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23/7/2003

Six feet under

WhiteBox Art Center, New York

TEAR ME UP TEAR ME DOWN

Curator Amy Davila
Assistant Curator Tairone Bastien

Since its inception in 2000, the Six Feet Under series has offered viewers a different vantage point into the White Box space, a unique perspective of its subterranean architecture and alternative direction. By closing the doors and installing work that can only be viewed through the 26th Street window, passersby are able to see the space as an excavated site, a submerged container beneath the sidewalk and understand White Box as an "underground" and insurgent agent operating within the commercial art environment of Chelsea.

Tear me Up Tear me Down is the fourth installment of the series and will occur in the midst of the reconstruction of the building that houses the gallery. The exhibition will introduce the idea of the "cover-up," the act of concealment, and the process of change through destruction and remaking. As a mask and mirror of the disarray of reconstruction behind the façade, the exhibition will screen viewers from what lies beneath. The window becomes a stage and the artists' installations the ruse.

Six galleries were asked to select six artists each of whom will create a six-day installation just inside the window at White Box. These artists will work with the curators to actualize and integrate their work within the on-going process of the building's reconstruction. As each artist tears down the old installation to put up a new one, the audience is invited to witness the process. Tear me Up Tear me Down examines the issues surrounding renewal both literally and figuratively and puts into perspective the reality of change.

July 9 - July 16
Opening Reception July 9, 6 - 8pm
Jon Routson - selected by Team Gallery

July 16 - July 23
Opening Reception July 16, 6 - 8pm
Sebastiaan Bremer – selected by Mari Spirito, 303 Gallery, Courtesy of Roebling Hall

July 24 - July 30
Opening Reception July 24, 6 - 8pm
Jennifer & Kevin McCoy - selected by Postmasters Gallery

July 30 - August 6
Opening Reception July 30, 6 - 8pm
Cristian Alexa - selected by Lombard Freid Fine Arts

August 6 - August 13
Opening Reception August 6, 6 - 8pm
Cheyney Thompson - selected by Andrew Kreps Gallery

August 13 - August 20
Opening Reception August 13, 6 - 8pm
Russell Williams - selected by David Zwirner

Viewing hours: Tuesday-Saturday 11am - 6pm. Please contact our office for further information and/or images.

White Box is a 501[c][3] not-for-profit arts organization.


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NEW YORK, NY
10001 - USA
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