Marco Maggi: American Ream and Nathan Cordero: This is Not Site-Specific

Location(s)

The Warehouse Gallery, 350 W. Fayette St., ground floor, Syracuse, NY 13202

Tel 315.443.6450; Fax 315.443.6494; www.thewarehousegallery.syr.edu

Admission Free. Hours: Tues-Sat. noon-6pm; Third Thursdays noon-8pm.

Marco Maggi: American Ream (Main gallery) and Nathan Cordero: This is Not Site-Specific (Window Projects at The Warehouse Gallery), September 17-November 7, 2009

A public opening reception from 5-8 p.m. will be held September 17, 2009

Artist talk: 17 September, 7:30 p.m. Ken Solomon will speak about his collaboration with Marco Maggi

Round-table discussion Drawing Today: Marco Maggi and Issues of 21st Century Contemporary Art: 15 October, 6 p.m. Participating panelists include Patricia Phillips, Dean of Graduate Studies, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD); Osvaldo Romberg, Artist; Professor at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, and Senior Curator at Slought Foundation; and Nicolas de Warren Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Wellesley College. Moderator: Douglas Quin, Associate Professor, Department of Television, Radio and Film, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University.

Uruguayan-born, New Paltz-based Marco Maggi is best known for his use of everyday materials on which he inscribes a vocabulary that evokes Aztec culture and the art of Joaquín Torres-García. By focusing on visual codes (such as repeated visual symbols that only suggest objects), spatiality, and the political connotations of maps, Maggi's work also reflects Latin American traditions and concerns expressed by many contemporary artists. American Ream (The Warehouse Gallery) and Slow Scandal (The Point of Contact Gallery) are the result of a partnership between both organizations and feature media that the artist chose as a means of responding to both spaces. Also on view Nathan Cordero: This is Not Site-Specific (Window Projects). Syracuse-based, self-taught Nathan Cordero moved recently from Sacramento, California, where he worked primarily in public art. For the Window Projects at The Warehouse Gallery, Cordero has covered the wall with paintings that refer to urban art while also creating an assemblage (through the inclusion of everyday objects into the artwork). An excellent draftsman, his art is about self-expression, protest, and the desire to take street art into the galleries.