"Shift and Flow" Exhibition
Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs
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Shift and Flow focuses on architecture as a framework in which to examine our individual and collective existence. It approaches the built environment as a platform for observing contemporary culture, society and politics. Just as our surroundings reflect malleable and shifting social and cultural values, so do their changes in appearance, function and meanings profoundly affect the subjective experiences, interactions and relationships of their inhabitants.
The artists of Shift and Flow - Lida Abdul, Andreas Fogarasi, Jonggeon Lee, Julie Mehretu, Jason Middlebrook, Steven Millar, Abelardo Morell, Peter Owen, Manuel Piña, Renata Poljak , Charlotte Schulz, and Emma Spertus -embrace a variety of techniques and mediums as well as multiple investigatory methods in exploring the architectural shifts and flows that affect us all.
Through the prism of architecture, Shift and Flow touches on numerous subjects: class, ethnicity, and nationality; violence, globalization, and gentrification; destruction, subversion, recycling, and resurrection. Themes of skepticism, loss and alienation are interwoven with idealism, fascination and optimism, sometimes in a single work. While mobilizing symbolic meanings of architectural imagery, the works in the exhibition stimulate contemplation and act as catalysts for critical reflection.
Zeljka Himbele Kozul is a freelance curator based in New York City. She is a graduate of the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College.
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Schedule
from September 11, 2011 to November 27, 2011
Opening Reception on 2011-09-11 from 14:00 to 17:00