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Shuji Mukai
For his 2017 project at The Warehouse, artist Shuji Mukai was invited to create one of his architectural interventions in the men’s and women’s restrooms. Over the course of nine days, and with two assistants, Mukai covered every surface in these spaces with his nonsensical symbols. Acrylic paint, marker, and tape generate a variety of...Learn More -
Topologies
Artists throughout the post–World War II period have been fascinated by the ways in which space can be activated. One key model has been the notion of topology (“logic of place”), which centers on the concept of geometric transformation, in which space and shape can be expanded, contracted, distorted, and twisted while the structure of...Learn More -
DOUBLES, DOBROS, PLIEGUES, PARES, TWINS, MITADES
In the short story William Wilson, Edgar Allan Poe presents a sinister plot: the tale of a character who, from his childhood, experiences the apparition of a figure who in everything resembles and haunts him with similitude and repetition – until he turns out to be himself. It is the doppelgänger, or double, a recurring...Learn More -
Thinking Out Loud: Notes for an Evolving Collection
As we enter the fifth year of The Warehouse, we want to share with visitors our own personal journey in collecting. Unlike past exhibitions, which were very specific and curatorially rigorous, this presentation reflects the pluralistic nature of contemporary art at this moment, when no dominant art movement controls the conversation. Allan Schwartzman has curated...Learn More -
Identity Revisited
Identity Revisited examines personal and cultural notions of identity in contemporary art. International in scope and spanning many generations, the exhibition features work in a variety of media that address issues of history, gender, race, childhood, mortality, and memory. Recent acquisitions in the exhibition include a Rosemarie Trockel wool painting from 1987, a recent Mark...Learn More
