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.

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.