SculptureCenter presents Carissa Rodriguez: THE MAID

SculptureCenter is pleased to present Carissa Rodriguez: The Maid, the artist's first solo museum exhibition in New York City, and In Practice: Another Echo, an exhibition presented through SculptureCenter's open call commissioning program for emerging artists. Join us for the Opening Reception on Sunday, January 28, 2018, 5-7pm.

Carissa Rodriguez: The Maid Carissa Rodriguez examines the material and social conditions in which art is produced and reveals how the canonical figure of the artist is reflected in-and reproduced by-the products of her labor. A newly commissioned video by Rodriguez engages the discourse of sculpture through the tools of cinema and follows the lives of 'related' artworks, recounting the conditional relationships between artist, artwork, and third-party agents (institution, caregiver, surrogate) in familial terms.

In Practice: Another Echo Curated by SculptureCenter's 2018 Curatorial Fellow Allie Tepper, In Practice: Another Echo brings together the work of twelve artists and artist teams engaged in reshaping experiences and forms of public space. Often responding to imposed sociopolitical conditions, the artists in this exhibition project voice and language, and make use of responsive and vernacular materials. Rather than glance at the past with nostalgia, these artists share a preoccupation with the present moment: obscuring, adapting, and subverting surrounding signs and physical structures in order to witness, reinvent, and survive.

Carissa Rodriguez' video commission is underwritten by Valeria Napoleone XX SculptureCenter. Additional support for The Maid is provided by Barbara and Howard Morse. Valeria Napoleone XX Sculpture Center (VNXXSC) is an initiative that supports the production of a major artwork by a female artist in a selected exhibition every 12 to 18 months at SculptureCenter. It launched in September 2015 with the commission of Project for Door (After Gaetano Pesce), 2015 - the center piece of the exhibition Anthea Hamilton: Lichen! Libido! Chastity!, for which Anthea Hamilton received the nomination to the Turner Prize 2016. VNXXSC is part of Valeria Napoleone XX, an umbrella platform for projects and initiatives working towards increasing the recognition and validation of art practices by female artists through collaborations and partnerships with institutions and individuals in the world of contemporary art.

SculptureCenter's exhibition, program, and operating support is generously provided by grants from the Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; the Kraus Family Foundation; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; the National Endowment for the Arts; the A. Woodner Fund; Jeanne Donovan Fisher; the Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation; New York City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer; and contributions from our Board of Trustees and Director's Circle. Strategic planning support is provided by the LuEsther T. Mertz Fund of The New York Community Trust. Additional funding is provided by the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation and contributions from many generous individuals.