Emily Jacir, Memorial to 418 Palestinian Villages which were Destroyed,
Depopulated and Occupied by Israel in 1948, 2001, refugee tent, embroidery
thread
Culture and Conflict Group includes Ayreen Anastas, Shane Cullen, Emily
Jacir, Conor McGrady, Kevin Noble and Frankie Quinn. Trained as an architect,
Anastas creates works in video, sound, sculpture. She has exhibited at
Rampe 003 Berlin, Bunker in Reinhardtstrasse, Berlin and Art-bunker, Nuremberg.
Cullen has had exhibited widely in Europe since 1986 at venues including
Kunstlerhaus Bethaniem, Berlin, A16 Gallery, Zurich, Center d'art contemporain
de Vassiviére en Limousin, Centre for Contemporary Art, Glasgow,
and Orchard Gallery, Derry. In 1995 he represented Ireland at the Venice
Biennale. Jacir has exhibited in Greater New York, P.S. 1, NY; Uncommon
Threads, Johnson Museum, Cornell University; and Unjustified, Apex Art,
NY. McGrady is a 1998 MFA graduate of the School of the Art Institute.
He has exhibited at NFA Space, Chicago; City of Chicago Cultural Center
and Coventry Gallery, London and in the 2002 Whitney Biennial. Noble has
exhibited since 1975 including one-person exhibitions at Artists Space,
NY (1980), White Columns, NY (1986) and Féile an Phoblacht, Belfast
(1999). Quinn has exhibited in Belfast, Dublin, Australia, Italy and Philadelphia.
The exhibition essay is available here.
Bringing together the work of Ayreen Anastas, Shane Cullen, Cynthia Large, Emily Jacir, Conor McGrady, Kevin Noble, and Frankie Quinn, the Culture and Conflict Group explores the impact and effects of military occupation, faltering attempts at peace, and the importance of history, memory and memorialization in Palestine and Ireland.
Settlement is part of the fall project At the Edge: Innovative Art in Chicago, August 27 - December 21, 2002
Six one-person or artist curated exhibitions taking a risk. At the Edge unveils newly created works that are difficult to show in commercial spaces, that extend a working arts practice, and/or push the boundaries of art experimentation. This year’s program is the first of annual At the Edge exhibitions intended to encourage the most innovative aspects of Chicago art community’s current dynamism. Special thanks to the jury that selected this year’s At the Edge projects: Derek Fansler (artist and co-director of Suitable Gallery), Steve Reinke (artist and UIC faculty member), Julie Rodriques (Curatorial Assistant, MCA), James Rondeau (Acting Director, Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, Art Institute) and Lorelei Stewart (Director, Gallery 400).
