L.I.C., NYC
CURATED BY ALYSON BAKER
MAY 6 - AUGUST 5, 2007
OPENING: SUNDAY, MAY 6 / 2 - 6PM
ANDREA CHRISTENS
STEPHEN DEAN
ANNE DELEPORTE
MARK DI SUVERO
FLUX FACTORY
JASON HACKENWERTH
JAMES JOHNSON
KURT LIGHTNER
ISAMU NOGUCHI
JOEL SHAPIRO
RACHEL STEVENS
NICOLE TSCHAMPEL
AMY YOES
L.I.C., NYC VIDEO
CURATED BY ANDRÉA SALERNO
SUNDAY, MAY 6 / 5PM & WEDNESDAY, MAY 30 / 7PM
& SUNDAY, AUGUST 5 / 7PM
KATE GILMORE
TIMOTHY HUTCHINGS
SARA JESSIE KANE
KARSTEN KREJCAREK AND MATTHEW RONAY
QING LIU
IVAN MONFORTE
CLIFFORD OWENS
RACHEL RAMPLEMAN
Socrates Sculpture Park is pleased to announce the opening of L.I.C, NYC,
an exhibition of artists working in Long Island City, Queens. Presented as
part of the Park's 20th anniversary year, the exhibition highlights and celebrates
the area's remarkable creative community, featuring works from a broad spectrum
of generations and mediums.
L.I.C., NYC includes the participation of Flux Factory, a Long Island
City-based collaborative with artists: Jean Barberis, Mikey Barringer, Jason
David Brown, Paul Burn, Daupo, Andrea Dezsö, Kerry Downey, Ellie Ga,
Christy Gast, Stefany Anne Golberg, Chris Hackett, Aya Kakeda, Miwa Koizumi,
Ruby Kwon, Fabienne Lasserre, Marie Lorenz, Eleanor Lovinsky, Brian Matthews,
Morgan Meis, Ian Montgomery, Nick Normal, Adrian Owen, Douglas Paulson, Annie
Reichert, Duke Reilly, Anthony Rhoads, Sebastien Sanz de Santamaria, Ksenya
Samarskaya, Marco Scoffier, and David Felix Sutcliffe.
L.I.C., NYC also includes a video component, L.I.C., NYC VIDEO, a three-part
series curated by Andréa Salerno. Socrates will host three different
screenings during the course of the exhibition on Sunday, May 6, at 5pm; Wednesday,
May 30, at 7pm; and Sunday August 5, at 7pm. L.I.C., NYC VIDEO's L.I.C.
Line-Up will feature video works by eight local artists who live and/or work
in Long Island City, Queens. A total of 16 videos will be shown, ranging from
short and silly antics by Karsten Krejcarek and Matthew Ronay to witnessing
Kate Gilmore's trademark efforts to get herself through impossible and physically
enduring situations. Lounge chairs will be set up for comfortable viewing.
Jason Hackenwerth uses balloons to create sculptures that are both
intricate and monumental in scale. Because of the ephemeral nature of his
works, Hackenwerth will design three pieces for L.I.C., NYC that will be viewable
in the Park for a limited period after their construction. The first piece
will debut on Sunday, May 6, 2007 in conjunction with the L.I.C., NYC exhibition
opening; the second piece will premiere on Thursday, June 21 in conjunction
with Socrates’ annual Summer Solstice Celebration; and the third piece
will be presented on Sunday, July 22.
For additional information about the L.I.C., NYC exhibition, including more
details about the artists and artworks in the exhibition and images for reproduction,
please contact Ellen Staller at 718-956-1819 x 12 or es@socratessculpturepark.org.
Additionally, The Noguchi Museum will present a panel discussion on May 13,
2007 in conjunction with L.I.C., NYC, titled Long Island City: Sculptural
(re)Generations. Presented as part of the Museum’s monthly series,
Second Sundays: Dialogues on Art, Architecture, and Design, Long Island
City: Sculptural (re)Generations will gather contemporary Long Island
City sculptors to discuss their experiences creating in this unique artists’
community and how artists were the catalyst for the development of LIC as
a cultural destination. Second Sundays are held at The Noguchi Museum on the
second Sunday of each month at 3:00pm and are free with The Noguchi Museum
admission.
For more information visit http://www.noguchi.org/public_programs.html.
From July 29 through October 28, 2007, Socrates Sculpture Park will also exhibit
new works by Long Island City artists Takashi Horasaki and Deborah
Fisher through Socrates’ ongoing series, Open Space. Socrates
Sculpture Park is dedicated to providing artists with the opportunity to create
and exhibit large- scale sculpture and multi-media installations in a unique
outdoor environment that encourages interaction between artists, artworks
and the public. The Park is open 365 days a year from 10 am to sunset and
is located at the intersection of Broadway and Vernon Boulevard in Long Island
City, New York. For directions to the Park, please visit our website: www.socratessculpturepark.org.
This exhibition is made possible by the dedication and support of our volunteers
and friends and by the generosity of: Altria Group, Inc.• Lily Auchincloss
Foundation • Carnegie Corporation of New York • Vivien & David
R. Collens • The Cowles Charitable Trust • Monroe Denton •
Mark di Suvero • Foundation For Contemporary Arts, Inc. • Maxine
& Stuart Frankel Foundation • Hugh J. Freund • The HWG Fund,
Inc. • Agnes Gund & Daniel Shapiro • Independence Community
Foundation • The Peter T. Joseph Foundation • Terrence & Elizabeth
Karpowicz • Gabrielle & Herbert Kayden • The Abby & Mitch
Leigh Foundation • Michael A. Manfredi & Marion Weiss • Jennifer
McSweeney • Ronay & Richard Menschel • Ivana Mestrovic •
JPMorgan Chase • Margaret T. Morris Foundation • National Endowment
for the Arts • Gerry & David Pincus • The Pollock-Krasner Foundation,
Inc. • Brooke Kamin & Richard Rapaport • Gabrielle and Donald
M. Rattner: Paragon Paint and Building Company • The Ross Foundation
•Von Rydingsvard & Greengard Foundation • Rev. Alfred R. Shands
III • Mr. & Mrs. Thomas W. Smith • Masako Somogye • Starry
Night Fund of Tides Foundation • Strypemonde Foundation • The Van
Lier Fund in The New York Community Trust
Special thanks to the City of New York, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Queens
Borough President Helen M. Marshall, City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn,
Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, City Councilmember Eric Gioia, and the Department
of Parks & Recreation, Commissioner Adrian Benepe.
Socrates Sculpture Park is grateful for the generous contributions made by
The Complete Sculptor, Inc., Materials for the Arts, Plant Specialists and
Spacetime C.C.
This exhibition is funded, in part, by the Visual Arts Program of the New
York State Council on the Arts.
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City
Department of Cultural Affairs.
Socrates Sculpture Park, a member of the Long Island City Cultural Alliance
(LICCA), is proud to participate in “Summer in LongIsCity” opening
weekend on May 5th and 6th, 2007, highlighting the diverse and dynamic programming
presented by LICCA member organizations: Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs,
Fisher Landau Center for Art, Museum of the Moving Image, The Noguchi Museum,
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, SculptureCenter, Socrates Sculpture Park, and
Thalia Spanish Theatre. For more information, visit www.LICarts.org,
email info@licarts.org, or pick up a
copy of the LICCA quarterly culture guide.