WAY COOL

Dates

May 6 - July 14, 1995

Curators

Jeanette Ingberman & Papo Colo

Artists

Lynda Abraham
Yuval Adler
Mike Arvan
Michael Ashkin
Jean Blackburn
Matt Blackwell
Chakaia Booker
Nina Bovasso
Ana Busto
Kristin Calabrese
William Cotton
Patricia Cronin
Graham Gillmore
Steve Giovinco
Sarah Grimm
Mara Haseltine
Bing Hu
David Lindberg
Alfredo Martinez
Katie Merz
Nelson
Itty Neuhaus
Sheila Pepe
Juan Perdiguero
Edouard Pierre Louis
Alfredo Ramirez
Jason Reed
Laura Sansone
Joseph Schneider
Jennie Schueler
Robert Seng
Lawrence Seward
Randy Wray
Ricardo Zulueta

Exhibition

   Way Cool is a dynamic group exhibition of 31 young fieldwork by Jeanette Ingberman and Papo Colo, Directors and Co-Founders of Exit Art / The First World. Way Cool is the synthesis of discoveries it takes the pulse of the younger generation and identifies its position in a vital cultural context. The exhibition explores the formation of new aesthetic attitudes and the current tendencies in art, forged in a changing global vision.

   Way Cool fills Exit Art / The First World's exhibition space and include works in painting, sculpture, installation and photography produced in the last year. The exhibition offers a window into fresh art which focuses on personal style, on individual, idiosyncratic visions. A spirit of inventiveness characterizes the work, often manifested in experimental interactions with materials, from rubber to light. The sources vary extensively, but the art shares a characteristic energy which is bold and edgy. These artists are engaged in an investigation of American society: Steve Giovinco's hyperreal photographic depictions of prosaic family life; Michael Ashkin's scale model landscapes of neglected sites that contain narratives of decay; Ricardo Zulueta's pseudo-scientific performance/survey of America's sexual behavior; Laura Sansone's sculptural objects that explore tension, fabric, and stress made from garments and found materials.

   A spirit of vitality unites the work of Way Cool. The artists examine, play and finally sound their individual voices. Way Cool expands Exit Art / The First World's dialogue with emerging generations of young artists by providing a showcase to analyze their work and ideas.







Exhibit Archive | 94-95 Calender