ISCP presents pertaining to a profession proverbially energetic and nervous
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David Levine, Margi Sharp in Pilates Instructor, 2007, video still |
pertaining to a profession proverbially energetic and nervous
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Info
Opening Reception Wednesday, March 30, 6-8pm March 30 - April 16 Wednesday–Saturday, 12–6pm
Contact
info@iscp-nyc.org
+1 718 387 2900
+ 1 718 387 2966
Address
http://www.iscp-nyc.org
International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP)
1040 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
USA
Participating Artists
Etienne Chambaud, Irene Kopelman, David Levine, David Maroto, Mladen Stilinovic, Magnus Thierfelder and Carey Young
organized by Sarah Demeuse
Panel Discussion
Tuesday, April 19 at 6.30pm
Sarah Demeuse and David Levine in conversation moderated by Kari Conte
A German ELLE from 1998 functions as an initial reflection on the self-presentation of the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) and its then artist-residents and professional visitors. The magazine's full-page shots of artists in their studios provide the starting point for a three-way examination of disparate clichés about contemporary artists as workers and the people in their surroundings who legitimize this peculiar 'at-work-ness.'
pertaining to a profession proverbially energetic and nervous includes work by Étienne Chambaud, Irene Kopelman, David Levine, David Maroto, Mladen Stilinovic, Magnus Thierfelder and Carey Young. A selection of ISCP's own collection of photographs will function as a refrain in this group show. As a whole, the exhibition subtly undermines three tropes associated with an artist's work: the mysterious invisibility or potentiality of artistic labor as example of post-industrial immateriality; art as resistance to commonplace productivity; and, possibly closer to home, the performative formulas and taboos associated with successful artistic professionalism.
As the second installment in a year-long thematic exhibition cycle related to work, pertaining to a profession proverbially energetic and nervous takes at face value the fact that the international roving artist-cum-MacBookPro has taken the place of the blue-collar Brooklyn printmaker and therefore turns the tables, highlighting the expectations of those who visit this contemporary workspace.
This exhibition has been made possible thanks to the support of: Brooklyn Arts Council, The Greenwich Collection, National Endowment for the Arts and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
