Cristin Tierney 546 West 29th Street

Opening: Friday, January 6, 6-8pm. January 6th through February 4th, 2012 Redux

I will be showing Burning the US Constitution. It is the first time this work will be shown.

Redux brings together artists Matt Calderwood, Joe Fig, Malia Jensen, Alois Kronschlaeger, Simon Lee, Dread Scott, and Jean Shin who take a second look at their art through still and moving pictures, reflecting on and re-contextualizing their work.

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Austrian Cultural Forum New York .  11 East 52nd Street

Opening: Monday, January 23, 6-8pm On view January 23rd through April 22nd, 2012 Artists Talk: January 23, 5-6pm

It’s The Political Economy, Stupid

The Austrian Cultural Forum New York is presenting an international group exhibition, curated by Oliver Ressler and Gregory Sholette. The title derives from the slogan which in the early 1990s came to define then presidential candidate Bill Clinton’s campaign, “It’s the economy, stupid”.

Artists: Linda Bilda, Zanny Begg / Oliver Ressler, Julia Christensen, Yevgeniy Fiks / Olga Kopenkina / Alexandra Lernman, FLO6x8, Melanie Gilligan, Jan Peter Hammer, Alicia Herrero, Institute For Wishful Thinking, Isa Rosenberger, Dread Scott

Screen print, 24 x 18 inches, 2011

Occupy Wall Street has brought a much welcomed breath of fresh air. Kyle Goen and I have created a set of screen prints where we connect some of the aspirations of OWS and some of its roots in the Arab Spring and occupations in Europe.  An urgent show that presents responses to Occupy Wall Street is on view at New York University’s  Gallatin Galleries. These prints are in the show as well as other work of mine that shows some of the horrors of what American democracy.  Hyperallergic blogzine writes about it here.

Archival Inkjet Print, 16 x 24 inches, 2011

Flags are Very Popular These Days”, 2011, Action with photographic documentation (archival inkjet prints), each print 16″ x 24″

Flags are Very Popular These Days is an action in which I added to the flags that are commonly found adorning overpasses above rural highways. Typically these are American flags. With this project I added flags from Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The project is both an Action and a photo project.  The flags were left after the photograph was taken.

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The show is a 30th anniversary showing at BRIC Rotunda Gallery in Brooklyn.  Details below:

BRIC Rotunda Gallery — 33 Clinton St, Brooklyn, NY

September 15 – October 29, 2011

30: A Brooklyn Salon Celebrating Thirty Years of Contemporary Art

Two very early, rarely shown photos of mine from Chicago Punk rock dance floors will be on view

The second interview is an interview with me and a few other artists from the Rotunda show.  You can see it here, on Brooklyn Independent Television

Click on the “30 Years of Contemporary Art” episode.

Flags are Popular These Days-Pakistan

Liberator magazine, an on and offline magazine, and Hyperallergic, a cutting edge art blog, have each recently published articles about my work.  Each article contains interviews with me in addition to writing by the articles authors.  The Hyperallergic article discusses Flags are Very Popular These Days, a new project of mine.

International Slavery Museum

August 23, 2011, 3pm

I’m honored to be invited to Liverpool to be on a panel for Global Slavery Remembrance Day. I will present and discuss some of my art that looks at America as experienced by the descendents of enslaved people. I will also present art that imagines a world without oppression and exploitation.

The other panelists and topics are:

Cecil Gutzmore – Haitian Revolution

Mende Nazer – Domestic Slavery

Dr Mark Ledwidge – Healing After Slavery

More info: www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

Abrons Art Center

March 6, 2011—April 16, 2011

The Days of this Society are Numbered

Inspired by a famous statement by French thinker Guy Debord, proclaiming that THE DAYS OF THIS SOCIETY ARE NUMBERED, this exhibition plays with the notion that at the beginning of the XXI century one is experiencing a period of fin de siècle, in which the state of affairs is questioned and a collective anxiety is emerging, a situation caused by the feeling of political, economic, and cultural crisis that is permeating the Western world and is creating a social entropy.

Artists: caraballo-farman (Argentina-Iran/Canada), Carolina Caycedo (Colombia), Hugo Canoilas (Portugal), Ruth Ewan (UK), John Hawke (US), Kiluanji Kia Henda (Angola), Nadja Marcin (Germany), Takashi Horisaki (Japan), Brooke Singer (US), Dread Scott (US). Curated by Miguel Amado

Dread Scott’s Money to Burn will be on view.

OPENING RECEPTION: Sunday, March 6, 2011, 6–8 p.m.

Abrons Arts Center / 466 Grand St / New York, NY 10002 / 212.598.0400

Burning the US Constitution, suite of 3 pigment prints, each 26 x 20 inches, 2011

Burning the US Constitution is a suite of 3 prints.  It is documentation of a performance where the sole action was the burning of the US Constitution.  It was performed February 2011.  The artwork references and is in part inspired by Ai Weiwei’s Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn.

Ringling College of Art & Design

February 25, 2011—April 2, 2011

Rhythm and Structure: Mathematics, Art and Poetic Reflections

A compilation of 10 two-person exhibitions exploring the connections between math-based art, music, poetry and contemporary society originally curated by mathematician/artist John Sims for the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City. The series focuses on the visual language of mathematical ideas and process as a way to explore a spectrum of themes from geometric landscapes to the socio-political.

Featured artists include Sol LeWitt, Karen Findley, John Sims, Dread Scott, Paul D. Miller (DJ Spooky), Paulus Gerdes, Ken Hiratsuka, John Hiigli, Vandorn Hinnant, Agnes Denes, Howardena Pindell, Dorothea Rockburne, and Roman Verostko. Original participating poets and performers include: Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz, Tara Betts, Robert Fitterman, Bob Holman, Pooh Kaye, Kristin Prevallet, Stephanie Strickland, Greg Tate and Kelly Tsai.

To stimulate a dialogue around the use of structure and promote reflection via the poetic lens, poets were invited to respond to the work forming the basis of a documentary film and catalog.

Dread Scott’s Poll Dance will be on view.

CURATOR TALK & PREVIEW Thurs., Feb. 24, 7 P.M.

OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, Feb. 25, 2011, 5–7 p.m. [NOTE, Dread Scott will not be present.]

United States Artist

Revolutionary Archive is a suite of paintings that utilize and transform vintage photographs from the Paris Commune, the Russian Revolution and the Chinese Revolution. This period (1871-1976) profoundly affected the world. We need to re-examine this history and learn from the spirit and vision of the revolutionaries. I recently began working on this project and I’m seeking $8,000 so I can develop it and contribute to an ongoing international conversation in the arts and beyond. For more information, including video of me discussing the work, or to make a donation, see my page on the USA site. I have some great perks available for anyone that’s interested in supporting me in this effort. If you know people who would like this, please spread the word.

FYI United States Artists is an independent arts foundation and is not affiliated with the US government—I haven’t sold out and started singing the praises of the US empire at the behest of the State Department. USA Projects is a community where recognized artists and those that love and support them can share their latest work, discover new artists, enter into a dialog with each other, and make direct donations (all of which are tax deductible) to new projects created by each artist. So in addition to supporting me, I hope you will join this community and help it grow.

Thanks for your support.