We've taken the plunge and rented a second location, as a companion to Grace Exhibition Space!
This new gallery will be for displaying, marketing and accessing the photographic documentation, video and artifacts that remain after a performance is over.
The two spaces will cpmplement each other - Grace Exhibition Space exists for performance art actions, while the gallery provides access to the post-performance works.
Come out Friday night and watch it all begin! Opening is from 7:00 - 9:00
inside Front Room Gallery
147 Roebling
between Metropolitan Ave & Hope Street
Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11211
Jill
www.grace-exhibition-space.com
GRACE EXHIBITION SPACE FOR PERFORMANCE-ART ACTIONS
Grace Exhibition Space is committed to providing a venue for local, national and international performance artists in a gallery setting.
At Grace Space, we felt a need to create a gallery that focuses on performance as an art form on its own, despite the difficulties in defining “What is performance art?”
Wikipedia: Performance art is art in which the actions of an individual or a group at a particular place and in a particular time constitute the work. It can happen anywhere, at any time, or for any length of time. Performance art can be any situation that involves four basic elements: time, space, the performer's body and a relationship between performer and audience. It is opposed to painting or sculpture, for example, where an object constitutes the work.
On May 22, we are opening a companion gallery to Grace Space at 147 Roebling Street in Williamsburg. The new gallery provides a market for the photographic documentation, video and artifacts that remain after the performance is over. By putting this spotlight on the art inherent in the performance, we seek to generate new discussions about the nature of art and the role of performance in art.
Jill McDermid. Director, Grace Exhibition Space
From 2006-2008 Grace Space was run by Jill McDermid and Melissa Lockwood.
Grace Exhibition Space is run by Jill McDermid, a performance artist since 1998.
