On Abstraction
featuring: Regina Scully, Christine Frerichs, Kadar Brock, William Bradley, Brian Fee
Four young artists exhibiting at VOLTA NY —Regina Scully (New Orleans, showing with C24 Gallery, NY), Christine Frerichs (Los Angeles, showing with gallery km, Santa Monica), Kadar Brock (Brooklyn, showing with VIGO Gallery, London and The Hole, New York ), William Bradley (London/Yorkshire, showing with EB&Flow, London) — present their distinct processes and discuss their positions within (and beyond) the constantly evolving animal that is contemporary abstraction, in a lively panel moderated by VOLTA Press Manager Brian Fee.
Curtailing Anxieties 1: Boundaries of defining art in the Caribbean
featuring: Holly Bynoe, Charles Campbell, Heino Schmid, Lisa Howie, Christopher Cozier,
Michelle Joan Wilkinson
ARC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Holly Bynoe (St. Vincent and the Grenadines) and artist/writer Charles Campbell (Jamaica/Canada) moderate a roundtable exploring topical concerns around the recent global upsurge that has encapsulated contemporary Caribbean art. Panelists include VOLTA NY exhibiting artist Heino Schmid (Popopstudios, Nassau); Lisa Howie, Director of Bermuda National Gallery (Bermuda); artist/writer Christopher Cozier (Trinidad); and Michelle Joan Wilkinson, Ph.D. (Guyana/USA, Director of Collections and Exhibitions at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture in Baltimore, MD).
Over the last 10 years, there has been a significant increase in major exhibitions of Caribbean art, notably Infinite Island, Rockstone & Bootheel, Who More Sci-fi Than Us? and the recently concluded Caribbean: Crossroads of the World. With this resurgence there are new opportunities and demands on Caribbean artists and institutions. As Caribbean art enters the global marketplace, its definition – along with notions of equity, independence, and the tensions existent within the region and between the region and its diasporas – has come to the fore. Countering this is a new movement of groundbreaking young and mobile artists and cultural activists intent on upsetting the defined boundaries of the region and striking their own autonomous path.
The Chinese Rental Reading Library
featuring: Hung Liu, Ingrid Dudek
Ingrid Dudek (Senior Specialist and Vice President at Christie's in the Asian 20th Century and Contemporary Art Department) joins artist Hung Liu (San Francisco, showing with Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco) in discussing Liu's special installation at VOLTA NY. This meta-exhibition, which emulates a Chinese rental reading library and incorporates xiaorenshu, political graphic novellas commissioned by the Maoist State, reflects Liu's examination of tension between youthful idealism and the reality of the Cultural Revolution.
New Technology Empowers the Savvy Art Collector
featuring: Natasha Rottman
How can art collectors capitalize on advanced technology and cloud computing? Why are iPads and mobile devices transforming the way collectors manage, discover and acquire art works? Natasha Rottman, Director of Operations at Collectrium, answers these questions and explores technologies that empower the savvy collector in having 24/7 access to their collections and potential acquisitions.
Presented by Collectrium: Beautiful Technology For The Art World
TODAY IS THE DAY Conversations: The Next 10,000 Years of Creation
featuring: Noritoshi Hirakawa, David A. Ross, Arthur Ou
TODAY IS THE DAY launched in 2012 with the goal of elevating people's consciousness through art, music, and performance. We are currently in a transformational period that is unprecedented since the dawn of recorded history; the panelists will discuss the important role art plays in evolving the world's consciousness in preparation for the next 10,000 years of existence. Arthur Ou (New York, Director, BFA Photography and Assistant Professor of Photography, School of Art, Media, and Technology, at Parsons the New School for Design) moderates the discussion with TODAY IS THE DAY creator Noritoshi Hirakawa (New York, artist) and advisory board member David A. Ross (New York, Professor and Chair of the Department of Art Practice at School of Visual Arts, formerly the Director of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art).
