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Ryan McNamara

Still

February 25 - April 14, 2012

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Ryan McNamara

Still

February 25 - April 14, 2012

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Installation view, Still, Elizabeth Dee, New York, 2012

Installation view, Still, Elizabeth Dee, New York, 2012

Installation view, Still, Elizabeth Dee, New York, 2012

Installation view, Still, Elizabeth Dee, New York, 2012

Installation view, Still, Elizabeth Dee, New York, 2012

Installation view, Still, Elizabeth Dee, New York, 2012

Installation view, Still, Elizabeth Dee, New York, 2012

Press Release

Ryan McNamara

Still, February 25 – April 14, 2012

Courtesy of the artist and

Elizabeth Dee, New York

Ryan McNamara will have his first solo

gallery exhibition at Elizabeth Dee from

February 25 – April 14. After considering

the unique conditions of such an enterprise,

he arrived at a solution: a continuation of his

performative practice developing into an exhibition

of art objects, providing an opportunity

to present both sides of his practice.

Really, though, what he wants to do is

share this event. With you. Ryan will be here

every day for three weeks (February 25 –

March 17) waiting. For you. The result of

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Ryan McNamara creates situation-specific works that collectively form an

expanded view of participation within art production. His works involve other artists,

viewers and dance professionals as collaborators. Created before and during

after the performative events, photography and objects are integral to McNamara’s

practice. He forms a uniquely social discourse, developing events that break

with traditional notions of performance and embrace realism and interaction as

necessary aspects of viewing experience. The participants themselves are central

to the primary activity or action and McNamara is the engaged enabler of a situation

he has authored with an undefined final outcome.

your partnership with Ryan will be posted

daily on our website: www.elizabethdee.com

(you’ll get versions in your inbox too). Beyond

a mere record of a collaborative production,

these images will then be recuperated

and transformed into the exhibited artwork.

During the second portion of the project,

(March 20 – April 14), these material

culminations will be on display in the gallery.

Ryan has been training and preparing

for months through the creation of sculptural

prototypes, anticipating a wide variety of outcomes

that could take place in the gallery’s

performance production. He is equally excited

by the fact that, despite all this planning, the

uncertainty of these spontaneous collaborations

will determine the project’s final form.

Speaking of which, some of Ryan’s past

collaborators will be helping him through the

course of the show. During the exhibition portion

of the project, these talented artists have

been invited by Ryan to perform their own

work in the gallery during the final two weeks.

I hope you will join us for this very special

event opening on February 25th and closing

on March 17th. You can walk in anytime or if

you would like to make an appointment, please

feel free to call me personally at 212.924.7545.

The gallery will be open 10-6 Tuesday through

Saturday, or by appointment.

With my regards, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Dee is located at 545 West 20th Street, New York, New York, 10011 t: +1 212 924 7545 info@elizabethdee.com

Welcoming uncertainty, McNamara has enthusiastically and intentionally pursued

temporary and collaborative projects as diverse as biennial exhibitions, museum benefits,

and one night performances in a variety of public and private spaces resulting in a

truly fluid practice that intertwines the art community, social networks and technology.

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