NEWS FLASH:
conner / *gogo emerging art projects is accepting submissions for our 2011/2012 seasons.
Emerging artists (individual or collaborative groups) are encouraged to send proposals for a new project, a new performance, or an exhibition of new work in any medium, which utilizes the gallery's outdoor area, or media room, or gallery B space.
The duration of the show may range from a one night event up to an 8-week exhibition.
Please include:
> a concise written description of the project, one page or less
> a visualization of the project in the space
> Five low-res jpgs of current works
> cv and biography of the artist(s)
> your website(s)
Deadline: June 1, 2010
Send to: info@connercontemporary.com attn: Jamie Smith, curator
Proposals will be reviewed by September 1, 2010.
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>>KENNY HUNTER is awarded Spitalfields Sculpture Prize.
>> Gallery partners Leigh Conner and Jamie Smith, Ph.D are profiled in The Washington Post on Friday, February 12, 2010.
READ IT HERE
>>We are delighted to announce the representation of Janet Biggs, an artist primarily known for her work in video, photography and performance. Biggs will premier Nobody Rides for Free with us May 15th. The new body of work is based on her recent Arctic exploration.
Upcoming solo exhibitions include the Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC in December 2010 and the Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL in July 2011.
to view work: CLICK HERE
>>NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, Washington, DC acquires LEO VILLAREAL'S Multiverse:
Conner Contemporary Art is pleased to announce that the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC has acquired for the permanent collection Leo Villareal's installation Multiverse.
Multiverse is Villareal's most complex project to date. Measuring 200 feet long, the installation has 41,000 light emitting diodes individually sequenced by through his custom computer programs.
We are proud to have helped facilitate this project.
For more information on the artist: CLICK HERE
For further information on the project: CLICK HERE
>>CONNER CONTEMPORARY ART CONGRATULATES KOEN VANMECHELEN AND JEREMY KOST:
KOEN VANMECHELEN will participate in the 3rd Moscow Biennial September 23-October 25, 2009 at the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia.
Concurrently, the artist is exhibiting at the 53rd Venice Biennale (3 official collateral exhibitions) through November 22, Venezia, Italy - The Unicorn at San Teodoro (Rialto), The Ring on the isle Isola della Certosa and in a group exhibition Glass Stress at Palazzo Franchetti. Vanmechelen's solo exhibition Orloff is on view through October 18th at the Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium.
Koen Vanmechelen will open a solo exhibition at Conner Contemporary Art, November 7, 2009.
to view work: CLICK HERE
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JEREMY KOST will participate in Dress Codes: ICP Triennial of Photography and Video, International Center for Photography, New York, NY. October 2, 2009–January 17, 2010.
In tandem, the ICP will publish Jeremy Kost Love, Hate, Nature available October 2nd. Each artist book has a print signed by the artist.
to preview work: CLICK HERE
Jeremy Kost will open a solo exhibition with Conner Contemporary in January 2010.
>> The Gallery is very pleased to formalize our working relationship with the renowned Belgian conceptual artist, Koen Vanmechelen . The artist's ongoing global enterprise, The Cosmopolitan Chicken Project is inspired by his premise that each country/region selectively cultivated a breed of chicken expressing its cultural identity (e.g., the U.S. Jersey Giant is the largest). Systematically crossing all breeds, Vanmechelen strives to create a world-hybrid chicken, reinvigorating the species with genetic integrity which domestication diminished. The artist's work poses ethical questions concerning genetic engineering, globalization and individuality.
Vanmechelen has a solo exhibition collateral to the 53rd Venice Biennale: The Unicorn , Seyola Grande di San Teodoro (Rialto), Venezia, Italy through November 22, 2009. The artist will also participate in the 3rd Moscow Biennale - Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia, September 25-October 25, 2009.
to view work: CLICK HERE
>> We are delighted to announce that gallery artist LEO VILLAREAL has been commissioned by The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC to create a monumental digital light sculpture for the concourse walkway between the East and West Buildings on the National Mall. Installation of the work will begin September 8th with anticipated completion in early Fall 2008. This is the artist's most ambitious project to date. The 200-foot piece features over 40,000 LEDs (light emitting diodes) which are controlled by new custom software. At 41, Villareal is the youngest artist to be commissioned for a site-specific work by the NGA.
