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THE ONE
Ocotber 15 - November 14, 2005
Reception: Saturday, October 15, 8-11pm
New General Catalog 224 premieres
October 15, 2005 with The One, an exhibition in which eleven
guest curators have selected one artist each whose work they feel contains
some semblance of “prophetic balance.” Left to each curator
to articulate, this loose definition of balance may pertain to the art
world itself, or extend into the sociopolitics and spiritualism of a world
that often excludes “artistic fundamentalism.” Who couldn’t
use another Neo Dio? In an art world where works of fame and
notoriety are often devoid of true risk, the curators and artists in The
One summon their oracles and set sight on the challenge issued, one
fraught with a potential for failure that is perhaps an equal measure
of accomplishment and promise.
The curators forThe One are: Jayne H. Baum, Erin Donnelly and Susanna Cole (Peekskill Project), Elena Filipovic (Duchamp: On Display, Zabriskie Gallery), Ingrid LaFleur, Trong G. Nguyen, Olu Oguibe (Authentic/Ex-Centric at the 49th Venice Biennale), Chika Okeke (2004 Gwangju Biennale), Sandhini Poddar (Cue Art Foundation), Praxis (artists, 2002 Whitney Biennial), Ashkan Sahihi (100 Million in Ready Cash, Akureyri Museum), and Marketa Uhlirova (Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London).
The artists are Deborah Aschheim,
Elena Bajo, David Bowie, Monika
Goetz, Elin Hansdottir, Marla Hlady,
Emily Jacir, Tomo Savic-Gecan, John
Noestheden, Fahamu Pecou, Katerina Seda, and
Emna Zghal.
Katerina Seda will give a talk about her work Sunday,
October 16. Free and open to the public. Time TBA.
NGC 224 is a project by New York based artist and independent curator Trong G. Nguyen. From 2000 to 2003, Nguyen was the associate director of Zabriskie Gallery. Curated shows include Eleven Nguyens and the Thirty Year Loss (PH Gallery), amBUSH! (Van Brunt Gallery), From New York with Love (Covivant Gallery), Miraculous: Contemporary Exvotos Paintings (chezTGN), and Who? Me? Role Play in Self-Portrait Photography (Zabriskie Gallery).
Generous support for The One provided by:
