a curator's office in a micro gallery setting
now at the micro gallery
curator's office (rules)
an architectural intervention
by michael cataldi and pranay reddy
Launching off from conceptual precedents, Michael Cataldi and Pranay Reddy employ ideas of construction, destruction, and re-use in their innovative reinterpretation of urban interior space. As Cataldi and Reddy accrue and assemble refuse, the pair erects site-specific architectural structures imbued with the spontaneity of process-oriented art. Emerging out of the detritus of the particular site that each work inhabits, Cataldi and Reddy's pieces are installations and works of sculpture linked to both the space and life cycles that yield the materials that inspire their assembly. These elaborate forts evoke both the playful quality of rudimentary childhood constructions and the protective value of even the simplest architectural edifices.
View exhibition
In 2004, Cataldi and Reddy's series of forts culminated in the collaborative creation of a spectacular 1100 square foot independent gallery pavilion for Baltimore's Artscape arts festival. Hosted by Gallery Four and constructed by the artists with Baltimore artists Dustin Carlson, Chris Gladora, Jason Hughes, Nick Petr, and Janine Slaker, the large structure of the area’s detritus served a dual function as a work of art itself and as a venue for other artists to exhibit their works in.
For curator's office (rules), the Brooklyn-based artists collaborate once again to apply their unpretentious refuse aesthetic to a reinterpretation of Curator's Office as a micro-gallery and functioning office. This site-specific architectural intervention draws upon the detritus produced specifically by the gallery building and surrounding 14th Street area construction projects to redesign the space.
Cataldi and Reddy are both 2004 graduates of Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore, MD. They currently work and reside in Brooklyn, NY.
Read the Washington Post review by Jessica Dawson
Read the Washington City Paper review by Jeffery Cudlin