Smashing Heads

It Can Change at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise at Passersby
September 4-16, 2004
Reception & Piñata Party September 10 from 6pm until every piñata is smashed.

It Can Change will be presenting a piñata party at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise at Passersby from September 4-16, 2004.

For this project we are asking artists to contribute piñatas. From September 4-9 the piñatas will hang in the gallery unmolested. On September 10 we will invite people into the gallery for a piñata party. Each piñata will be struck with a blunt object until whatever is inside of it falls out. From September 11-16 the results of our piñata party will be on view.

As the piñatas are beaten pleasure is attained; beauty and craft are sacrificed.

During the party debris from each piñata will be collected and heat-sealed in plastic and packaged along with photographs depicting the destruction of each piñata. The photographs and bags of destroyed piñatas will serve as mementos of the actions that took place during the piñata party.

Gavin Brown’s Enterprise at Passersby
436 W. 15th StNew York, New York 10014 USA
gallery@gavinbrown.biz
Tel: (212) 627-5258
Hours: Monday-Friday 12pm-6pm