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Blinky Palermo: Retrospective 1964-1977
Artist Walkthrough with Josiah McElheny
Saturday, July 9, 2011, 2 pm
Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries 3 Beekman Street, Beacon, NY 12508 845 440 0100 www.diaart.org
Free with museum admission. To make a reservation, click here. Dia and exhibition curator Lynne Cooke have invited four contemporary artists for whom Palermo's work has been important to lead walkthroughs of the Dia:Beacon installation and explore Palermo's Metal Pictures and late works in the context of his artistic development.
This series commences with a walkthrough led by artist Josiah McElheny, who, in conjunction with Blinky Palermo: Retrospective 1964-1977, is currently exhibiting three recreations of Palermo wall drawings and paintings at CCS Bard as part of the exhibition that he curated with Cooke and CCS Bard director Tom Eccles.
Josiah McElheny lives and works in New York. His works in sculpture, performance and film, as well as writing and curatorial projects, have often focused on connecting social and political history to aesthetics. Recent publications include The Light Club (2010); the monograph Josiah McElheny: A Prism (2010); and A Space for an Island Universe (2009).
For more information on Dia's series of Artist Walkthroughs of the Palermo Retrospective, click here.
For complete information on Josiah McElheny's current exhibition at CCS Bard, If you lived here, you'd be home by now, click here.
The national tour of Blinky Palermo: Retrospective 1964-1977 is made possible by GUCCI. Additional tour support is provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Brown Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Glenstone. Funding for the publication is provided in part by Sotheby's, the Marx Family Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation, and The Andrew J. and Christine C. Hall Foundation. |
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Poetry reading at The Dan Flavin Art Institute
Matvei Yankelevich
Thursday, July 21, 2011, 7 pm
The Dan Flavin Art InstituteCorwith Avenue, off Main Street Bridgehampton, NY www.diaart.org Free to the general public. Reservations required. To make a reservation, click here. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Event begins at 7 pm. Dia is pleased to host poet and translator Matvei Yankelevich at The Dan Flavin Art Institute for a reading and discussion of his own work within the context of Koo Jeong A's series of ink drawings and Dan Flavin's fluorescent sculptures.
The Dan Flavin Art Institute was established in 1983, under the direction of Flavin himself, as a permanent home for nine works in fluorescent light created by the artist between 1963 and 1981, in addition to a gallery for temporary exhibitions. Currently, 60 newly commissioned works on photographic paper by contemporary artist Koo Jeong A are on view through October 16, 2011.
Matvei Yankelevich is the author of Boris by the Sea (Octopus Books) and the forthcoming poetry collection In the Sunlight of Unemployment (United Artists). His translations from Russian have been published in magazines including Harper's and The New Yorker. He is an editor at Ugly Duckling Presse, and currently teaches at Hunter College, Columbia University School of the Arts, and the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College.
For complete event details, including directions and schedule information for the Hampton Jitney and the Long Island Railroad, click here. |
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Blinky Palermo: Retrospective 1964-1977
Exhibition walkthrough with artist David Reed
Sunday, July 24, 2011, 2 pm
Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries 3 Beekman Street, Beacon, NY 12508 845 440 0100 www.diaart.org
Free with museum admission. To make a reservation, click here. The second in a series of artist-led public programs coinciding with Blinky Palermo: Retrospective 1964-1977, contemporary painter David Reed will guide visitors through the installation at Dia:Beacon, focusing on Palermo's late works in relation to his evolving practice.
David Reed studied at the Studio School and moved permanently to Lower Manhattan in 1971, where he continues to live and work. His recent exhibitions have been at Peder Lund in Oslo (along with photographs by William Eggleston), Galerie Schmidt Maczollek in Cologne and Peter Blum Soho (presenting works on paper). Recent publications include Rock Paper Scissors, (2009) and Painting Today (2009).
For more information on Dia's series of Artist Walkthroughs of the Palermo Retrospective, click here.
The national tour of Blinky Palermo: Retrospective 1964-1977 is made possible by GUCCI. Additional tour support is provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the Brown Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Glenstone. Funding for the publication is provided in part by Sotheby's, the Marx Family Advised Fund at Aspen Community Foundation, and The Andrew J. and Christine C. Hall Foundation. |
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Gallery Talk at Dia:Beacon
Tom Williams on Robert Smithson
Saturday, July 30, 2011, 2 pm
Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries 3 Beekman Street, Beacon, NY 12508 845 440 0100 www.diaart.org
Free with museum admission. To make a reservation, click here. Tom Williams, a New York-based art historian and critic, will conduct a one-hour presentation focusing on the work of Robert Smithson and his profound impact on contemporary art. Williams completed a PhD from Stony Brook University and has written for publications including Art in America and Grey Room. He has taught at Binghamton University, the Museum of Modern Art, New York University, the School of Visual Arts, and other institutions.
For more information on Dia:Beacon's series of Gallery Talks, click here. |
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Images (in order of appearance): Dan Flavin Art Institute, Bridgehampton, NY. Photo: Florian Holzherr. Josiah McElheny, Charlotte Perriand (and Carlo Scarpa), Blue, 2010. Hand blown glass, wood, metal, polished lacquer paint. Photo copyright Josiah McElheny; courtesy the artist and Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York. Photo credit: Jason Mandella. Blinky Palermo, installation view of "Blinky Palermo: Retrospective 1964-1977," Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries, Beacon, New York. Photo: Bill Jacobson. Courtesy Dia Art Foundation, New York. Photo credit: Matvei Yankelevich. Koo Jeong A, installation view of Dr. Vogt, 2010. "Koo Jeong A: Constellation Congress," The Dan Flavin Art Institute, Bridgehampton, NY. November 5, 2010-September 4, 2011. Photo: Cathy Carver, New York. Photo: David Reed. Blinky Palermo, To the People of New York City (Part XII), 1976. Dia Art Foundation. Photo: Bill Jacobson. Robert Smithson, Spiral Jetty, 1970. Photo: George Steinmetz. Robert Smithson, Map of Broken Glass (Atlantis), 1969. Lannan Foundation; long-term loan. Photo: Florian Holzherr.
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