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From: "Architexturez." <interface.services@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 21:35:42 +0530
Exhibition Review: "Portable" at Storefront for Art and Architecture
through August 5
Three artists consider the nomadic impulse to brave the unknown and the
sedentary urge to hoard and build
by Laurie Manfra
July 17, 2006
A small exhibition at the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New
York City beckons us to consider the unforeseen consequences of two
emphatically American desires: the nomadic impulse to brave the unknown
and the sedentary urge to hoard and build. Curated by Yasmeen Siddiqui,
a recent graduate of Bard's Center for Curatorial Studies, “Portable”
presents the work of three young artists: Linda Ganjian, Kim Holleman,
and Marie P. Sauvaitre. Inside the dimly-lit, open-air gallery, Siddiqui
pairs three of Ganjian's intricate sculptures – utopian, Lego-inspired
visions of the industrialized city painstakingly constructed on old rugs
– with 10 photographs produced by Sauvaitre over the last four years of
nomadic dwellings in France, Israel, Jordan, and the U.S. A short walk
across Lafayette Street in Lt. Petrosino Square, where a few of New
York’s homeless wile away the hours, Bushwick, Brooklyn-based artist Kim
Holleman has converted the interior of an old trailer into an
unexpectedly delightful retreat featuring greenery and two built-in benches.
cont'd....
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