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7/3/2012

Architecture In The Expanded Field

CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco

curated by Ila Berman and Douglas Burnham

The CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts will present the exhibition The Way Beyond Art: Architecture in the Expanded Field March 8 through April 7, 2012, in the Upper Logan Galleries of California College of the Arts, 1111 Eighth Street, San Francisco. The exhibition is free and open to the public, with an opening reception on Thursday, March 8, from 6-8 p.m.

Architecture in the Expanded Field is designed and curated by Ila Berman, CCA director of Architecture, and Douglas Burnham, CCA adjunct professor and principal of envelope a+d. It will explore the realm of installation art and architecture across a broad terrain of practices, ranging from the immersive environments of Ryoji Ikeda, Tomas Saraceno, and Philippe Rahm to the deconstructions of Gordon Matta-Clark and the spatial distortions and tectonic manipulations of Softlab, Numen / For Use, Gramazio & Kohler, and theverymany. The exhibition will have two components: an immersive full-scale installation (both within and outside the gallery) and a didactic “surface” component that will present the mapped expanded field of architectural installation.

An adjunct program, Expanded Field Expanded, will feature conversations with Ila Berman, Douglas Burnham, Mark Donohue, Mona El Khafif, Thom Faulders, Nataly Gattegno, Andrew Kudless, Jason Kelly Johnson, and Craig Scott. See below for the schedule.

Architecture in the Expanded Field is inspired by “Sculpture in the Expanded Field,” a seminal essay published in 1979 by the art theorist and critic Rosalind Krauss. In the essay, Krauss analyzed sculptural practices emerging at the time that were moving beyond the limits of traditional sculpture into the realms of architecture and landscape. The boundaries between art and architecture have continued to blur in the three decades since, giving rise to works known as installations, whose conceptual, spatial, and material trajectories have produced a new and expanding network of relations between the domains of architecture, sculpture, interiors, and landscape. Installations have enabled architects to explore architectural ideas, experiment with emerging technologies, and distill perceptual and experiential conditions without the limitations imposed by the permanence of architecture.

Architecture in the Expanded Field is the third installment in The Way Beyond Art, a series of exhibitions that closely integrates the Wattis Institute’s programs with CCA’s non-fine arts faculty and curricula. The name of the larger program, The Way Beyond Art, refers to the title of a book written by the visionary German art historian Alexander Dorner, who advocated in the early 20th century for a closer dialogue among different artistic disciplines. Dorner is best known for his collaboration with the Constructivist artist El Lissitzky on the Abstract Cabinet (1927) at the Landesmuseum Hannover, Germany, a unique, specially constructed space that explored a new form of multidisciplinarity produced by juxtaposing art, fashion, design, film, and literature.

Architecture in the Expanded Field Featured Artists and Architects

Carl Andre, Aranda\Lasch, Ball-Nogues, Cecil Balmond, Chris Bardt, Carlos Cruz-Diez, Walter De Maria, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Tara Donovan, Evan Douglis, Peter Eisenman, Olafur Eliasson, Mona El Khafif, Faulders Studio, Future Cities Lab, Andy Goldsworthy, Antony Gormley, Gramazio & Kohler, Michael Heizer, Nancy Holt, Höweler + Yoon, Ryoji Ikeda, Toyo Ito / Arup, IwamotoScott, Donald Judd, Anish Kapoor, Yayoi Kusama, Julio Le Parc, Lewis Tsurumaki Lewis, Richard Long, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Matsys, Gordon Matta-Clark, Jürgen Mayer H., Mary Miss, Robert Morris, MOS, Ernesto Neto, Numen / For Use, Office dA, Plasma Studio, Radical Craft, Philippe Rahm, Reiser + Umemoto, Jenny Sabin, Tomás Saraceno, Richard Serra, SHoP, SOFTlab, Space Opera Form, theverymany, James Turrell, Visible Research Office, Rebecca Ward, Rachel Whiteread, Hans Peter Wörndl, Peter Zumthor.

About the CCA Wattis Institute

The CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts was established in 1998 in San Francisco at California College of the Arts. It serves as a forum for the presentation and discussion of international contemporary art and curatorial practice. Through groundbreaking exhibitions, the Capp Street Project residency program, lectures, symposia, and publications, the Wattis Institute has become one of the leading art institutions in the United States and an active site for contemporary culture in the Bay Area. For more information about the Wattis Institute, visit wattis.org.

About California College of the Arts

Founded in 1907, California College of the Arts (CCA) is noted for the interdisciplinarity and breadth of its programs. It offers studies in 21 undergraduate and seven graduate majors in the areas of fine arts, architecture, design, and writing. The college offers bachelor of architecture, bachelor of arts, bachelor of fine arts, master of architecture, master of arts, master of fine arts, and master of business administration degrees. With campuses in San Francisco and Oakland, CCA currently enrolls 1,950 full-time students. Noted alumni include the painters Nathan Oliveira and Raymond Saunders; the ceramicists Robert Arneson, Viola Frey, and Peter Voulkos; the filmmaker Wayne Wang; the conceptual artists David Ireland and Dennis Oppenheim; and the designers Lucille Tenazas and Michael Vanderbyl. For more information about CCA, visit cca.edu.

CALENDAR EDITORS, PLEASE NOTE:

March 8-April 7, 2012
The CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts presents the exhibition
The Way Beyond Art: Architecture in the Expanded Field
California College of the Arts, San Francisco campus
1111 Eighth Street (at 16th and Wisconsin)
Opening reception: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 6-8 p.m.
Gallery hours: Tues.-Fri., noon-8 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; closed Sun. and Mon.
Cost: Free
Info: 415.551.9210, cca.edu, wattis.org

RELATED PROGRAMMING:

Wednesday, March 14, 7:30 p.m.
Expanded Field Expanded: Ila Berman and Douglas Burnham
California College of the Arts, San Francisco campus, CCA Wattis Institute
1111 Eighth Street (at 16th and Wisconsin)
Cost: Free

Friday, March 16, 7:30 p.m.
Expanded Field Expanded: Thom Faulders and Mona El Khafif
California College of the Arts, San Francisco campus, CCA Wattis Institute
1111 Eighth Street (at 16th and Wisconsin)
Cost: Free

Wednesday, March 28, 7:30 p.m.
Expanded Field Expanded: Craig Scott, Mark Donohue, and Andrew Kudless
California College of the Arts, San Francisco campus, CCA Wattis Institute
1111 Eighth Street (at 16th and Wisconsin)
Cost: Free

Wednesday, April 4, 7:30 p.m.
Expanded Field Expanded: Jason Kelly Johnson and Nataly Gattegno
California College of the Arts, San Francisco campus, CCA Wattis Institute 1111 Eighth Street (at 16th and Wisconsin)
Cost: Free

PRESS CONTACTS:
Brenda Tucker 415.703.9548 btucker@cca.edu
Allison Byers 415.703.9541 abyers@cca.edu

PUBLIC CONTACT: cca.edu, wattis.org

CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
California College of the Arts
Kent and Vicki Logan Galleries 1111 Eighth Street - San Francisco
Gallery Hours
Tues. - Fri. 12pm - 8pm, Sat. 10am - 6pm
Closed Sun. & Mon.

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