State Of The Art: New York @ Urbis in Manchester, April 9 - September 6, 2009

9 April - 6 September 2009

Urbis
Cathedral Gardens
Manchester
M4 3BG

Urbis is located in Cathedral Gardens in Manchester City Centre, just next to Victoria Station and easily accessible by bus, train, tram, car or on foot.

Tel: +44 (0)161 605 8200
E-mail: info@urbis.org.uk

State of the Art is a new series of exhibitions at Urbis presenting the best creative talent from some of the world’s most dynamic cities. From April, discover cutting-edge contemporary art from the hot-bed of cultural creativity - New York.

This is a chance to see the very latest contemporary art coming out of one of the world’s most exciting cities – New York – the capital of the contemporary art scene and hot-bed of cultural creativity. With contributions from16 artists (including four new commissions) the exhibition features painting, performance, video and installation. Political and social satire abound, with highlights including Manchester’s statue of Abraham Lincoln dressed as a Hip Hop Fan (Leon Reid IV) an autobiographical installation fusing rock ballads, video, sculpture and drawing (Matthew Lutz-Kinoy) and an animated take-off of the recent US presidential election process (Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung). Audiences can expect the unexpected from these young artists.

Artist Exhibiting:
Graham Anderson - Painting

Tamy Ben-Tor - Film, installation

The Bruce High Quality Foundation - Mixed media installations, interventions, performance

Michael Paul Britto - Video, installation

eteam - New Media, installation, online

Forays - Public realm interventions and gallery installation

Gandalf Gavan - Light Installation

Kenneth Tin-Kin Hung - Animation, installation

Jennie C. Jones - Sound, installation, drawing

Matthew Lutz-Kinoy - Performance, sculpture, installation

LoVid - New media performance, installation

Leon Reid IV - Public realm sculptures/installations

Shelter Serra - Sculpture, installation, drawing

Michael Schall - Drawing, printmaking

Carolyn Salas & Adam Parker Smith - Sculpture, installation

Joe Winter - Sculpture, installation

The Blue Print. From The Ground Up.Opening May 16!

The Blue Print.
From The Ground Up.

Participating artists: Michael Dal Cerro, Michael Paul Britto, Karlos Carcamo and James Jaxxa
Organized by ABACA's Curatorial Studies students

May 16 - May 31, 2008

May 16: Opening 6pm / Curator Talk 7pm

apexart

291 Church Street, NYC, 10013

t. 212 431 5270

www.apexart.org
Subway: A, C, E, N, R, W, Q, 6, J, M, Z to Canal or 1 to Franklin.

apexart once again partners with high school students from Satellite Academy to present their exhibition The Blue Print. From the Ground Up. The student curators organize all aspects of the project including developing interpretations of artists' work, writing publicity materials, and developing the exhibition theme. Through installation, new media and fine arts, these Curatorial Studies students explore works of art that address different relationships of power in the city. Students connect their personal experience and their life in New York City to visual and architectural manifestations of power and ideology around them. They will closely look at the architecture in their neighborhoods such as East New York, Harlem and the Bronx. Some of the topics explored are:

• Popular culture and Hip-Hop culture related to city planning and architecture
• The historical meaning and relevance of architecture
• Concepts of Utopia

The Student Curators are: Caroline Garcia, Michael Muniz, Arlene Dejesus, Karicia William, Christopher Luis, Marcus Gray. Bakisya Kia Olivier, Myriah Torres, Raisa Valeria, Chris Cornwell, Jennifer Villakan, Eveyln Amaker, Stephanie Manguel, Kevohn John, Tashawn Davis and Ricardo Roland.

Eighteen students have participated in a one-semester program that combines daily art classes and professional hands-on experience in exhibition planning with the guidance of artist/educator Bea Schlingelhoff and ABACA director Elizabeth Cavanagh. As part of the curatorial process the students have visited and discussed several current contemporary art exhibitions and have met with artists to learn more about their artistic practice. Students then decide which artists they would like to present in their exhibition, plan the installation of the works of art and the Curator's Talk.