OTHER SPACES | ALEX VILLAR

Other Spaces consists of a series of performative interventions in outdoor urban spaces. In the specific context of New York City, a place in which so-called public spaces are thoroughly administered, there are many spaces that are not completely subjected to control. Some are temporary and circumstantial; others are the result of prolonged decay. For this project, I have focused on small, body-scaled, negative architectural spaces.

Fire Alarm, c-print mounted on aluminum, 36 x 48 inches, 1997-98
Handrail (neck), c-print mounted on aluminum, 36 x 48 inches, 1997-98
Corner, c-print mounted on aluminum, 36 x 48 inches, 1997-98
Banister, c-print mounted on aluminum, 36 x 48 inches, 1997-98
X-door, c-print mounted on aluminum, 36 x 48 inches, 1997-98
Window, c-print mounted on aluminum, 36 x 48 inches, 1997-98
Hydrant, c-print mounted on aluminum, 36 x 48 inches, 1997-98

Featured
Mosquera, Gerardo. Panorama: Desarranjos (São Paulo: MAM, 2004)
Denise Carvalho, Desarranged-Panorama of Brazilian Art (Atlanta: Art Papers, Jan/ Feb, 2004) p.60.
Sharon Weightman, Multimedia Meditation: Exhibit United Uses Hi-tech to Explore Human Thought (Jacksonville: The Times Union, Wednesday, March 25, 1998) C1.
Debra Steckler, New York, Idioma Brasil: A Brief Survey of Brazilian Artists in New York (New York: NY Arts Magazine, September, 1997) issue 13, pp.7-9.
Elaine Bittencourt, Um Panorama as Avessas (Sao Paulo: Gazeta Mercantil 2003).
Ken Allan and Steven Sims, Bodies and Banality: The Art of Alex Villar and Karyolyn Hatton, in Portraying Authority (Chicago: Chicago Art Journal, Spring, 1998 volume 8, no. 1) pp.62-71.
Tereza Novaes, Curador subverte panorama do MAM (Sao Paulo: Guia da Folha de Sao Paulo 2003)