Past Events
SculptureCenter at NADA New York
May 4-7, 2012
We're thrilled to participate in the inaugural NADA art fair in New York City. We will be presenting limited editions by Rashid Johnson, Walead Beshty, and our most recent photo portfolio with photographs by Sara VanDerBeek, Marlo Pascual, Erin Shirreff, Leslie Hewitt and Katrin Sonntag.
Meet the Curators: Ruba Katrib and Kristen Chappa
Monday April 30, 7 PM
Member Event
Join fellow Members in meeting our new SculptureCenter Curator Ruba Katrib and Curatorial Associate Kristen Chappa over drinks at SculptureCenter and Dutch Kills. Enjoy afterhours access to the exhibition Bill Bollinger: The Retrospective and complimentary wine and beer for an informal conversation about the exhibition. Afterwards, we will move next door to the Dutch Kills to continue the conversation over the best cocktails in Long Island City.
RSVP to John Emison at john@sculpture-center.org or by phone (718) 361-1750 x110.
Member Preview: Bill Bollinger: The Retrospective
Sunday, April 22, 2012, 3:30-5:00 PM
Member Event
SculptureCenter Members are invited to be the first to view the much anticipated upcoming exhibition Bill Bollinger: The Retrospective. Gain exclusive pre-opening access to the first major presentation of Bollinger's work since 1970, and the first retrospective.
Complimentary drinks will be served.
Opening Reception: Bill Bollinger: The Retrospective
Sunday, April 22, 2012, 5:00-7:00 PM
SculptureCenter is pleased to host Bill Bollinger: The Retrospective. This exhibition, surveys the brief, yet historically significant career of Bill Bollinger (1939-1988), focusing on the period from 1966-70. SculptureCenter is the only U.S. venue for this retrospective, and the exhibition will be on view April 22- July 30, 2012 with a public reception on Sunday April 22nd 5 - 7 pm.
Subjective Histories of Sculpture: Josephine Meckseper
Monday, April 9, 2012, 7:00 PM
At SculptureCenter
Free admission
SculptureCenter, in collaboration with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School, is excited to continue the artist-led lecture series Subjective Histories of Sculpture. This program, initiated in 2006, furthers SculptureCenter's exploration of how contemporary artists think about sculpture; its history and its legacies. This year, three artists have been invited to present their own take on art history: Lucy Skaer, Nairy Baghramian, and Josephine Meckseper. Citing specific works, bodies of work, texts, or even personal anecdotes taken from inside and outside cultural production, and inside and outside art, these subjective, incomplete, partial, or otherwise eclectic histories question assumptions and propose alternative methods for understanding sculpture's evolving strategies.
Please note location: SculptureCenter
Image:Josephine Meckseper The Complete History of Postcontemporary Art, 2005. Courtesy the Artist, New York, and VG Bild-Kunst.
Spring Benefit: Lucky Draw 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
UPDATE 3/28: We are currently sold out of Lucky Draw tickets and are selling $50 cocktail tickets that include open bar and small bites.
Lucky Draw - a one of a kind art raffle - guarantees that each and every ticket holder walks home with a work of art! This fast-paced one night event offers first time and seasoned collectors access to artworks by top emerging and established talent. All proceeds benefit SculptureCenter.
Lucy Skaer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Friday, March 30th, 6:30 PM
Member Event
Join SculptureCenter Members and exhibiting artist Lucy Skaer for a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Skaer will introduce us to her film included in the exhibition Spies in the House of Art followed by a walkthrough of one of her favorite Met collections.
Image: Nashashibi/Skaer, Flash in the Metropolitan, 2006. Courtesy the Artists.
Translating Spaces: Translating Law
Saturday, March 17th, 4:00-5:30 PM
At SculptureCenter
Free admission
With LaToya Ruby Frazier, Sina Najafi, Huong Ngo, and Sean Raspet
Moderated by Kristen Chappa and Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento
SculptureCenter and Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts are proud to present the conversation Translating Spaces: Translating Law. Panelists will discuss projects that are situated in between the physical and immaterial, the public and private, and the artistic and legal. Some projects enact discursive, conceptual gestures through enforceable agreements, while others raise legal issues in specific geographic spaces and virtual communities. Often co-opting and repurposing multiple spaces as a strategy, these artists destabilize notions of use, appropriation, and function in relation to property, particularly when considering the problematic of increasingly hybrid, interconnected sites, spaces, and loci. This program was organized in conjunction with SculptureCenter's 2012 In Practice program exhibition You never look at me from the place from which I see you.
Image: Huong Ngo, Pop-Up Studio, 2005-ongoing.
Subjective Histories of Sculpture: Nairy Baghramian
Thursday, March 15, 2012, 6:30 PM
Hosted at Vera List Center for Art and Politics
The New School, Theresa Lang Community and Student Center
55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor
Free admission
SculptureCenter, in collaboration with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School, is excited to continue the artist-led lecture series Subjective Histories of Sculpture. This program, initiated in 2006, furthers SculptureCenter's exploration of how contemporary artists think about sculpture; its history and its legacies. This year, three artists have been invited to present their own take on art history: Lucy Skaer, Nairy Baghramian, and Josephine Meckseper. Citing specific works, bodies of work, texts, or even personal anecdotes taken from inside and outside cultural production, and inside and outside art, these subjective, incomplete, partial, or otherwise eclectic histories question assumptions and propose alternative methods for understanding sculpture's evolving strategies.
Image: Nairy Baghramian Installation view Formage de Tete (Rechaud F + Rechaud G) Courtesy the artist and Galerie Buchholz, Berlin/Cologne.
