Imaginary Arsenals

Curator: Kimberly Lamm
Cuchifritos, Artists Alliance, Inc.,
120 Essex Street between Delancey and Rivington Streets
(Inside the Essex Street Market at the South end of the building)
December 8, 2007 – January 19, 2008
Hours: Monday - Saturday, 12pm - 5:30pm
Closed December 20, 2007 - January 2, 2008
Opening Reception: Saturday, December 8, 4-6pm

Imaginary Arsenals addresses the subtle and subversive use of war imagery by artists. Less interested in explicit depictions of war, the exhibition explores the various ways political conflict insinuates itself into cultural imaginaries and manifests itself in artistic practice.

Artists: Jane Benson, Stephen Collier, Diane Meyer, Graham Parker, Kanishka Raja, Nathan See, Dan Tague

From our partner: "This Cuchifritos exhibit is sponsored, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and through the generous support of the following: The New York City Economic Development Corporation, The Greenwall Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and the members of the Artists Alliance Incorporated."


[More about OUT of SITE]

In 1997, the World Trade Center gained a new group of tenants: artists. Over the past 10 years, LMCC’s residency program, now called Workspace has provided free, temporary studio space in Lower Manhattan to over 250 emerging artists and writers in such locations as the Woolworth Building the U.S. Custom House. Our mission to place artists in studios just blocks from Wall Street has changed what it means to “work” downtown.  Invited curators explored the vast archive of the LMCC residency program and came up four diverse exhibitions, combining artists from various years, locations and mediums. Out of Site is a series of guest curated exhibitions and special events that takes artists’ work out of the studio and brings audiences to several locations downtown to explore the program’s past and present.

Lead sponsorship for Out of Site provided by American Express.

Additional support for Out of Site provided by
the Peter Norton Family Foundation, and Cowles Charitable Trust.

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LMCC is grateful to Workspace supporters: Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation, ConEdison, Deutsche Bank, Agnes Gund, The Greenwall Foundation, Jerome Foundation, JPMorgan Chase, The Kettering Family Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, The May & Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Silverstein Properties, Inc., Starry Night Fund of Tides Foundation, and Trinity Real Estate.