No End in Sight
Thursday November 27, 2008
No End in Sight
December 13 – January 10, 2008
Exhibition Reception
Friday, Dec. 12, 4:30 – 7 p.m.
With live performance of “Before I Die” Polaroid project
Public event:
Saturday, Dec. 13, 2 p.m.
“Temple of Awesome” folding party and No End in Sight artist panel discussion
Sullivan Galleries
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Chicago, IL (December 2008) – Some art is never meant to be completed. From
December 13 to January 10, 2008, the Sullivan Galleries presents No End in
Sight—a multimedia exhibition that investigates perpetuity in artistic
practice, curated by SAIC’s Curatorial Practice class.
This exhibition seeks to explore works that are perpetual in nature. These
include works that have an undefined or unreachable endpoint, like Aviva
Alter’s Crochet Reef; work that is composed of multiples the artist is
compelled to continue, including projects by artists Burtonwood and Holmes,
Sighn, Masaco Kuroda, Tim Pannell, and Young Cho; and work that incorporates
viewer participation as a way to continue regeneration of the piece, as
exemplified by Josue Pellot, Timothy Graham, and Grayson Cox.
Blurring the borders between life and artistic practice, these artworks will
provoke the audience to consider art as an ongoing process, as opposed to a
static event.
The artists listed above, in addition to many more, approach these ideas with
innovative forms and techniques. Each piece goes beyond the here and now,
suggesting an art form that endures not through historical canonization, but
through active methods of repetition and regeneration. Collectively, these
works will encourage the audience to redefine their role from traditional
viewer to witness of, or active participant in, the process.
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