Brooklyn, Misc.: 51 Bergen street, 6-10pm,
Hotel Particulier presents performances by Andrew Norman Wilson and Bryan Zanisnik for the closing of DYNASTY, an exhibition modeled on the dynamics of intergenerational families.
Please note that an RSVP via email is required:
concierge@hotelparticulier.com
Exhibition dates: January 31 - April 20 2013
Gallery Hours: Monday – Friday, 12-6pm; Saturday, 1-6pm; Sunday, by appointment
Closing Event and Reception: Saturday, April 20, 7pm
Hotel Particulier is pleased to present an evening of performances by Andrew Norman Wilson and Bryan Zanisnik which will celebrate the closing of DYNASTY, an exhibition modeled on the cross-generational dynamics of families. The curators created a fictional family: Sara Reisman “married” Christopher K. Ho, and Reisman’s “sister” Amy Goldrich “married” Omar Lopez-Chahoud. Each couple then bequeathed their primary asset – the gallery space itself – to their artist-children.
With seven artists in the first generation – Sean Fader, Nikki Reisman, Jose Ruiz, Matthew Schrader, and Kristof Wickman (invited by Ho and Reisman), as well as Liz Magic Laser and Ali Banisadr (invited by Goldrich and Lopez-Chahoud) – Magic Laser partnered with next-generation artist Becca Albee to collaborate in a single project, Banisadr invited artists Gregory Crane, Peter Hristoff, Pooneh Maghazehe, Pat Mason, Tom McGrath, Aaron Spangler, and Sandra Vazques De La Horra. Fader collaborated with Naomi Miller, Schrader shared his space with S.G. Schell, and Wickman bequeathed his space with Ethan Greenbaum, Kristen Jensen, Martin Murphy, Steven Rose, Dick Wickman, Andrew Norman Wilson, and Bryan Zanisnik.
In bringing together the work of Wilson and Zanisnik, Kristof Wickman was interested in their approach to performance that incorporates elements of abject comedy and failure. Wilson's performance is a literal and figurative flattening out of a standup comedy routine. In his Lie Down Comedy, Wilson will nap on an inflatable mattress in the corner and deliver a stream of consciousness monologue of anecdotes and jokes about dogs, sex, misplaced punch lines, and dreams, from under the covers. Zanisnik’s theatrical performance set on an elevated 'stage,' will feature his parents Bob and Carol, comics by Eric Winkler, and a live musical score by Robert Carlton. In a loosely weaved together series of vignettes, Zanisnik explores parental dynamics, balladry, and cannibalism.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Andrew Norman Wilson is based in New York. Upcoming presentations of his work include Palazzo Peckham at the 55th Venice Biennale, Art Basel 2013, and group shows at Betonsalon in Paris, Steve Turner Contemporary in Los Angeles, and Carroll / Fletcher in London. He currently has a solo show up at threewalls in Chicago entitled The Refrain: Medfield/Walpole, and is preparing solo shows for Club Midnight in Berlin and Important Projects in Oakland, California. Recent press includes Aperture, Artforum, and Tank Magazine.
Bryan Zanisnik was born in Union, New Jersey and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He received a B.A. from Drew University and an M.F.A. from Hunter College. He has recently exhibited and performed in New York at MoMA PS1, Sculpture Center, and the Queens Museum of Art; in Philadelphia at the Fabric Workshop and Museum; in Miami at the De La Cruz Collection; in Chicago at the Museum of Contemporary Photography; in Los Angeles at LAXART; and internationally at the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, the Kunsthalle Exnergasse in Vienna and the Futura Centre for Contemporary Art in Prague. Zanisnik’s work has been reviewed in the New York Times, Art in America, Artforum, ARTnews, Modern Painters, Time Out New York, and New York Magazine, amongst others. He has completed residencies at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, the Art Omi International Artists Residency, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace Program, and the Guangdong Times Museum in Guangzhou, China.
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