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February 25-April 25, 2009
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Mary Jo Bole, Michael Brown, Alain Bublex, Robert Buck, Gregory Crewdson, Dan Graham, Candida Höfer, Guillaume Leblon, Laura Lisbon, Gordon Matta-Clark, Eva Meyer and Eran Schaerf, Laurent Montaron, Marylène Negro, TJ Norris and Scott Wayne Indiana, Sarah Schönfeld, Maya Schweizer, Suzanne Silver, Christian Tomaszewski, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Jane and Louise Wilson
Curated by James Voorhies
Of Other Spaces is about how space affects human behavior and experience. The exhibition asks us to consider the ways in which spaces are charged with authority, and both serve and suppress our actions and ways of relating. The concept of “other spaces” is inspired by the philosophy of Michel Foucault, especially his thoughts on social relations and cultural practices expressed in the intersection of space, architecture, and history. In a rarely cited 1967 text by Foucault, entitled “Of Other Spaces, Heterotopias,” he introduces what he calls heterotopias--different or other spaces.
Hospitals, prisons, schools, libraries, museums, fairgrounds, cinemas, beaches, cemeteries, gardens, hotel suites, train stations, and even mirrors have the potential to be other spaces. Other spaces are essentially virtual. They function in accordance with personal memories, associations, experiences, and imaginings that one has of these very real sites. By making common practices strange, Foucault’s writing often initiates conversations about habitual actions, in this case, in relation to space. The collection of works of art on exhibit here and the reprinting of Foucault’s text on “heterotopias” in the exhibition catalogue form the visual and philosophical catalyst for thinking about the function and meaning of space in everyday life.
Of Other Spaces continues a discussion on the origins, uses, histories, influences, and current and past activities that accompany our personal experiences of space.
An integral part of this exhibition includes a screening of She Might Belong to You (2007) by Eva Meyer and Eran Schaerf, Metropolis, Report from China (2006) by Maya Schweizer and Clemens von Wedemeyer, and Will there be a sea battle tomorrow? (2008) by Laurent Montaron at the film/video theater at Wexner Center for the Arts.
In conjuction with this exhibition Bureau for Open Culture presents Dewey Decimal Days, a 5-day celebration of libraries and books.
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Jane and Louise Wilson, Erewhon (Blue Skin Bay I), 2004
c-print on aluminum in plexi box
70.75 x 70.75 inches
courtesy of the artists and 303 Gallery, New York
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Sarah Schönfeld, Wende Gelände #05, 2007
c-print
48 x 60 inches
courtesy of the artist and Kunstagenten, Berlin
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Michael Brown, The People's Playground, 2008
cast aluminum
71.75 x 69 x 2 inches
© Michael Brown; courtesy of the artist and Yvon Lambert Paris, New York, London
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Mary Jo Bole, History of Penal Institution Sanitation, 2008
Chardon™ Kohler prison sink with fused-on silk screened decals
15 x 18 x 15 inches
courtesy of the artist and John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
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TJ Norris and Scott Wayne Indiana, M_US__EUM, 2007
neon
10 x 40 inches
courtesy of the artists and New American Art Union NAAU], Portland, Oregon
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Suzanne Silver, Kafka in Space (Parsing the Eruv), 2009
wood, rubber, wallboard, plaster, metal, rope, canvas, metal leaf, chalk, tape, vinyl, neon
dimensions variable
courtesy of the artist
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Guillaume Leblon, Found Objects (Miami Beach), 2008 Alain Bublex, Untitled (TGV without windows), 2006 ---------------------------------------------- Candida Höfer, Narodni knihovna Praha V, 2004 Gregory Crewdson, Untitled, 2001–2002 Gordon Matta-Clark, Conical Intersect, 1975 ---------------------------------------------- Laura Lisbon, Corner Set-up (Wall Displacement), 2009 Dan Graham, Serpentine II, 1995 Maya Schweizer, Le Musée de Daniel, 2004 ---------------------------------------------- Robert Buck, Constellation ("To find the Western Path, Right thro the Gates of Wrath"), 2008 Christian Tomaszewski, PLAYTIME, 2009 ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- Marylène Negro, Camille, 2008 Maya Schweizer and Clemens von Wedemeyer, Metropolis, Report from China, 2006 Eva Meyer and Eran Schaerf, She Might Belong to You, 2007 Laurent Montaron, Will there be a sea battle tomorrow?, 2008
mixed media
five elements: 7.5 x 6.75 inches each
courtesy of the artist and Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris
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mixed media (model of TGV, acrylic resin, adhesive)
dimensions variable
courtesy of the artist and Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris
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c-print
72 x 88 inches
courtesy of the artist and Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco
image courtesy of Candida Höfer/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
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digital c-print
48 x 60 inches
courtesy The Broad Art Foundation, Santa Monica
image courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York
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16 mm film on video, color, without sound, 18:40 minutes
courtesy of Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York
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wood, paper, canvas, acrylic paint
dimensions variable
courtesy of the artist
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two-way mirror, transparent glass, punched aluminum, aluminum
14 x 36 x 30 inches
courtesy of Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
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photography installation and catalogue
dimensions variable
courtesy of the artist
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steel railing and artifacts (headstone, surveillance mirror, steer skull, 3D print, Tumi luggage bag, and barricade)
112 X 373 X 110 inches
courtesy of the artist; Stephen Friedman Gallery, London; CRG Gallery, New York; and Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco
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carpet, clear globe, two sofas, two chairs, one ashtray, one lamp, black mirror, fabric screen, three doors and sound (40 minutes)
950 square feet
courtesy of the artist
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sound, 2 minutes 28 seconds
sound editing Jean-Philippe Roux
courtesy of the artist and Galerie Martine Aboucaya, Paris
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HD, 42 minutes
courtesy of the artists
As part of the exhibition, the film is screened at the film/video theater at Wexner Center for the Arts.
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film, 37 minutes
courtesy of the artists
As part of the exhibition, the film is screened at the film/video theater at Wexner Center for the Arts.
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HD film, color, sound, 11:41 minutes
courtesy of the artist and galerie schleicher & lange, Paris
As part of the exhibition, the film is screened at the film/video theater at Wexner Center for the Arts.
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Installation images courtesy of Cory Piehowicz.
