“The exhibition is introduced with Discussion Wall, which does indeed start things off with a conversation. Schoenstadt sets up a brick and mortar wiki in which the members of the LaVerne community were asked to collect examples of things in their environment that were and were not art. Participants placed their selections accordingly in one of two “contribution” boxes, and Schoenstadt later pinned them to the gallery wall in a random, sprawling patchwork entitled Discussion Wall. The resulting collage engenders a discussion-not so much about what is art and not art, but about artistic judgment and taste. What is the role of the artist? Is it, as Duchamp famously posited, to simply declare, by appellation or recontextualization. that something is or is not art? Is it to exhibit taste and beauty? Is it the recognition and representation of meritorious things in one’s environment? Perhaps, the role of the artist is to stimulate a discussion.” Catalogue essay excerpt from And, not Or: Kim Schoenstadt’s Composition for a Large Room in Three Parts, by Micol Hebron.

The project traveled to:

University of LaVerne, California

The University of North Carolina at Pembroke

University of Maryland hosted two projects- one at the Art Gallery and one at the Clarice Center for the Art of Performance.

Press

Dirty Laundry Magazine

And, not Or: Kim Schoenstadt’s Composition for a Large Room in Three Parts, essay by Micol Hebron