Member Tour of The Armory Show 2012
Saturday March 10th, 11:00 AM
Member Event
Join us for an exclusive members-only tour of The Armory Show 2012. The tour will be led by ARTime co-founder and contemporary art historian Dorothea Basile with a focus on sculpture, ranging from the Modern to Contemporary sections of the show. Afterwards enjoy full access to both The Armory Show and VOLTA NY for the rest of the day.
Space is limited so RSVP early to John Emison at john@sculpture-center.org or by phone at 718.361.1750 x110. We will meet in the The Armory Circle Desk at Pier 92 (12th Avenue and West 55th Street). If you cannot make the tour but would still like to visit The Armory Show please contact John for you free SculptureCenter Member passes to both The Armory Show and VOLTA NY.
Subjective Histories of Sculpture: Lucy Skaer
Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 6:30 PM
Hosted at Vera List Center for Art and Politics
The New School, Wollman Hall
65 West 11th Street (enter at 66 West 12th Street), 5th floor.
Free admission
SculptureCenter, in collaboration with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School, is excited to continue the artist-led lecture series Subjective Histories of Sculpture. This program, initiated in 2006, furthers SculptureCenter's exploration of how contemporary artists think about sculpture; its history and its legacies. This year, three artists have been invited to present their own take on art history: Lucy Skaer, Nairy Baghramian, and Josephine Meckseper. Citing specific works, bodies of work, texts, or even personal anecdotes taken from inside and outside cultural production, and inside and outside art, these subjective, incomplete, partial, or otherwise eclectic histories question assumptions and propose alternative methods for understanding sculpture's evolving strategies.
Image: Lucy Skaer, The Good Ship Blank and Ballast, 2010. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Matt Carter.
NewArtNetwork Winter Social
Thursday, February 9, 2012, 7:00 PM
Member Event
Join us on Thursday, February 9th for the NewArtNetwork Winter Social here at SculptureCenter.
The Winter Social will feature after hours access to Scene, Hold, Ballast: David Maljkovic and Lucy Skaer and In Practice: You never look at me from the place from which I see you. The doors will open at 7:00pm with a performance of Coda by Yve Laris Cohen and an exhibition tour at 7:30pm by Kristen Chappa, Curatorial Associate. Special DJ sets by Dan Fox and Jory Rabinovitz aka JAR JAR WHATEVER with special guest(s) and drinks complimentary of Lagunitas. Hosted by the SculptureCenter NewArtNetwork Members.
Not a member? Join today! Contact John Emison at jemison@sculpture-center.org
Tishman Speyer Collection Visit
Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 6:00 PM
Member Event
Join us for a very special visit to the Speyer Family Collection, exhibited in the corporate headquarters of Tishman Speyer. The collection spans a period from 1960 through the present and is frequently rotated in their Rockefeller Center offices. Our guided tour will take us through the current exhibition representing a selection of works acquired in the last 10 years. An event not to be missed!
Image: Tishman Speyer Headquarters, photo copyright Peter Aaron/Esto.
Not a Member? Join today! Contact John Emison at jemison@sculpture-center.org.
Yve Laris Cohen: Coda
Sunday, January 22, 5pm
Sunday, February 5, 5pm
Sunday, February 12, 5pm
Saturday, February 25, 5pm
Saturday, March 3, 5pm
Friday, March 16, 5pm
Monday, March 19, 5pm
Join us for a newly commissioned performance choreographed and performed by interdisciplinary artist Yve Laris Cohen. Informed by classical ballet and the visual art world's contemporary fascination with Judson Dance Theater, Laris Cohen's work addresses shifting subjectivities and power relationships among human bodies and objects. This intimate performance will take place inside of Laris Cohen's site-specific installation, created for SculptureCenter's 2012 In Practice program exhibition, You never look at me from the place from which I see you, curated by Kristen Chappa.
Reservations are required, as each engagement is limited to 20 persons. Please contact John Emison at rsvp@sculpture-center.org to rsvp. These performances are free and open to the public.
Member Preview: Winter Exhibitions and a performance by Yve Laris Cohen
Sunday, January 15, 2012, 3:30-5:00 PM
Member Event
Join Guest Curator Fionn Meade for a walkthrough of Scene, Hold, Ballast with exhibiting artists David Maljkovic and Lucy Skaer and Curatorial Associate Kristen Chappa for an introduction to SculptureCenter's 2012 In Practice program exhibition, You never look at me from the place from which I see you. Yve Laris Cohen will debut his new performance exclusively for members during the preview. The performance will take place inside of his site-specific installation in our lower level galleries.
The Member Preview will begin at 3:30pm with the walkthrough at 4:00pm and performance at 4:30pm. Complimentary beer and wine will be served. Please note that due to the location of the performance, capacity is limited.
Not a member? Join today! Contact John Emison at jemison@sculpture-center.org
Image: Yve Laris Cohen, Duet.., 2011, Courtesy the artist.
Opening Reception: Winter 2012 Exhibitions
Sunday, January 15, 2012, 5:00-7:00 PM
Please join us for the openings of Scene, Hold, Ballast a two person exhibition with David Maljkovic and Lucy Skaer, and the In Practice program You never look at me from the place from which I see you, with works by A.K. Burns, Yve Laris Cohen, Michael DeLucia, Aleksandra Domanović, Takashi Horisaki, Sean Raspet, and Christine Rebet, with Keith Connolly, Ethan Ham, and Tom Thayer.
Image: David Maljkovic, Temporary Projections, 2011. Courtesy the artist.