6:30 p.m.

This event has been rescheduled and will now be held on Wednesday, November 28.  All tickets for September 26 will be honored.  We apologize for any inconvenience.

The built environment has long been a source of inspiration to contemporary artists. From Gordon Matta-Clark's abandoned building "cuts" to Doris Salcedo's site-specific interventions and Dan Graham's Pavilions, artists have utilized architecture as a means to engage the public.  This fall, Public Art Fund presents a series of talks by a new generation of artists whose work engages the built environment as both a point of departure and source of inspiration. Drawing on elements of architectural and design history-including Modernism, Brutalism, and even DIY construction-these artists address the psychological, social, and cultural significance of the urban landscape.

Oscar Tuazon's large-scale sculptures and architectural interventions address architecture, minimalism, and utilitarian constructions of outsider communities. Comprised of a combination of natural and industrial elements, his structures deal with the structural limits of materials, creating tension with the spaces they inhabit. His new Public Art Fund exhibition, People, is on view at Brooklyn Bridge Park from July 18, 2012 to April 2013. The exhibition features three sculptures that respond to the park's physical landscape and incorporate concrete and tree trunks.

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Oscar Tuazon was born in 1975 in Seattle, Washington and currently lives and works in Paris. He studied at the Cooper Union School of Art and attended the Whitney Museum of America Art Independent Study Program, New York. In 2011, he presented his work at the 54^th Venice Biennale, and most recently, his work was included in the 2012 Whitney Biennial. Recent solo exhibitions include The Power Station, Dallas (2011); Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (2010); Künsthalle Bern (2010); Künstlerhaus Stuttgart (2010); Seattle Art Museum (2008); and the Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2007).

* Public Art Fund Talks at The New School are organized by the Public Art Fund in collaboration with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School, presented on occasion of the Vera List Center's 2011-2013 focus theme "Thingness."

Image caption:

Oscar Tuason, People, 2012. Sugar maple tree, concrete,  metal basketball, backboard and
hoop. Photographed by Jason Wyche.

Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street

Admission:
$10 single talk; $20 series (3 talks); free to all students with valid ID Tickets may be purchased on the day of each talk but we recommend purchasing in advance

Single event purchases can be made online at any time at the New School Box Office. Series and discounted tickets must still be made in person or over the phone at The New School Box Office at 66 West 12th Street, main floor, Monday-Thursday 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., and Friday 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. The box office opens the first day of classes and closes after the last paid event of each semester. Reservations and inquiries can be made by emailing boxoffice@newschool.edu or calling 212.229.5488.

For events scheduled during the summer term, the box office will open one hour before each event.