RENEGADES
25 Years of Performance at Exit Art
A Selection from the Archives
Dec 16, 2006-Jan 27, 2007
Opening:
Sat, Dec 16, 7-10pm
EXIT ART
475 Tenth Avenue
New York, NY 10018
t: 212.966.7745
www.exitart.org
RENEGADES is a history of performance that was produced or presented at Exit Art over the last 25 years. Through documentation from the archives including video, photographs, slides, ephemera and other archival materials, this exhibition examines Exit Arts seminal place in the history of performance.
RENEGADES presents documentation of a 1985 recreation of a 1922 Constructivist play by Mastfor II directed by Mel Gordon; to early performances by artists such as Patty Chang, Sue de Beer and Adam Putnam; to Let the Artist Live! an exhibit that pre-dates reality TV where fifteen artists lived and worked in the gallery for five weeks; to historical exhibitions like Endurance that examined performances that tested the physical, mental and spiritual endurance of the body.
Artists Include: Marina Abramovic Reza Abdoh Vito Acconci Bas Jan Ader Rob Andrews Eleanor Antin Skip Arnold Judith Barry Paul Benney Joseph Beuys Anne Bogart David Henry Brown Jr. Matt Bua, Jesse Bercowetz & Ward Shelley Chris Burden Maria Bussmann Antonina Canal Patty Chang Ogechi Chieke Sarah Chokyi Bauer Papo Colo Arthur Cravan Sue de Beer Karen Dolmanisth Jimmie Durham Deborah Edmeades Bradley Eros and Aline Mare Cécile Evans Valie Export Rachel Feinstein Bob Flanagan Sherman Fleming Matthew Flower Richard Foreman Terry Fox Regina Frank Charley Friedman GAAG Marisa Gallo Orly Genger Gilbert and George John Giorno Gavin Grace Erik S. Guzman Paula Hayes Geoffrey Hendricks Kate Howard Tehching Hsieh Aleksandar Ilic Mayumi Ishino Kim Jones Saeri Kiritani Yves Klein Alison Knowles Oleg Kulik Barry Le Va David Linton J. Gabriel Lloyd & John McGurk Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow Tom Marioni Gordon Matta Clark Oleg Mavromatti Paul McCarthy Dominic McGill Meredith Monk Linda Montano Charlotte Moorman Charles Morrow Annie Murdock Bruce Nauman nicoykatiushka Laura Nova Yasira Nun Yoko Ono Dennis Oppenheim Orlan Wanda Ortiz Gina Pane Suzan-Lori Parks Jolie Pichardo Adam Putnam Pasha Radetzki Reno Jae Rhim Lee Chemi Rosado-Seijo Sheree Rose Rachel Rosenthal Boryana Rossa Rafael Sanchez Akiko Sasamoto Carolee Schneemann Peter Schumann Jill Scott Bonnie Sherk Mark Stafford Heather Stephens Elizabeth Streb Stelarc Javier Tellez Yasunao Tone Allessandra Torres Traci Tullius Ike Ude Mierle Laderman Ukeles T.R. Uthco Cecilia Vicuna Riva Weinstein Martha Wilson Robert Wilson David Wojnarowicz Beatrice L. Wolert Liz Young
Performances From: 1982 Illegal America; 1983 Tehching Hsieh; 1985 Oracle; 1987 Mastfor II: Good Treatment for Horses; 1990 Samuel Beckett; 1990 Tantrum; 1992 Speaking Tongues
1992 Zygmunt; 1992 Stolen Kisses; 1994 Let The Artist Live!; 1995 Endurance
1995 Imaginary Beings; 1996 Resonance; 1996 Sweat; 1996 Terra Bomba; 1996 La Tradicion; 1997 Collective Actions; 1998 The Traveler; 2001 Body and the East
2002 M Play; 2002 Show People; 2003 Exit Biennial: The Reconstruction; 2005 prayingproject; 2006 Water Project; 2006 Wild Nights
Live performances by Trickster Theater: Saturdays, January 20 and 27, 2007 8-10PM
Featuring Rob Andrews, Mayumi Ishino, Saeri Kiritani, Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, Wanda Ortiz, Jolie Pichardo, Pasha Radetzki, Boryana Rossa, Rafael Sanchez, Mark Stafford, Traci Tullius
In 2007-2008 Exit Art will celebrate its 25th Anniversary. This silver anniversary will be commemorated during the year through new programming initiatives and other special events to include an exciting series of exhibitions that explore Exit Arts rich and diverse history. The first exhibition, RENEGADES, highlights our history of fostering and presenting performance art in New York City. Drawn directly from our archive, this exhibition offers the opportunity to revisit a number of historically important performances as well as exhibitions that explored the contemporary history of performance art.
EXIT ART is an interdisciplinary laboratory for contemporary culture that explores the rich diversity of voices that continually shape art and ideas. Since its founding in 1982 by Directors Jeanette Ingberman and Papo Colo, Exit Art has presented over 2,500 artists and has grown from a pioneering alternative art space, bringing attention to the work of under-recognized artists, into a model cultural center for the 21st century. With a substantial reputation for curatorial innovation and depth of programming in diverse media, Exit Arts exhibitions, performances and programs respond to culturally resonant themes, empowering artists to redefine their artistic sensibility. Exit Art is internationally recognized for its unmatched spirit of inventiveness, commitment to supporting artists, and consistent ability to anticipate the newest trends in the culture. A place where different disciplines and audiences converge and cross-pollinate, it is a key site for excavating the unwritten histories of contemporary art and culture.
General exhibition support has been provided by Brown Foundation, Carnegie Corporation, Greenwall Foundation, Jerome Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, New York State Council on the Arts, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Starry Night Fund at the Tides Foundation, Exit Arts Board of Trustees and our members.
