"Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary" Exhibition
Museum of Arts & Design
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"Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary" is the inaugural exhibition at the Museum of Arts & Design when it opens in a new building at 2 Columbus Circle on September 27 2008. The exhibition features work by 50 international established and emerging artists from all five continents who create objects and installations comprised of ordinary and everyday manufactured articles, most originally made for another functional purpose. The exhibition surveys the rich artistic landscape of much contemporary art, in which hierarchies among art, craft, and design are disregarded. In addition, the exhibition examines the ways in which artists transform our world, respond to contemporary cultural paradigms, and comment on global consumerism.
[Image: Paul Villinski "My Back Pages" (2006-2008) Vintage vinyl records, record player, wire, record covers, Dimensions variable. Photo: Anna Beeke]
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Schedule
from September 27, 2008 to April 19, 2009
Opening Reception on 2008-09-27 from 10:00 to 17:00
Grand Opening Saturday & Sunday, September 27 & 28, 10 am - 5 pm. Free All Weekend.
Artist(s)
Terese Agnew, El Anatsui, Boris Bally, Xu Bing, Chakaia Booker, Campana Brothers, Marek Cecula, Long- Bin Chen, Soyeon Cho, Sonya Clark, Willie Cole, Steven Deo, Tara Donovan, Piet Hein Eek, Nicholas Galanin, Thomas Glassford, Subodh Gupta, Stuart Haygarth, Andy Diaz Hope, Tamiko Kawata, Jaehyo Lee, Joe Lewis, Donald Lipski, Hew Locke, Gonçalo Mabunda, Susie MacMurray, Carlo Marcucci, Donna Marcus, Ingo Maurer, Senga Nengudi, Nnenna Okore, Cornelia Parker, Tom Price, Michael Rakowitz, Pablo Reinoso, Tejo Remy, Nadine Robinson, Jim Rose, Laurel Roth, Jean Shin, Kiff Slemmons, Courtney Smith, Devorah Sperber, Do Ho Suh, Johnny Swing, Yuken Teruya, Jill Townsley, Paul Villinski, Ai Weiwei, Fred Wilson, Wok Media
Reviews
Museum of Arts and Design in its new Columbus Circle location
In its new home on Columbus Circle, the Museum of Arts and Design opens to the public on September 27, 2008. New York Art Beat made it to the press preview. The museum will be open at no charge all inaugural weekend long, so don't miss it.
The re-opening of the Museum of Arts and Design occasions a fresh look at the new building and its (dis)contents.