Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region

Guest juror Charles Desmarais, Deputy Director for Art at the Brooklyn Museum, has selected two works by Sean Hovendick and John Wesley Mannion (working under the pseudonym AREA) for inclusion in the 2010 Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region exhibition hosted by The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, NY.

Founded in 1936, the Mohawk-Hudson Regional is one of the oldest regional juried art shows in the United States. The annual exhibition showcases contemporary art by living artists from the Upper Hudson and Mohawk River valleys.

Working in collaboration under the pseudonym AREA, artists Hovendick and Mannion conduct interventionist performances and create surreal photographic compositions in their on-going project titled Undetermined Measurements at numerous sites throughout the United States.

The exhibition will run from October 3, 2010 until January 2, 2011 and is open to the public.

For more information, email us:   area [at] studio fusion [dot] com

[...] "AREA proposes to conduct an interventionist performance utilizing a group of volunteers (20 or less), dressed in stark white "clean suits" and standing motionless in public spaces. Participants will silently engage with the audience in a non-confrontational manner to express the ever-changing perception that the United States has transformed from a unique symbol of freedom to a more fragile and fearful representation of uncertainty."

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2010
Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region
Group exhibition juried by Charles Desmarais of the Brooklyn Museum
Hyde Collection & Museum, Glens Falls, NY

2009
ConfluxCity 2009 - Group urban environment performance/exhibition
Conflux Festival, New York City, NY

Festival Miden 2009 - Urban (R)evolutions, Group media art festival
Amfeia’s Square, Kalamata, Greece

Made in NY 2009, Juried group exhibition
Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY

undetermined measurements, Solo exhibition
Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY

2008
FutureSonic: International Festival of Art, Music & Ideas, Group exhibition
Autonomous Village, Manchester, UK

Made in NY 2008, Juried group exhibition
Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY

ESP: Enclosed Sonic Performance, Solo installation (by invitation)
Redhouse Arts Center, Syracuse, NY

61st Exhibition of CNY Artists, Group juried exhibition
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY

2005
Super fun_d, Solo multimedia installation
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY

2004
Super fun_d, Solo multimedia installation
Company Gallery, Syracuse, NY

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