9/10/2021 The Art Angle Podcast - featuring Simon Aldridge
This week marks the 20th anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York.
Thousands of people who worked at the trade center or who witnessed the events of 9/11, or who lost loved ones, have stories about that. Among these are the artists of the World Views Artists Residency.
In a terrible irony, the Port Authority started the residency to try to draw businesses back to unused office space following the earlier 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. Run by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, World Views gave each cohort all-hours access to the building and six months of workspace on the 91st and 92nd floors of the north tower.
As the name suggests, World Views brought applicants from around the world, drawn to the prestige of New York and the chance to make work in such a unique space with its dramatic views of the city. Naomi Ben-Shahar, Monika Bravo, Simon Aldridge, and Jeff Konigsberg were four of the 15 artists participating in the World Views Residency in 2001.
Amid the commemorations and reflections on the 20th anniversary of 9/11, we asked them to share their memories of the space, of the tragic day, and how the experience shaped their lives and work thereafter.
Simon Aldridge on BBC Radio 3 - Studio in the Sky
Looking back over the year one of the major events was the twentieth anniversary of 9/11 - I was an artist in residence there and am featured in this BBC program by Kate Bissell on the art studio artists.
BBC Radio 3 Sunday Feature: Studio in the Sky featuring Simon Aldridge
TOOLBOOK Launch Party at SOHO20
On Friday September 29th, the official launch party for Tool Book, a collaborative project by 2017 Artist in Residence, Sarah G. Sharp, will take place at SOHO20 Gallery in Brooklyn. During the event, contributors will read and perform poems, songs and other texts related to Tool Book.
Tool Book is a compilation of the texts, images and objects that edify, inspire, support and radicalize - in a time of deep uncertainty and resistance. Simon Aldridge created a special series of collaged photo drawings to be included in the book, edifying how we connect with each other in our shocking political moment, and provide a way to raise needed funds to protect our most threatened communities and values.
STREET ART TRIBUTE to Art Lost On 9/11
On September 11th a Tribute was staged to Art Lost On 9/11 by an anonymous street artist. Works by artists including Calder, Miro, Rodin, Michael Richards, Simon Aldridge, Al Held, Monika Bravo, Mahmoud Hamadani, Christian Nguyen and many others were celebrated.
Red-Hot and Newly Acquired: Recent Additions to the Collection at the Weatherspoon Art Museum
Red-Hot and Newly Acquired: Recent Additions to the Collection at the Weatherspoon Art Museum
Jun 17, 2017 - Oct 15, 2017
Featuring Artwork by Ai Weiwei, Mickalene Thomas, Tony Oursler, Simon Aldridge, Rozeal and others. The exhibition is organized by Elaine D. Gustafson, Curator of Collections.
Weatherspoon Art Museum
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Spring Garden + Tate Streets, PO Box 26170
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
Simon Aldridge
Such a fast and spectacular track must also have its victims, 2005
Oil on linen
48 x 64 in.
Landscapes after Ruskin: Redefining the Sublime - HALL ART FOUNDATION
Landscapes after Ruskin: Redefining the Sublime includes works by Adam Adach, Simon Aldridge, Joe Andoe, Richard Artschwager, Dan Attoe, Georg Baselitz, Christiane Baumgartner, Larry Bell, Joseph Beuys, Katherine Bradford, Christo, Mary Corse, Gustave Courbet, Christoph Draeger, Roe Ethridge, Spencer Finch, Eric Fischl, Andreas Gursky, Eberhard Havekost, Neil Jenney, DoDo Jin Ming, Anselm Kiefer, Carla Klein, Richard Long, Dora Longo Bahia, Florian Maier-Aichen, Tony Matelli, Carlos Motta, Bruce Nauman, Robert Overby, Raymond Pettibon, The Atlas Group/Walid Raad, Anselm Reyle, Michal Rovner, Serban Savu, Christian Schumann, Norbert Schwontkowski, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Tim Trantenroth, Debora Warner, William Wegman, Matthias Weischer, Ai Weiwei, Anke Weyer, Jane and Louise Wilson and Thomas Wrede.
Curated by Joel Sternfeld
HALL ART FOUNDATION
May 14 - November 27, 2016
Simon Aldridge at MASS MoCA
An Exchange with Sol Lewitt, MASS MoCA-Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, 2011
Simon Aldridge at BRNO Art Fair
Dvorak Sec Contemporary, Prague
BRNO 2010 Art Fair. Art works by Simon Aldridge, Martin Di Girolamo, Julian Opie and others.
Opening at DSC Gallery, Prague
Simon Aldridge in :
A Taste of Young New York, Dvorak Sec Contemporary, Prague, 2009
Itcanchange at Passerby - Gavin Brown's Enterprise
Pinata Party, Passerby, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, 2004. Curated by Itcanchange.
Featuring work by Simon Aldridge.
Site Matters - Book launch
Site Matters published by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, 2004.
ISBN: 0-9726973-1-4
Featuring work by:
Simon Aldridge, Matthew Bakkom, Sanford Biggers, Jennifer Bolande, Monika Bravo, Torsten Burns, Terence Gower, Sally Gutierrez, Patrick Meagher, Paul Pfeiffer, John Pilson, Michael Richards
Painting as Paradox - Artist's Space
Painting as Paradox, Artist's Space, New York, 2002. Catalogue. Simon Aldridge, Ellen Altfest, Judith Eisler, Karel Funk, Michael Phelan, Kelley Walker, Kehinde Wiley, and others, curated by Lauri Firstenberg.
Panel discussion - Simon Aldridge and Kehinde Wiley with Lauri Firstenberg
Catalogue
MICROVIEWS at the Municipal Art Society
Microviews, Municipal Art Society, New York, 2002. Curated by Moukhtar Kocache.
Featuring work by:
Simon Aldridge, Matthew Bakkom, Sanford Biggers, Jennifer Bolande, Monika Bravo, Torsten Burns, Terence Gower, Sally Gutierrez, Patrick Meagher, Paul Pfeiffer, John Pilson, Michael Richards
Simon Aldridge, Wade Guyton, Patrick Meagher, Kelley Walker in RETROFIT
“Foregrounding architectural illusion, Aldridge produces a delicate balance between accident and intention, structure and agency, theoretical intervention and subjective aimlessness.” - Lauri Firstenberg
Retrofit - curated by Lauri Firstenberg, Lombard-Freid Fine Art, New York, 2002 - Featuring Simon Aldridge, Wade Guyton, Patrick Meagher, Kelley Walker
The Meaning of Style - curated by Anne Ellegood
Simon Aldridge in The Meaning of Style, Brooklyn Front, Brooklyn, 2002. Curated by Anne Ellegood.
GROUNDZERO:01
Groundzero:01, 129 Lafayette, New York, 2001. Curated by Erin Donnelly and Susanna Cole.
Featuring work by:
Simon Aldridge, Larry Bamberg, Terry Haggerty, Sarah Oppenheimer, Seth McBride, Ryan McGinness, Heimo Lattner, Elizabeth Shapiro, Jean Shin
Hot Fun In The Summertime, Simon Aldridge, 2001
Detail of Hot Fun In The Summertime, Simon Aldridge, 2001
Opening - Simon Aldridge at Mark Pasek Gallery LES
Wallride and Glue Paintings, Mark Pasek Gallery, New York, 2001.
Catalogue
Essay by Sze-Tsung Leong
Hello…My Name Is, Mark Pasek Gallery, New York
Simon Aldridge, Wes Lang, FAILE, and others.
