CURATORIAL ANNOUNCEMENT:
Fall Season at Grace Exhibition Space curated by Whitney V. Hunter.
Independent Curator, Dance and Performance Artist, Whitney V. Hunter presents The Sphinx Returns a curated season of performance art and contemporary performance which looks at the artist as the myth maker and performance art as the mythology of our time setting the course for a history of the future. The season will include durational, endurance, short form actions, video installations and sound art.
CURATOR'S BIO
Whitney V. Hunter is an Independent Curator, a Dance and Performance Artist, and a David C. Driskell PhD Fellow at the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts. Whitney led the curation of Work/Space (2011-2013) group exhibition and open studios under the direction of Lucien Zayan while Assistant Director of The Invisible Dog Art Center. He has curated two solo shows of multimedia conceptual artist Anita Sto (Broadway Gallery, NYC), conceived and curated SITE Project (Long Island University/Humanities Gallery) which included the works of Nathaniel M. Quinn, MyronChristian Macauley, Nyugen Smith, Gabri Christa, Val Inc. and others, and collaborated with French Portrait Photographer, Sylvain Guenot on InAction: The Virtuosity of Presence (Topaz Arts). Most recently he presented artist Brian Andrew Whiteley’s “Fantasy and the Grotesque” (Armory Week’s Spring/Break Art Show) and Social Health Performance Club’s “Imperial Envy” (ABC No Rio).
CURATOR'S STATEMENT
“My mission is to encourage dialogue between national and international artists and the public by presenting a range of diverse and thought provoking work that reflects the community at large, both those familiar and unfamiliar with performance art and contemporary performance.”
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GRACE:
Grace, n. - simple elegance or refinement of movement
Grace Period - an extended period granted as a special favor
The Three Graces (Greek Mythology) - charm, grace, and beauty
Opened in 2006, Grace Exhibition Space is devoted exclusively to Performance Art. We offer an opportunity to experience visceral and challenging works by the current generation of international performance artists whether emerging, mid-career or established. Our events are presented on the floor, not on a stage, dissolving the boundary between artist and viewer. This is how performance art is meant to be experienced and our mission is the glorification of performance art.
Grace Exhibition Space presents over 30 curated live performance art exhibitions each year, showcasing new work by more than 400 performance artists from across the United States and the world since 2006.
Grace Exhibition Space for International Performance Art Space IRS tax-exempt 501(c)3 status in 2015.
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