Douglas Witmer
Friday, January 23, 2009
minus space ps1 UPDATE
Juan and Salena at PS1 in November.
This is the final weekend for MINUS SPACE at PS1.
BUT...the portion of the exhibition in the cafe space (where my piece is located) has been EXTENDED through MAY 2009.
That gives you 5 more months to go and wave at my painting!
Labels: exhibitions, juan, Minus Space, salena
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
minus space on video
There are now several videos on YouTube documenting the MINUS SPACE show at PS1.From James Kalm, "The Kalm Report"
From Minus Space, Part 1
From Minus Space, Part 2
In the opening frame of this video you can barely see my piece. It hangs at the other end of the room, high up on the right near the corner. See that blurry patch of yellow? That's it.
From Minus Space, Part 3
Labels: exhibitions, Minus Space, video
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Friday, October 24, 2008
ps1 installation view
The reception for MINUS SPACE at PS1 was jam packed on Sunday. The exhibition is installed in the cafe and boiler room spaces. They're unconventional spots, to say the least. Here's a cameraphone view of my piece looming above the throng (and, therefore, in view and out of harm's way.) On the ceiling is a tape piece by Daniel Göttin.
MINUS SPACE plans to post installation views. More on this soon, I hope.
Labels: exhibitions, Minus Space
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Monday, August 11, 2008
news : two nyc exhibitions this fall
MINUS SPACE
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center / MoMA
Long Island City, NY
October 19, 2008 — January 19, 2009
Curated by Phong Bui, artist, Brooklyn Rail publisher, and P.S.1. Curatorial Advisor, the exhibition will feature 54 artists from 14 countries. The exhibition will mark MINUS SPACE's 5th anniversary.
Participating artists include:
Soledad Arias, Shinsuke Aso, Marcus Bering, Hartmut Böhm, Richard Bottwin, Sharon Brant, Michael Brennan, Henry Brown, Vicente Butron, Bibi Calderaro, Melanie Crader, Mark Dagley, Julian Dashper, Christopher Dean, Matthew Deleget, Lynne Eastaway, Gabriele Evertz, Daniel Feingold, Kevin Finklea, Linda Francis, Zipora Fried, Daniel Göttin, Julio Grinblatt, Billy Gruner, Terry Haggerty, Lynne Harlow, Gilbert Hsiao, Andrew Huston, Simon Ingram, Kyle Jenkins, Mick Johnson, Steve Karlik, Sarah Keighery, Danny Lacy, Andrew Leslie, Daniel Levine, Sylvan Lionni, Lotte Lyon, Gerhard Mantz, Rossana Martinez, Juan Matos Capote, Douglas Melini, Manfred Mohr, Salvatore Panatteri, Dirk Rathke, Karen Schifano, Analia Segal, Edward Shalala, Tilman, Li-Trincere, Jan van der Ploeg, Don Voisine, Douglas Witmer & Michael Zahn
M55 Art, Long Island City
Just around the corner from P.S.1, I will have a solo show that will run concurrently. Here are the preliminary details. If you're not already on my e-mail list, sign up and I'll send you a proper invite closer to the time.
Today is the Day
New paintings by Douglas Witmer
November 13--December 7, 2008
Reception, Saturday November 15, 6-8pm
M55 Art
44-02 23rd Street
Long Island City, NYC
Click here for a map
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Monday, December 10, 2007
BEAT, by lynne harlow at minus space
Over the weekend I had the privilege to be a participant in Lynne Harlow's performance/painting/installation BEAT at Minus Space in Brooklyn.
The all white drum kit was the nicest I've ever played. Having not performed on the drums in a few years (and always as the drummer in a band), I felt rusty and nervous. Plus, before I started playing I didn't think to take the time to adjust the kit to my body the way my personal kit is. Describing this to someone later, they said "you felt like you were trying to drive a car but your feet couldn't reach the pedals." Exactly. Nevertheless it was very fun. And it was terrific to see all the different kinds of approaches people take to a fixed set of instruments and the broad sonic variation that was produced.
Afterwards I remembered a dream I had when I was in high school: sitting behind a drum set in a painting studio drumming and looking at large paintings on the wall.
(cue the sappy string music)
Wow, I guess dreams really DO come true!
Labels: exhibitions, Minus Space, miscellany, music
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