Tom’s Picks
Jim Toia, Pewter Ant Colonies Submerged, 2010
“Christian Marclay: Festival”: sounds and art works by a pioneer of turntable music. See and hear Marcel Duchamp talk! (on film). Ends September 26, but if you’re there by September 19 definitely check out the sleeper show of the summer on the 2nd floor: “Off the Wall: Thirty Performance Actions,” featuring documentation in various media of performance pieces ranging from Old Masters Acconci and Nauman to the present. Ends Sept. 19; Part 2 opens September 30: Whitney Museum of American Art.
Greater New York at PS1 in Queens. Works by around 70 young New York artists; see what’s happening–plus some of what has already happened and what will happen. Includes film programming by Bard’s Ed Halter.
Bard alum Jim Toia’s (’85) 6th exhibition at Kim Foster Gallery in Chelsea http://kimfostergallery.com/ opens Thursday, September 9 from 6-8, and runs through October 16. Speaking of Bard alums, check out pieces by Shannon Ebner (’93) and Walead Beshty (’99) on campus, in the fabulous At Home/Not At Home show currently at the CCS!
