The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery at Syracuse University is a contemporary art gallery in downtown Syracuse, New York.

History

The gallery opened on April 29, 2006 under the temporary name Bridge Gallery, with "Making Frames", a slide exhibition of the Gluckman Mayner Architecture Firm's projects, organized by Jeffrey Hoone, Executive Director of CMAC.

Elaine Quick was hired as Administrative Assistant for CMAC. Elaine is now the Programs Coordinator at The Warehouse Gallery.

In late June 2006, curator and artist [http://www.astriasuparak.com/ Astria Suparak] was hired as the founding director of the organization, renaming it The Warehouse Gallery. The first exhibition, "CMAC: Roots of Collaboration", exhibited selections from each of the CMAC member collections, opened August 2007.

Artist [http://www.mixedgreens.com/artweb/html/artistresults.asp?artist=82 Frank Olive] was hired as Assistant Director in September 2006. Olive is now the exhibition designer and preparator at The Warehouse Gallery.

"Faux Naturel", an exhibition of contemporary international work curated by Astria Suparak, ran from November 9, 2006 to January 7, 2007 at The Warehouse Gallery and toured to the Foreman Art Gallery at Bishop's University in July to August 2007. Artists included Alex Da Corte, Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby, Nick Lenker, Annie MacDonell, Allyson Mitchell, Andrea Vander Kooij. The press release states, "Entropy, redemption, apocalypse, the fall from grace, the temptations of commercial culture, and the relationship between science and magic all emerge as motifs in this exhibition."

"Embracing Winter", a group exhibition of knitted sculpture, psychedelic video, photography, and audio and book works by artists Janet Morton, Takeshi Murata, Bruno Munari, Collin Olan, Lisa M. Robinson and Rudy Shepherd, curated by Suparak, was on display from February 13 - March 31, 2007. It also featured interactive displays with take-home elements created by The Warehouse Gallery, a film screening titled "Winter Light" (curated by Suparak and filmmaker Brett Kashmere), and a video event by Daniel Barrow, "Winnipeg Babysitter."

"Networked Nature", on exhibit from April 17, 2007 to July 17, 2007 was a group exhibition that explored the representation of “nature” through the perspective of networked culture. The exhibition included works by C5, FutureFarmers, Shih-Chieh Huang, Philip Ross, Stephen Vitiello and Gail Wight, who combined art and politics with innovative technology, such as global positioning systems (GPS), robotics and hydroponic environments. The exhibition was organized by [http://www.rhizome.org Rhizome] and Astria Suparak.

"COME ON: Desire Under The Female Gaze", curated by Suparak, included artists Jo-Anne Balcaen, Juliet Jacobson, and Rachel Rampleman. The press release states, "Three young artists in Brooklyn and Montreal explicitly express desire, fantasy, disappointment, and pleasure" in videos, drawings, sculptures, and text works.

Controversy

Jeffrey Hoone's controversial dismissal of Astria Suparak led to protests and demonstrations by local and international artists, professors, civic leaders, students, and business owners. At the time of Suparak's dismissal, Hoone canceled her forthcoming exhibitions, including "Keep It Slick: Infiltrating Capitalism with [http://www.theyesmen.org The Yes Men] ," due to open two months later. Hoone is now acting as "Interim Curator" of The Warehouse Gallery. In 2008 Astria Suparak was appointed director of the [http://www.cmu.edu/millergallery Miller Gallery] at [http://www.cmu.edu Carnegie Mellon University] .

References

* [http://thefanzine.com/sections.php?s=art&id=189&a=articles Desire in Syracuse: the 'Come On' Controversy] . Yvonne Olivas. Fanzine.
* [http://syracuse-warehouse.blogspot.com/ Syracuse Loses Again]
* [http://www.curating.info/archives/111-Censorship-Dismissal.html Censorship & Dismissal]
* [http://www.syracuse.com/articles/kirst/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1193216464180400.xml&coll=1&thispage=1 Dismissal of gallery curator sparks boycott]

External links

* [http://www.thewarehousegallery.org The Warehouse Gallery]