Peter Dobill "Ab Uno"
English Kills Art Gallery
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English Kills Art Gallery presents Peter Dobill: AB UNO, the artist’s first New York solo exhibition, presenting a comprehensive overview of his practice of endurance actions.
Dividing the gallery between live actions over a four-week period and a video overview of his past five years of performance work, AB UNO surveys Dobill’s explorations into the mental and physical limits of his body, focusing on energy exchange between artist and audience.
The centerpiece of the exhibition is Receiver, the 2008-2009 Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art Grant commissioned action-installation. The most ambitious action-installation attempted yet by Dobill, Receiver will find the artist situated in a hermetic energy space, immersed in a milk pool as milk simultaneously drops from the ceiling into his nose, challenging his only means of breathing.
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Performance Schedule:
RECEIVER*
Saturday, May 9 – 6pm
(Installation and video of the action will remain on view until May 17)
BLACK TO LIGHT
Saturday, May 23 – 1pm
THE CIRCLE AND THE POINT
Saturday, May 30 – 6pm
(Please note: all times are starting times - endings of all pieces vary in accordance with the endurance of the artist)
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Schedule
from May 09, 2009 to May 31, 2009
Opening Reception on 2009-05-09 from 18:00 to 21:00