The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) announces its Spring Open Studios, a four-day exhibition of international contemporary art. The 36 artists, artist collectives and curators from 25 countries currently in residence at ISCP will present work in their studios, and ISCP’s gallery will feature the group exhibition In back of the real. Artist Luis Camnitzer will also give a lecture on Sunday, May 15 at 5pm. Open Studios offers the public access to innovative contemporary art practices from across the globe – seen for the first time together in New York City – providing an exceptional opportunity to engage with the production, process and archives of artists working with a diverse range of mediums, approaches and concepts.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS AND CURATORS:

Danai Anesiadou (Belgium), Sookoon Ang (Singapore), Kristina Bozurska (Macedonia), Armando Mariño Calzado (Cuba), Arianna Carossa (Italy), Juanli Carrión (Spain), Étienne Chambaud (France), Petros Chrisostomou (UK), Patricia Dauder (Spain), Jacqueline Doyen (Germany), Jeannette Ehlers (Denmark), Fendry Ekel (The Netherlands), Michael Forbes (UK), Jau-lan Guo (Taiwan), Katrin Heichel (Germany), Elmar Hermann (Germany), Ingrid Hernández (Mexico), Astrid Honold (The Netherlands), Tang-Wei Hsu (Taiwan), David Jablonowski (The Netherlands), Tamara K.E. (Germany), Michael Kienzer (Austria), Ina Kooper (The Netherlands), Firoz Mahmud (Bangladesh), Raquel Maulwurf (The Netherlands), David Maroto (The Netherlands), Eline Mugaas (Norway), Ixone Sádaba (Spain), Kanako Sasaki (Japan), Jeremy Shaw (Canada), Necmi Sönmez (Turkey), Anton Terziev (Bulgaria), Magnus Thierfelder (Sweden), Jamil Yamani (Australia), Yamashita + Kobayashi (Japan), Veronika Zajačiková (Czech Republic)

IN BACK OF THE REAL, ORGANIZED BY NECMI SÖNMEZ

Accompanying Open Studios, In back of the real, organized by Necmi Sönmez, ISCP curator-in-residence, presents newly commissioned site-specific works by artists Uri Aran, Julien Bismuth, Katie Holten, Gereon Krebber, Luisa Rabbia, Carolyn Salas, Ana Santos and Reed Seifer. In back of the real is a seminal poem written in 1954 by Allen Ginsberg. A ‘flower of industry’ survives in the poem despite its abandonment in front of a tank factory, reflecting the effects of industry on its surrounding environment. This exhibition is situated in ISCP’s gallery and throughout its immediate vicinity of industrial East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Spaces adjacent to ISCP will become sites of artistic intervention for the exhibition namely unused and unspectacular spaces, abandoned houses, facades, street corners and small gardens.

ISCP thanks the following contributors for their generous support: American Australian Association, Austrian Cultural Forum NY, Brooklyn Arts Council, Consulate General of The Netherlands, Consulate General of the Republic of Germany, Czech Center NY, Duvel Inc.,The Greenwich Collection, Honorary Consulate General of Sweden, John Wm. Macy’s CheeseSticks, Mexican Cultural Institute, National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Royal Norwegian Consulate General, Les Trois Petits Cochons.