SINGING IN UNISON PART 10 Loren Munk & James Kalm Curated by Phong Bui and Cal McKeever at RUTTKOWSK

Описание: James Kalm has, from the beginnings of the James Kalm Report, never posted a program on the work of his alter ego, Loren Munk. As a conceptual project the Kalm Report had rules that your correspondent maintained for the nearly twenty years. With no warning or recourse, last year’s “termination” of the Kalm Report from YouTube, your reporter realized that, whatever his best intentions, the ultimate fate of his and all other content on this platform is tentative at best. So, when Phong Bui, and Cal McKeever and the Brooklyn Rail Curatorial Project proposed to RUTTOWSKI;68 an historic survey of Loren Munk’s map paintings, and the YouTube videos of James Kalm, the artist decided to make an exception to the rules, and use this rare opportunity, to use his own channel to document, and expose the show.

“SINGING IN UNISON PART 10 Loren Munk & James Kalm (In Loving Memory of Neeli Cherkovski)” presents twelve map paintings, created over the past 25 years depicting various neighborhoods, and creative enclaves that have helped form the New York art world. From a diagram focusing on a single street, East 10th, to a massive map of SoHo containing over 100 galleries and 400 artists and their addresses, these maps capture various aspects of a community’s epic presence in time, and space. Arrays of video monitors play loops of several dozen programs from the massive archive of over 1700 YouTube videos. Many programs capture images of friends and acquaintances who were essential members of our paint-head tribe who have since passed away. This program was recorded October 17, November 15-16, 2024. #jameskalmreport #jameskalmroughcut #lorenmunk

A discussion panel moderated by Phong H. Bui with Kathrine Bradford, Rico Gatson and Loren Munk, was held at the RUTTKOWSKI;68 gallery November 8, 2024, and was recorded by the Brooklyn Rail. It can be viewed here:

   • Loren Munk in conversation with Katherine ...