Art Calendar
November
MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE
36-01 35th Ave., Astoria
718-777-6888
“The Situation Room”
On view now and varying dates through 2020
In this museum-commissioned installation, six artists
have created four original GIFs each to be presented
for two months on the wall and ceiling of the visitor
elevator. The following is the schedule for when the
artists’ works will be on view: Carlos Alfonzo Sanchez
(Nov. 8, 2019 to January 5, 2020), Sam Rolfes (Jan.
8 to March 8, 2020), Heather Phillipson (March 11 to
May 10, 2020), Borna Sammak (May 13 to July 12,
2020), Molly Soda (July 14 to Sept. 13, 2020),
Eva and Franco Mattes, Sept. 16 to Nov.15, 2020).
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THE SELF-TAUGHT GENIUS GALLERY
47-29 32nd Pl., LIC
212-595-9533
“A Piece of Yourself: Gift Giving in Self-Taught Art”
On view through Dec. 31, 2019
This exhibit features works created between the late
eighteenth and twenty-first centuries that explores how
American gift-giving practices are interconnected with
self-taught art. Curated by Assistant Curator Steffi Ibis
Duarte, “A Piece of Yourself: Gift Giving in Self-Taught
Art” features six works that speak to the self-taught
nature of each piece while highlighting the expression
of each maker’s views. The exhibit also complicates
traditional gift giving by “presenting a one-of-a-kind
artwork instead of an everyday commodity.”
SCULPTURECENTER
44-19 Purves St., LIC
718-361-1750
“Searching the Sky for Rain”
On view through Dec. 16, 2019
In “Searching the Sky for Rain,'' the curators bring
together works by artists who “disregard the ways
in which the art industry regulates, classifies,
compartmentalizes, and essentializes difference
into sanctioned categories.” Through the exhibition,
viewers are challenged to think about which artists
have the “right to abstraction” Artists include Carmen
Argote, Tony Cokes, Rafael Domenech, Mandy El-
Sayegh, Charles Gaines, ektor garcia, Jacqueline
Kiyomi Gordon, Tishan Hsu, Rindon Johnson, Becket
MWN, Shahryar Nashat, Michael Queenland, Johanna
Unzueta, Jala Wahid, Eric Wesley and Riet Wijnen.
“Searching the Sky for Rain”
SculptureCenter/Photo: Kyle Knodell
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