"Mend" Exhibition
Proteus Gowanus
This event has ended.
The 2008/9 exhibit of art, artifacts, books, and related programs at Proteus Gowanus revolves around the theme MEND. From mending a piece of fabric to solving global problems, we will explore the theme from a multiplicity of perspectives and disciplines at a time when “fixing things,” from the mundane to the profound, seems increasingly out of our reach.
In a culture that increasingly resorts to throwing things away when they break, we will begin by exploring the disappearing skills and tools of repair, from darning socks and repairing shoes to fixing watches and mending clothing, including stitching, spinning, and knitting.
We will look at the methods and tools of saving, recycling, conserving and archiving, from books to household refuse. We will look at art, books and objects related to regeneration of the environment, of the human body (surgery, medicine, death), and of society’s ills, including a library of books about social visionaries. Our 2009 Proteotypes publication about the Brooklyn social visionary Alfred Tredway White, produced in collaboration with the Brooklyn Historical Society, will explore White’s many contributions to “mending” the lives of NYC residents in the early 1900s.
Media
Schedule
from October 01, 2008 to June 30, 2009
Artist(s)
Ellen Banks-Feld, Jenny Bevill, Jen Bervin, Mariella Bisson, Stephanie Brody-Lederman, Rosamond Casey, Sasha Chavchavadze, Libby Clarke, Donna Maria De Creeft, Ellen Driscoll, Laure Drogoul, Joanna Ebenstein, Janice Everett, Charles Goldman, Paula Hayes, Sophie Herbert, Jeanne Liotta, David Mahfouda, Susan Newmark, Heidi Nielson, Jim Nightlinger, Debra Pearlman, Pam Peterson, Herbert Pfostl, Chris Piazza, Tamara Pittman, Karla Roberts, Esther K Smith, Andrea Spiros, Alan Rosner, Lance Rutledge, Naftali Beane Rutter, Jeffrey Schiff, Erik Schurink, Tony Stanzione, Sally Mara Sturman, Annette Tacconelli, Robert The, Wendy Walker, James Walsh, Matthew Wills, The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives