia. It's a big change for me having spent the entirety of my adult life in NYC either in school, working a full-time job, or more frequently doing both at the same time. But I'm looking forward to it. My wife and I have already found a place to live in the Fairmount neighborhood, and we're moving at the end of the month. I'm leaving my job behind and will start a full-time home studio.

The remainder of the month is sure to be busy with cleaning up, packing, and moving stuff. I may not update much, if at all until after I'm settled (which is pretty much the frequency that I've been posting anyway). Once I resume, I have a feeling things will get a lot more interesting...

Images from Actions for Urban Spaces

Here's some long overdue images from the exhibtion I was just in. I've been really bad about updating...

Action for Urban Spaces at Art in General curated by Nina Horisaki-Christens, including work from John Hawke, Virginia Poundstone, and myself:

Installation view of my work
left: Dead End installation photos and concrete bomb
right: Two Tons of "Take That!" (on wheels) documentary sculpture and video stills

Concrete bomb retrieved from abandoned segment of Smith St, Newburgh, NY, 2006, 2009

This is a new conception of how to display Dead End in a gallery setting. It doesn't seem right to install the bombs indoors as if they've fallen from the sky. Instead, I decided to present the bomb as a sort of archaeological relic, alongside photographs documenting the original outdoor installation.

Vitrine containing wheel fragments crushed beneath two tons of concrete, 2005

Conceptually, this is similar to the concrete bomb on the pedestal. Parts of the original project (in this case the broken wheel fragments) are collected and presented in a gallery space as relics. I've begun to think of them as documentary sculptures.

Unfortunately I don't have any good pictures of John Hawke's or Virginia Poundstone's projects. There are some photos from opening night on Art in General's Flickr photostream.

Just uninstalled my work from the group show at Art in General yesterday. Hopefully I'll have some images posted soon for those who couldn't make it.

Open Studios- April 18 & 19

Open Studio
Sat. & Sun. April 18 & 19
Noon - 5 PM

578 Nepperhan Ave.
Yonkers, NY

My building is having an open studio event this weekend. I am only able to open my studio on Saturday, April 18 this year, but the other artists will be open both days. If you are free, please stop by to take a look and say hello.


More information about the event and the artists participating can be found at www.yohoartists.com.

How to get there:

By train: Metro North Hudson Line to Yonkers, 5-minute taxi ride to YoHo Studios, taxis are available at the station.

By car: Saw Mill River Parkway to Exit 5A-Palmer Rd. Left onto Palmer Rd., Left onto Saw Mill River Rd., Right onto Lake Ave. YoHo signs on left. Parking at the rear of the building accessible from Lake Ave, or parking lot on Nepperhan Ave.

By subway/bus: Take 1 train to 242nd St. (last stop). At 242nd St. & Broadway take Beeline Bus Service 1,2,3 (confirm with driver) to Getty Square, then transfer to #5 bus to 578 Nepperhan.

By bicycle: If you're smart enough to ride a bicycle, I'm sure you're smart enough to find a good route. Anyone who comes on bicycle will qualify for a discount on one of my drawings.

Click here to download printable directions with map and information.

Opening: Actions for Urban Spaces

A quick reminder about the exhibition I'm in, which opens tomorrow night at Art in General. The opening reception is Friday, March 20, 6-8PM.

Actions for Urban Spaces
Art in General, 79 Walker St.
March 20 - May 2, 2009.

John Hawke, Michael Konrad, Virginia Poundstone
Curated by Nina Horisaki-Christens

Actions for Urban Spaces critically explores the built environment, examining the relationship between the results of institutional decision-making and the actual public use of urban spaces. While not working as activists per-se, these artists situate their works within the public realm, directly confronting their subject matter, picking apart the ways in which we mentally and physically construct, utilize, and abandon the built environment.

Upcoming Exhibition: Actions for Urban Spaces

The result of a lucky studio visit I had on Friday the 13th of last month:
I'm going to be in an exhibition at Art in General, opening next Friday, March 20 and on view through May 2. The reception will be March 20, 6-8PM.

Actions for Urban Spaces

John Hawke, Michael Konrad, Virginia Poundstone

Curated by Nina Horisaki-Christens

I'm going to be showing documentary images and sculpture from 2 Tons of "Take That!" (on wheels) and Dead End. I'm happy about this, because even though 2 Tons is an older piece, the vitrine of broken wheels has never been shown. I am also currently working on a new format for presenting the concrete bombs from Dead End which will make it's first appearance at this exhibition.

Closing the studio is postponed

Circumstances have changed and I'm not closing the studio as originally planned. Now it will stay open for 3 additional months, until the end of June. More details surrounding this decision will come later, but in the meantime I'm preparing for an exhibition which opens soon and an Open Studio weekend in April.