P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, NYC

Yvonne Liu (yvonneliu@yahoo.com)
Fri, 31 Jul 1998 06:14:11 -0700 (PDT)


(Excerpted from Time Out, July 30th-August 6th)

P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center

22-25 Jackson Ave at 46th Ave
Long Island City, Queens

718.784.2084

Subway: E, F to 23rd St-Ely Ave
G to 21st St, Van Alst
7 to 45th Rd, Court House Sq

Wednesdays to Sundays, noon to 6 pm
Suggested donation: $4

"GORDON MATTA-CLARK: Reorganizing Structure
By Drawing Through It."
Drawings and more by the late Matta-Clark,
who is widely known for slicing and extracting
sections of buildings.
Extended through August 30th.

"MARIO MERZ: L'horizon de lumiere traverse notre
vertical du jour."
An installation consisting of a large glass table,
bottles of wine and honey, and neon tubing.
Extended through August 30th.

"DEEP STORAGE"
A group show of works by German and American artists
on the theme of storage. Highlights include
faux art-packing crates by Richard Artschwager and
a large closet by Jason Rhoades.
Through August 30th.

"SIGMAR POLKE: Music of Unclarified Origin 1996"
Forty gouaches that amount to a self-portrait
of this important German artist. This is the
first time the work has been shown in NY.
Through August 30th.

"JOHN MILLER"
New paintings and sculptures by this artist,
who's known for covering his objects with a
fecal-brown crust (Ewww...).
Through August 30th.

"JEAN-MICHEL OTHONIEL: Le Grande Collier, 1997"
A large-scale necklace is installed in
P.S. 1's split-level gallery.
(They took out this beautiful Japanese
fish pond in the basement, to put this
monstrosity in.)
Through August 30th.
(What are they gonna do on August 31st?)

"WARM UP"
A performance series that features various DJs
spinning their stuff from 4 to 9 pm on Saturdays.

"GELATIN: Percutaneous Delights."
An environment, complete with a giant inflatable
pool, sprinklers, and a silver sunbathing platform,
is provided by this Vienna-based artist group
for the "Warm Up" series.
Through August 29th.

(They also have this tower of kitchen cabinets
with speakers at the top, that you can climb up,
provided that you sign a disclaimer at the
front desk.)

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" A naked lunch is natural to us,
we eat reality sandwiches.
But allegories are so much lettuce.
Don't hide the madness. "

-- Allen Ginsburg (1954)
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