BALLROOM MARFA PRESENTS:

YOU ARE HERE
October 6, 2005 – February 27, 2006
Opening reception: Friday, October 7, 10pm
with dj BOWFLEXX & dj VAPOCRUNCH

Music performance
YO LA TENGO
Saturday, October 8, 2005



Ballroom Marfa is proud to announced its first group exhibition devoted to emerging artists whose work is informed by their experience of urban and suburban life in contemporary American culture. Curated by Fairfax Dorn, You Are Here will be on view October 6 through February 27, 2006. Through the visions of SunTek Chung, Larry Bamburg, Deborah Grant, Andrew Guenther, Hilary Harnischfeger, Adam Helms, Matthew Day Jackson, Karyn Olivier, Sigrid Sandstrom, Allison Smith, Ian Sullivan, Will Villalongo, Roger White, Raphael Zollinger and an exhibition essay by Mary Robbins, this exhibition seeks to address a collective and individual response to a particular moment in time: artists as social and cultural cartographers. These artists illustrate the spectrum of actual and emotional locations that create an ideological map of where we are now. They represent all locations both narrative and symbolic; the dream world, paranoid conformity, urban claustrophobia, suburban alienation, ephemeral monuments, propaganda, anonymous intimacy and finally the reinvention of the American frontier.

These artists have each created a vocabulary, which addresses their perspective on contemporary society. Moving away from the postmodern tradition, a new generation of artists are employing a corporeal approach, which results in, visually narrative and hyper-illustrative work. These new artists require urgency and compassion, evidence that the artist is both present and directly involved with the work; each artist in this group exhibition is felt as an individual.

On Friday, October 7th, djs Bowflexx and Vapocrunch will give a live performance, which in their own words, will incorporate “a crystal ball of American Chaotic Idiotic TV Culture, adorned with monumental banners of suburban self-indulgence and humorous representations of the land and the people beyond the peephole.”

Also, on Saturday, October 8th, during the Chinati Foundation’s annual open house, Ballroom Marfa, the Chinati Foundation and Charles Attal will present a free concert by the legendary Yo La Tengo at the Thunderbird Hotel in Marfa. For the past eighteen years, the members of YLT (Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley, and James McNew) have been making eclectic, adventurous music that ranges freely between genres and styles.







Check out the Ballroom Jukebox!


Click here to listen to the new Ballroom Jukebox. The Jukebox includes over 50 songs, most of the tracks chosen by installation artist/music collector Dominic Welhouse, and most come straight off 45s and LP records! In the very near future, look forward to tracks recorded live at Ballroom Marfa and interviews from artists that visit the ballroom.



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Ballroom Marfa:
Ballroom Marfa is a non-profit space in Marfa, Texas dedicated to contemporary art and culture. It is a place in which varied cultural perspectives are explored through the visual arts, music, and film. The Ballroom is an advocate for artistic expression, innovation and creative awareness.

Ballroom Marfa is located at 108 E. San Antonio St./Highway 90 West. The Ballroom is open from 12pm to 6pm, Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is free, however, a $5 donation is suggested to help fund Ballroom’s programs. For more information, the public may call 432.729.3600 or visit www.ballroommarfa.org.