do it Pike County

Pike School of Art
McComb, Mississippi, United States
November 11, 2017 – February 25, 2018

do it Pike County

PAST EVENTS

Friday, February 23, 3 – 7PM
Edgewood Mall, 1722 Veterans Blvd, McComb, MS 39648

Saturday, February 24, 3 – 5 PM
McComb Public Library, 1022 Virginia Ave, McComb, MS 39648

Sunday, February 25, 3 – 7 PM
Percy Quin State Park, 2036 Percy Quin Drive, McComb, MS 39648

Saturday, December 30, 9 – 11 AM
McComb Public Library, 1022 Virginia Ave, McComb, MS 39648

Saturday, December 23, 11AM – 1 PM
Edgewood Mall, 1722 Veterans Blvd, McComb, MS 39648

Sunday, December 3, 2017, 12 – 2 PM
Percy Quin State Park, 2036 Percy Quin Drive, McComb, MS 39648

Saturday, November 11, 2017, 9 – 11 AM
McComb Public Library, 1022 Virginia Avenue, McComb MS 39648

Saturday, November 11, 2017, 2 – 4 PM
Percy Quin State Park, 2036 Percy Quin Drive, McComb, MS 39648

Friday, November 10, 2017, 5 – 7 PM
St. Andrew’s Mission Activity Center, 201 Main Street, McComb, MS 39648
Pike County Chamber of Commerce, 213 Main Street, McComb, MS 39648

Most art shows are collections of works by an artist or group of artists. do it is a different kind of exhibition, one that has taken place again and again around the world with a different look each time.

It began in 1993 as a conversation between a Swiss curator and two artists, exploring whether traditional exhibition formats could become more open-ended. They asked whether a show could take written instructions as a point of departure, each of which could be interpreted anew every time it was enacted.

The curator invited 12 artists to send instructions, which were translated into 9 different languages and circulated internationally as a book. In the years since, the set of instructions has grown to over 250, and do it has been featured in at least 50 different locations worldwide, including major museums and university galleries.

This iteration of do it Pike County organized by Pike School of Art – Mississippi is the very first presentation of an Independent Curators International exhibition in the state of Mississippi. Instructions will be interpreted by student artists and members of the community. Exhibitions and events will take place at St. Andrew’s Activity Center, Pike County Chamber of Commerce, McComb Public Library, Edgewood Mall, and Percy Quin State Park. The exhibition is a P.S. Satellite of Prospect New OrleansProspect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp taking place concurrently in nearby New Orleans.

For information on calls, upcoming events and performances, and a behind-the-scenes look at do it Pike County, please visit this page or contact doit@psa-ms.org.

do it Pike County documentation: Robert Ashley, Nairy Baghramian, Olafur Eliasson, Elmgreen & Dragset, Tracey Emin, William Forsythe, Douglas Gordon, Alison Knowles, David Lemales, Lucy R. Lippard, Yoko Ono, Lygia Pape, Pedro Reyes, Jim Shaw, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and Erwin Wurm.

Artists: Sophia Al Maria, Robert Ashley, Nairy Baghramian, Christian Boltanski, Louise Bourgeois, Meg Cranston, Olafur Eliasson, Elmgreen & Dragset, Tracey Emin, Hans-Peter Feldmann, William Forsythe, Simone Forti, Theaster Gates, Simryn Gill, Douglas Gordon, Joseph Grigely, NS Harsha, Stephen J. Kaltenbach, Mike Kelley, Adriana Lara, Lucy R. Lippard, Ernesto Neto, Yoko Ono, Lygia Pape, Cedric Price, Pedro Reyes, Pipilotti Rist, Ugo Rondinone, Peter Saville, Jim Shaw, Sturtevant, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Agnès Varda, Franz West, Erwin Wurm and others.

Thank You to Our Patrons

CONCEPTUALISTS: Mississippi Development Authority, Mississippi Arts Commission, City of McComb, Diane Wiltshire, Triston Wilkinson CONSTRUCTIVISTS: WalMart, Keith & Karen Sanders EXPRESSIONISTS: David & Edwina Dedlow IMPRESSIONISTS: City Paint & Glass, The Markets, Selman’s Jewelers-Gemologist, Pat & Tina Brumfield, Wayne & Susan Dowdy, George & Beth Phelps, Marie Stein, Tricia Whitmire REALISTS: Alford’s Flowers, Suzanne Adelman & Keith Walsh, Matt & Athena MacFarland, Page Periman, Clay Russell POINTILLISTS: A.S. Ashley, Oscar Blass, Jackie Clay, Christopher Hart, Jennifer Joy Jameson

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do it is a traveling exhibition conceived and curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, and organized by Independent Curators International (ICI), New York. The exhibition and the accompanying publication were made possible, in part by grants from the Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation, the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, and with the generous support from Project Perpetual and ICI’s International Forum and Board of Trustees.

do it Pike County is supported in part by funding from the Mississippi Arts Commission, a state agency, and in part, from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. This project is made possible, in part from grants by the Mississippi Development Authority and the City of McComb City and with the generous support from Diane Wiltshire and Triston Wilkinson.

Pike School of Art - Mississippi is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Contributions for the charitable purposes of Pike School of Art - Mississippi must be made payable to “Pike School of Art - Mississippi” and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. TAX ID #47-3838208






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