Leo Villareal @ NGA: click here
This Sunday, September 7th at 2pm, the National Gallery of Art will host Leo Villareal in a public discussion with curator Molly Donovan as part of their Conversations with Artist series. The event takes place at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, East Building.
On September 27th, Villareal will open his fourth solo exhibition with Conner Contemporary Art, where he will present Diamond Matrix and other new sculptures inspired by his digital sequencing for the NGA commission. The exhibition will be on view through November 9, 2008.
>> GABRIEL DE LA MORA:
We joyfully announce the representation of GABRIEL DE LA MORA ,an accomplished multi-discipline artist who lives and works in Mexico City. Whether creating in paint, video, photography, installation, or human hair, de la Mora invests his art with soulful vision and powerful concepts. He brings an insightful perspective to the Gallery which will add valued dimension to our program. Gabriel de la Mora's works can be seen at major international art institutions including: Modern Art Museum, the Archbishopric Palace Museum, and the SIVAM collection in Mexico City; the FEMSA Collection in Monterrey; the University Museum and the Cultural Secretariat in Colima; The Art Museum of the Americas in Washington D.C.; El Museo del Barrio in New York; and in Spain, the Galician Contemporary Art Center and the Jareguia Museum.
Gabriel de la Mora will debut recent video with us November 14 - December 28, 2008.
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Leigh Conner and Jamie Smith are very pleased to announce the purchase of 1358-1360 Florida Avenue, NE Washington, DC as the new location for Conner Contemporary Art and *gogo emerging art projects For further information click here
Gallery artist Mary Coble will discuss her work on Friday February 29th at 12:30 pm in the Ring Auditorium at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
Conner Contemporary Art is pleased to announce the representation of Polaroid photographer/videographer JEREMY KOST. Kost's incredible energy and wonderfully bizarre insight into the notion of celebrity and nightlife will contribute significantly to our program. Kost's work was recently seen at the inaugural Asian Art Fair, NY (November 2007) in a special section curated by Eric Shiner and Lilly Wei. The artist's work will also be seen at our booth at Pulse Miami and in a group exhibition at Freight and Volume, New York, NY opening late November 2007. For further information click JEREMY KOST.
Gallery artist Zoe Charlton will discuss her work with Ghada Amer Egypt born, New York based Smithsonian artist fellow on Friday November 2nd at 12:30 pm in the Ring Auditorium at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
The gallery is also pleased to announce Discuss VIII with Mary Coble in conversation with Andy Grundberg, Chair of Photography and Photojournalism, Corcoran College of Art + Design, Washington, DC. Discuss conversations are available for mp3 download or via subscription on the gallery website @: http://www.connercontemporary.com/audio/ or on itunes @: http://www.itunes.com.
Gallery artist Zoe Charlton and DC-based iona rozeal brown discuss their work @ the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculplture Garden, Ring Auditorium - Friday February 2nd @12:30 PM
Conner Contemporary Art is pleased to announce the addition of Kristi Mathews to gallery staff. Ms. Mathews comes to us from the Rubell Family Collection in Miami, FL where she worked in the Curatorial and Publishing Departments.
The gallery is pleased to announce Discuss VI: Saturday, January 13th from 3 to 4pm, with gallery artists Maria Friberg and Julee Holcombe in conversation on women in contemporary photography. Discuss conversations are available for mp3 download or via subscription on the gallery website @: http://www.connercontemporary.com/audio/ or on itunes @: http://www.itunes.com.
Conner Contemporary Art is pleased to announce the addition of Zoё Charlton to its roster of artists. Ms.Charlton's first solo exhibition with the gallery is scheduled for Fall 2007.
Conner Contemporary Art is pleased to announce the addition of Patricia Piccinini to its roster of artists. Ms.Piccinni's first exhibition is slated for September 2007.