The Wrong Gallery in the right place?
Opening today at Tate Modern is Maurizio Cattelan’s Wrong Gallery. Originally a doorway in New York, Cattelan was evicted and the Tate stepped in and offered him a similar space on the third floor with free reign over it’s content. Measuring only 2.5 square feet, the first exhibit will be the Dorothy Iannone “orgasm box”.
Christopher Turner does a nice article on Cattelan and his “Merry Prankster” mates in the Guardian.
The Guardian piece is here
Pictures of the New York Wrong Gallery here
January 14th, 2006 at 3:10 pm
I notice your recent interest in the Wrong Gallery you may also want to pass along information about an older (2003) ongoing project that is similar in nature. The John Erickson Museum of Art (JEMA). Please view this miniature museum may be viewed online at www.jema.us
This miniature space functions as an actual museum in its own right. The replica is built one-quarter inch = one foot scale. The scaled down size of the space is also reflected in the duration of exhibits. Exhibitions at JEMA usually run proportionally shorter lengths of time, making exhibitions roughly 9 hours and 15 minutes in duration. Of course, on certain occasions, exhibitions may be held over by popular demand.
JEMA is a location variable museum space. It is housed in a sturdy but stylish 16″x12″x9″ aluminum carrying case. JEMA celebrated its Grand Opening on July 25th, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. in the lobby of the Seattle Art Museum. The opening lasted two minutes.
JEMA’s mission is to display and collect innovative and provocative con-temporary art and/or offer exhibitions that allow viewers to think differently about the nature of art and art practice.
Sean Miller
Founder
The John Erickson Museum of Art
www.jema.us