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“3 Legged Race”: Harlem, Art, and Community

Join us for a special screening of never-before-seen archival footage on the occasion of “Nari Ward: We the People.” The footage, shot by artist Marcel Odenbach, documents the creation of the 1996 exhibition “3 Legged Race,” which featured the work of Odenbach, Nari Ward, and Janine Antoni. The three artists organized this site-specific show in an abandoned firehouse on 141st Street in Harlem in an effort to make contemporary art accessible and open to the local community. A New York Times review from that time called the project “an example of the way art ought to go and is increasingly going: out of galleries and museums and into the world.”

Following the screening, Ward, Antoni, and Odenbach will discuss their experiences working outside traditional institutional spaces and will consider how Harlem’s community and radical history have informed artistic practice through its numerous cultural, racial, and economic transformations.











When: Sat., Feb. 16, 2019 at 3:00 pm
Where: New Museum
235 Bowery
212-219-1222
Price: General Admission $15; Members $10
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Join us for a special screening of never-before-seen archival footage on the occasion of “Nari Ward: We the People.” The footage, shot by artist Marcel Odenbach, documents the creation of the 1996 exhibition “3 Legged Race,” which featured the work of Odenbach, Nari Ward, and Janine Antoni. The three artists organized this site-specific show in an abandoned firehouse on 141st Street in Harlem in an effort to make contemporary art accessible and open to the local community. A New York Times review from that time called the project “an example of the way art ought to go and is increasingly going: out of galleries and museums and into the world.”

Following the screening, Ward, Antoni, and Odenbach will discuss their experiences working outside traditional institutional spaces and will consider how Harlem’s community and radical history have informed artistic practice through its numerous cultural, racial, and economic transformations.

Buy tickets/get more info now