'(No) Vacancy' at ABC No Rio - Opening Reception

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ABC No Rio Mounts (No) Vacancy “Nature does not proceed in a straight line, it is rather a sprawling development.” –Robert Smithson

NEW YORK – ABC No Rio is pleased to announce the opening on Thursday, May 8th of (No) Vacancy, a multi-media exhibition curated by Sarah Thibault.

The exhibition explores ideas about nature and its capacity to provide for the mass-consumption and our cultural demands for speed. Through content or process, the artists will address social, political and aesthetic issues around mass-production and/or the resurgence of the craft movement in consumerism.

“(No) Vacancy,” a neon beacon on motel signs across the country, refers not just to the emptiness of space, but also to the metaphorical vacancy of mass-produced objects, images and environments prevalent in mainstream America. The drive for efficiency and cheapness of production affects the product as well as the environment in which it is made. Genetically altered plants are cheaper for the consumer and a more efficient use of nature, but at what cost? How far down the chain can we see? Have humans become totally removed from nature and can accept nothing but a hybridized, ‘improved’ nature? Can the hand-made movement repair some of the connection that has been lost?

(No) Vacancy includes work by the following:
Stephen Crone, video/installation, New York
Michael Depasquale, photography, New York
Angela Fox, painting, San Antonio, TX
Joe Sinness, painting, Minneapolis, MN
Sarah Thibault, painting/installation, New York
Brian Wondergem, sculpture/installation, New York

(No) Vacancy
May 8 — June 12, 2008
Opening: Thursday, May 8 at 7:00pm
Viewing Hours: Sundays 1:00—3:00pm
Wednesdays & Thursdays 4:00—7:00pm

ABC No Rio
156 Rivington Street
(between Clinton & Suffolk Streets)
212.254.3697
www.abcnorio.org

ABC No Rio is a center for the arts on the Lower East Side, founded by artists committed to an actively engaged culture and a vision of expanded possibilities for our lives, our neighborhoods, our cities and our society.

<center>ABC No Rio Mounts (No) Vacancy</center>
<center>“Nature does not proceed in a straight line, it is rather a sprawling development.”</center>
<center>–Robert Smithson</center>
 
 NEW YORK – ABC No Rio is pleased to announce the opening on Thursday, May 8th of (No) Vacancy, a
multi-media exhibition curated by Sarah Thibault.
 
 The exhibition explores ideas about nature and its capacity to provide for the mass-consumption and our cultural
demands for speed. Through content or process, the artists will address social, political and aesthetic issues
around mass-production and/or the resurgence of the craft movement in consumerism.
 
 “(No) Vacancy,” a neon beacon on motel signs across the country, refers not just to the emptiness of space, but
also to the metaphorical vacancy of mass-produced objects, images and environments prevalent in mainstream
America. The drive for efficiency and cheapness of production affects the product as well as the environment in
which it is made. Genetically altered plants are cheaper for the consumer and a more efficient use of nature, but
at what cost? How far down the chain can we see? Have humans become totally removed from nature and can
accept nothing but a hybridized, ‘improved’ nature? Can the hand-made movement repair some of the
connection that has been lost?
 
 (No) Vacancy includes work by the following:
 Stephen Crone, video/installation, New York
 Michael Depasquale, photography, New York
 Angela Fox, painting, San Antonio, TX
 Joe Sinness, painting, Minneapolis, MN
 Sarah Thibault, painting/installation, New York
 Brian Wondergem, sculpture/installation, New York
 
 (No) Vacancy
 May 8 — June 12, 2008
 Opening: Thursday, May 8 at 7:00pm
 Viewing Hours: Sundays 1:00—3:00pm
 Wednesdays & Thursdays 4:00—7:00pm
 
 ABC No Rio
 156 Rivington Street
 (between Clinton & Suffolk Streets)
 212.254.3697
 www.abcnorio.org
 
 ABC No Rio is a center for the arts on the Lower East Side, founded by artists committed to an actively engaged
culture and a vision of expanded possibilities for our lives, our neighborhoods, our cities and our society.

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New York State Council on the Arts

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Jen Novak

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Joan Tom

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Angela Fox
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Brian
Wondergem
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Joe Sinness
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Crone
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