"TALENT PReVIEW '09" Exhibition
WHITE BOX
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What is on the horizon for art in 2009, a potentially portentous year that will be coda to a decade of art market frenzy which screeched to a halt by the sub-prime crisis and subsequent global repercussions? Trends and hype have given way to discourse, and as was cogently phrased in the Art Newspaper: "What is the silver lining in all this cloudiness? Perhaps a return to the importance of museums, critics and alternative spaces for validation and the introduction of new art."
The introduction of new art is intrinsic to WHITE BOX'S mission statement and visionary program which did not need kick-starting by economic crisis, and most recently embodied in its closing year exhibition titled TALENT PReVIEW '09. The exhibition is oriented around the discerning eye of the curator and the acumen of the young dealer, which will purview what lies ahead in the year to come. 5 curators and 5 galleries will each select 5 artists constituting an exhibition of 50 artists that work in myriad media including painting, photography, works-on-paper, video, sculpture, and installation. The curators and the galleries are as diverse in their approach as the artists selected, and TALENT PReVIEW '09 will prove to be full of surprises in an altogether different art world in which ideas and integrity trump market-driven machinations despoiling artwork as commodity object.
Mayor Bloomberg is encouraging the public to support artists and art organizations in the wake of the current global financial crisis. This exhibition, in lieu of WHITE BOX's annual fund raising auction, will fulfill a fund raising premise by the works which are bought by the public in the end providing a generous gift to the artists and WHITE BOX.
Curators: Renee Vara, Gale Elston, Raul Zamudio, Daria Brit Shapiro, Juan Puntes, Eric Shiner, Blanca De La Torre
Galleries: Kumu Kumu (L.E.S.), LUXE Gallery (L.E.S.), Appetite (Bushwick/Buenos Aires), Magnan Projects (Chelsea), Y Gallery (Astoria, Queens)
Guest Curators: Asher Remy Toledo, Juan Puntes
Media
Schedule
from December 13, 2008 to January 25, 2009
Opening Reception on 2008-12-13 from 18:00 to 20:00
Artist(s)
Ghost of a Dream, Donald Traver, Ray Kelly, Angelica Bergamini, Elena Bajo, Jo Broughton, Matthew Steinberg, Olek, Dinoram Delfin, Martin Legon, Victoria Musotto, Fabio Risso, Mauro Guzman, Ariel Cusnir, Batman + Batman, Clifton Childree, Marci MacGuffie, Jon Elliott, Oreet Ashery, Martin Durazo, Erika Harrsch, Sangwoo Koh, Gabriel de la Mora, Momoyo Torimitsu, Rachid Ben Ali, Martin Durazo, Julian Navarro, Bill Berry, Peter Kolk, Ernst Concepcion, Manuela Viera-Gallo, Billy Maker, Amelie Chabannes, Riccardo Mazzei, Tony Ingrisano, Jeanette Doyle, Midori Harima, Teresa Diehl, Johanna Braitbart, Riccardo Mazzei, Sissy Pink, Sarah Siewert, Elena Bajo, Jo Broughton, John Breiner, Olek, Orit Ben Shitrit, Tamar Hirschl, Asha Canalos et al.