David D’Ostilio: The Chopping Block

The Chopping Block | Installation/ Performance | Press | Press Release

March 3 – March 27, 2013
Opening reception : March 2, 7-9pm
Performances: March 2 (7-9pm); March 9, March 16, March 23 (2-6pm)
Closing party: March 28, 7-9pm

David D’Ostilio presents “The Chopping Block,” an installation with a performative element, that will occur every Saturday March 2 through March 27.

D’Ostilio will demonstrate the skills and rites that his grandfather, a carpenter, teacher, and artist, taught him. “The Chopping Block” is both an homage to his own past and a critique of perceived notions about gender roles. The artist will play the role of lumberjack, donning stereotypical clothing and sawing a 10-foot long log into smaller pieces with his grandfather’s saw. He will chop the stumps into firewood with an antique, hand-made axe.

During gallery hours outside of the performances, the artifacts of his actions will be displayed along with his tools and documentation of the event. The exhibition will challenge notions of beauty and identity, questioning where we came from and where we are going. D’Ostilio believes that “the presentation of various mediums in conjunction with each other encourages us to think not only about our perceptions of work versus art, but also about our own senses, resources, energy, and time.”

D’Ostilio works in a variety of mediums including installation, printmaking, painting, and drawing. He has curated for the Exquisite Corpse Festival in New York in both 2011 and 2013. His paintings and drawings have also been twice featured in the Phillips de Pury staff show. D’Ostilio has performed at multiple venues, including the Brick and Bric-a-Brac theaters in Brooklyn. Additionally, his works are a part of the Moravian College permanent collection in Bethlehem, PA.

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upcoming

Keith Miller: Trees
Elizabeth Spavento: We Know Not Exactly Where or How
Katarina Poliacikova
Katerina Marcelja

past

MARGRETHE AANESTAD: HEREIN – Installation shots
David D’Ostilio: The Chopping Block
Stefanie Koseff: To The Deep
Michael Poetschko: Zona
Soup Kitchen 2012
Kathleen Vance: From the Woods
Nick Kline: Gilgo Beach
Soap Box Camp and Derby 2012
Patrick Cadenhead: Spring and Renewal
Felipe Mujica: One day this will NOT be yours
BETWEEN MOUNTAIN
Between Mountain – part 2
Peter Feigenbaum
The Meeting
Karl Spörk, Another Meeting
Leigh Davis: The Burrow (H.H.)
Evan Robarts and James Moore: the cave
Sara Bouchard: The News: Monday-Friday, Parts 1 & 2
Open Source 2011
Open Source Soup Kitchen
Borderland Collective
Jason Reppert: Parlor Tricks
Felipe Mujica: One Day This Will All Be Yours
Green Idea Pool
James Leonard – 927 Days at Sea
Soap Box Derby 2011
The Mobile-kitchen-table-cart on tour
riepl & co marianas trench discoveries inc
Naoe Suzuki and Dramahound Productions: Mi Tigre, My Lover
Associated
Raphaela Riepl: adorable steamed sea urchin
Allison Read Smith: Thugs
Margrethe Aanestad: Herein
Open Source Gallery 2008-2010
Soup Kitchen 2010
Pirmin Hagen: First
Nobuko: wa
ORFI nyc: live gig 2010
Peter Feigenbaum “Trainset Ghetto: Streetsmart”
Images NYC