"179 Canal / Anyways" Exhibition
White Columns
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White Columns presents ‘179 Canal / Anyways’ an exhibition organized by Margaret Lee.
Founded by artist Margaret Lee, 179 Canal was an artist-run space located above street level on one of New York’s busiest thoroughfares. Between March 2009 and June 2010 some 14 exhibitions, 15 performances, 1 public project on the building’s exterior, 4 stairwell installations, 2 web projects and a handful of parties took place there.179 Canal took the form of a dialog between Lee and an ever expanding group of artists and collaborators. (More than 75 artists and performers would eventually contribute to 179’s programs.) About this dialog Lee has said: “179 Canal was spurred by an ongoing communication with friends - who participated in making 179 what it became - about the lack of a real artists' space in NYC. I never had to look far for projects since it wasn't about finding something but making sure the conversation remained open and continuous - friend to friend, peer to peer - amongst a group of artists who were tired of art about art, business as usual, and the heavy history of a past that wasn't necessarily ours to reference. The work coming in was always strong but what pulled it all together was that context was put up for grabs and freely exchanged. And with that, the artists, their work and the program were able to find their feet.”
Following 179 Canal’s closure – White Columns invited Margaret Lee to organize an exhibition that took the activity that unfolded at 179 Canal as its departure point. Neither a nostalgic survey nor a retrospective consideration of the space’s programs ‘179 Canal / Anyways’ instead re-structures aspects of the recent past into the form of an the exhibition that is decidedly engaged in the present-tense and the ongoing dialog between Lee and many of her 179 co-conspirators.
Margaret Lee is an artist based in New York. In January 2010 she had a White Room exhibition at White Columns that she developed in collaboration with Michele Abeles and Darren Bader. For more visit: www.179Canal.com
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Schedule
from October 29, 2010 to December 04, 2010
Opening Reception on 2010-10-29 from 18:00 to 20:00
Artist(s)
Anicka Yi, Josh Kline, Caitlin Keogh, Graham Anderson, Gregory Edwards, Alisa Baremboym, Michael Caputo, Nolan Simon, Thomas Torres Cordova, Charles Mayton, Andrei Koschmieder, Yemenwed, Jared Madere, Devon Costello, Trevor Shimizu, Antoine Catala, K. Mustermann, Liz Wendelbo, Stewart Uoo, Margaret Lee