This summer, in two places: museum, with objects and words, respectively. For two weeks at a time and in turn, one artist and one writer respond to the shared prompt of The Room’s description. Each artist's presentation is a new episode in the space and each writer's text a new chapter appearing in a pamphlet. All of which culminates in a bound book (a novel) at the exhibition’s end. As a fiction about fiction, this exhibition within the exhibition is metafictional in concept and episodic in structure. With stand-up comedy as a model, each work presented in this parallel context becomes a performer or a performance. Concurrent with the two weeks of their on-stage set, the artists will occupy a soapbox —a smaller satellite—at the Hammer Museum. And, while on the topic of performance, 6 comedians will also take the stage, stepping into rotation during the exhibition. These two exhibitions present the work of: Eric Wesley, Fiona Connor, Margaret Lee, Leslie Hewitt, Shana Moulton, Mateo Tannatt, Matthew Brannon, Becket Flannery, Sarah Heyward, Claudia Rankine, Chris Kraus, Benjamin Weissman, Amanda Ross-Ho, Neal Bashor, Darren Bader, D’Ette Nogle, Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Claude Wampler. at Public Fiction. Open Hours: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, noon-6pm
SCHEDULE:
July 1 - July 13
July 15 - July 27
July 29 - August 10
August 12 - August 24
August 26 - September 7
curated by Connie Butler and Michael Ned Holte.
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