Every thing must out going!
Asia Song Society
45 Canal Street NYC
May 30 – June 6, 2009

On May 30, 2009 Asia Song Society will present Every thing must out going! an exhibition in the form of a temporary pop-up shop at 45 Canal Street.  Featuring artist-produced printed matter as well as limited edition sculptures, drawings, records, accessories, and clothing, the exhibition seeks to briefly reposition the way that art and commerce play out aesthetically and experientially at ASS. Curated by Elizabeth Lovero, EMOG features work by over 30 artists as well as an exhibition design by architect Rafael de Cardenas that incorporates elements of gallery and retail space.

In a gesture to both the Fluxus shop and the gallery’s neighboring businesses, Every thing must out going! takes its title from a hand-drawn advertisement at a nearby Chinatown shop. Much recent dialogue has drawn attention to the fluid nature of contemporary artistic practices’ that slip across media and discipline to utilize whatever best suits the idea or intent.  Sidestepping big, bombastic projects and performances, Every thing must out going! highlights artists’ working on the more intimate end of ephemeral practice. These individuals often make a virtue of necessity but not at the expense of quality or aesthetic. Instead, as old models of distribution/production struggle in the face of digital reproduction [see: major record labels and newspapers] increasingly fragmented markets, [film studios and publishing houses] and loss of patrons [museums and galleries], the choice to self-publish and target an audience of one’s own peers is a logical one. There’s no need to rally against the mainstream when you can hear its death rattle.

>Featured artists include:
Wade Guyton, Seth Price, Olaf Breuning, Josh Smith, Kelley Walker, Leo Fitzpatrick, Becket Bowes, Graham Parker-Smith, Bozidar Brazda, PictureBox, Tauba Auerbach, Damien Eccols and Jen De Nike, John Armleder, Philippe Decrauzat, Mika Tajima, John Tremblay, Matthew Brannon, Jose Leon Cerrillo, Eileen Quinlan, Daniel Lefcourt, Olivier Mosset, Aurel Schmidt, Aaron Young, Javier Peres, Byron Kalet, Olivier Zahm, Mungo Thomson, Alice Hutchins, Rita Ackermann, Barb Choit, Tyler Coburn, Tony Cox, Griffin Franzen, Kathy Grayson, Jack Greer, Patrick Griffin, Kembra Pfahler, Alexandre Singh, Jorge Valenzuela, Luis Gispert, Anissa Mack, Dash Snow, BLAND, Shawn Kuruneru, Ari Macropoulous, Mark Gonzales, Liam Gillick, Harmony Korine, Ryan Foerster, Chrissie Miller, Marc Hundley, Neckface, Endless Nameless, Journal of Popular Music, Kathy Garcia, Jonah Freeman, Justin Lowe, Kai Kuhne, Straight to Hell, Aurel Schmidt, Dan Colen and MORE.