Pictured here is an in-progress installation view of Rirkrit Tiravanija’s Untitled 1992 (Free), which was originally exhibited at 89 Greene Street in the former 303 Gallery space in 1992. 303 Gallery was on the second floor at 89 Greene Street, just a few feet from Matta-Clark’s Open House site. In that exhibition, Tiravanija took the contents of the entire gallery – kitchen, storeroom, bathroom and office – and publicly deposited/displayed them in the main gallery space. In what had been the gallery office, he set up a provisional kitchen where Thai curry was cooked and served to visitors. Taking his historical cues not only from distinctly non-Western Thai traditions, but also from Alan Kaprow, Michael Asher, and Matta-Clark, Tiravanija’s seminal exhibition helped create a pivitol moment of rupture from the wealth and abundance of the previous decade. For this exhibition, Tiravanija will make a ghost of the 89 Greene Street space in plywood. The kitchen – which will include the same stools, tables, cookers, pots, pans, and refrigerator, along with the same 15-year old food waste – will be used and shown in what will be the “office.” Untitled 1992 (Free) will be exhibited for the first time in New York since 1992.
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Untitled 1992 (Free)
1992-2007
Refrigerator, table, chairs, wood, drywall, food, and miscellaneous garbage
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TIRRI0001
show full screen
1992-2007
Refrigerator, table, chairs, wood, drywall, food, and miscellaneous garbage
Image Size: variable
TIRRI0001
show full screen