March 2 - 4, 2007
Art Trip to New York
The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center and the Avant Garde Society
have planned a trip to New York to provide an insider's view on some of
contemporary art's most exciting collections, provocative artists' studios,
and important galleries. The tour, from Friday, March 2 through Sunday,
March 4, 2007, is organized and led by Stuart Horodner, the Contemporary's
Director of Exhibitions & Education. Please join us!
Call the Contemporary for more information, 404 688 1970.
Avant Garde Society Art Trip Program
NEW YORK CITY: MARCH 2 - 4, 2007
Cost: $1,000 for Avant Garde Society members
$1,500 for non Avant Garde Society members (includes one year membership
in the Avant Garde Society)
Registration and payment deadline is February 15, 2007.
Price includes admissions and one meal per day. Hotel, airfare and transportation are not included in cost.
TRIP ITINERARY
Friday, March 2
Leave Atlanta on morning flights in time to meet in New York City by 3:00 p.m.
Possible flights include:
Air Tran 360 ATL 8:15> NYC 10:25
Air Tran 121 ATL 10:13> NYC 12:22
Check into hotels or residences of your choice. You might want to consider
staying at these hotels in the Chelsea area:
The Chelsea Hotel, 222 West 23rd St
The Hampton Inn, 108 West 24th St
3:00 PM: Tour of Donald Judd Studio, 101 Spring Street
In 1968, Donald Judd purchased 101 Spring Street, a 5-story cast-iron building designed by Nicholas Whyte in 1870. It was the first building Judd owned, and he had an intense appreciation for its architecture and the surrounding SoHo neighborhood.
Serving as the New York residence and studio of Donald Judd, 101 Spring Street is considered to be the birthplace of "permanent installation," now a hallmark of contemporary art, as well as an inspiration for much of Judd's work. Judd's concept of "permanent installation" centered on the belief that the placement of a work of art was as critical to its understanding as the work itself. Judd's first applications of this idea were realized in his installation of works throughout 101 Spring Street. His installations of artworks, furniture, and museum-quality decorative objects in this historic building strike an admirable balance between respect for the historic nature of this cast-iron landmark and Judd's innovative approaches to interior design.
All works on view at 101 Spring Street remain as they were installed by Judd prior to his death. Throughout his writings, Judd identifies the installation of 101 Spring Street as the true source of permanent installation as a practice. In his essay "101 Spring Street," he wrote, "I spent a great deal of time placing the art and a great deal designing the renovation in accordance. Everything from the first was intended to be thoroughly considered and to be permanent."[1] The dialogue that developed between the building and the artworks within is still palpable to visitors today, who are able to experience firsthand Judd's attention to spatial relationships and the placement of art within the building.
4:00-5:30 p.m. Tour galleries in SoHo
The Drawing Center
Ronald Feldman
Jeffrey Deitch
6:00 p.m. Visit to home of collectors Zoe & Joel Dictrow
45 West 10th Street
These passionate collectors of emerging artists will share their stories of discovering artists early in their careers, and how they work with dealers, museums, fairs, and other outlets. Their collection includes work by Anselm Keifer, Robert Gober, Gregory Crewdson, Matt Bryans, Tom Friedman, among others.
Dinner On your own
Saturday, March 3
Breakfast On your own
10:15 Meet at train in Chelsea
11:00-12:00 Visit to studios of Dave McKenzie & Anissa Mack
427 Grove Street, Brooklyn
Both of these interdisciplinary artists will have shows at the Contemporary in 2007-2008. Their works explore aspects of politics, daily rituals, identity—using video, painting, sculpture, and performance. McKenzie's infamous 2004 video "We Shall Overcome," shows the artist wearing a suit and a giant Bill Clinton head, walking down the street and shaking hands with the residents in Harlem. Mack's most well known project was "Pies for a Passerby, " a public performance during which the artist baked apple pies at the Brooklyn Public Library and placed them on windowsills for people to steal.
12:30-1:30 p.m. Lunch together (cost not included)
2:00-3:00 p.m. Visit the studio of Dana Schutz
Schutz is one of the most sought after artists of her generation. Her bizarre narrative ideas for paintings, combined with a vibrant palette and ecstatic manipulation of materials have made a significant contribution to the dialogue about painting in recent years. He works have been shown in Take Two. Worlds and Views: Contemporary art from the Collection at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Dana Schutz: Paintings 2001-2005, at the Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University, Boston; the Saatchi Gallery, London; and Greater New York at PS1, New York.
4:00-6:00 p.m. Visit various Chelsea Galleries
Elizabeth Harris (Lisa Hoke exhibition)
Goff & Rosenthal (Melanie Manchot exhibition)
Elizabeth Dee
Feature
David Zwirner
7:30 p.m. Dinner together at a restaurant to be determined with special guests (cost included)
Sunday, March 4
Breakfast on your own
Suggestions for various museum exhibitions you might want to visit include:
High Times, Hard Times: New York Painting 1967-1975
National Academy of Design
1083 Fifth Avenue at 89th Street
Sunday hours: 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
This exhibition brings together over forty significant works by thirty-seven artists living and working in New York between 1967 and 1975. The groundbreaking works presented in this exhibition were created by painters who courageously crossed disciplines to take a nontraditional approach to the medium.
Design Life Now: National Design Triennial 2006
Cooper-Hewitt
2 East 91st St. (on 5th Ave)
Sunday hours : Noon – 6:00 p.m.
The third Triennial brings together the experimental designs and emerging ideas—including animation, new media, and fashion, robotics, architecture, product, medical, and graphic design—at the center of American culture from 2003 to 2006.
Return to Atlanta: on your own