Press Release: Wickerham & Lomax Pop-Up Exhibit in Union Market
CULTURALDC LAUNCHES TIME CAPSULE, NEW POP-UP EXHIBIT BY WICKERHAM & LOMAX
The Baltimore-based arts duo kicks off Ex(Change), CulturalDC’s 2019-2020 Mobile Arts Program Season in partnership with the Union Market District and EDENS
Washington, DC – Wickerham & Lomax - an award-winning artistic duo based in Baltimore - will stage the inaugural exhibit of CulturalDC’s 2019-2020 Mobile Arts Program Season, Ex(Change) in the Union Market District this November.
Known for their provocative multimedia work, Wickerham and Lomax’s Time Capsule examines the impact of digitization on identity in three parts:
Spootique, a pop-up exhibit at Union Market concentrating on corporeal change and its intersection with new media.
Souf Care & Souf Defense, a published poetry collection that examines what it means to be loved, sensitive and curious in the digital age.
Now in its third season, CulturalDC’s Mobile Arts Program challenges the limitations of traditional art spaces and brings relevant, accessible art directly to local audiences. Ex(Change), the 2019-2020 Mobile Arts season, unites artists who are actively redefining personal and socio-political narratives through a cross-cultural lens.
“As creative trendsetters in multi-media art, Wickerham & Lomax exemplify CulturalDC’s goal to engage our neighbors with relevant, high-quality work. We look forward to our continuing relationship with regional artists and home-grown hubs like Union Market,” says Kristi Maiselman, executive director of CulturalDC.
The opening of Time Capsule will be held on November 22 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the pop-up CulturalDC gallery located at 1258 4th St NE in the Union Market District. Time Capsule’s pop-up exhibit is free and open to the public Wednesday-Saturday: 11-8pm and Sunday: 11-6pm until January 12, 2020. In partnership with the Union Market District and EDENS, with additional support from Margaret Allen & Phil Perkins.
A free community events will complement Wickerham & Lomax’s exhibition: reading of poetry book entitled Souf Care & Souf Defense in collaboration with pop-up opera (pOPERA) with The In Series on Thursday, December 12 in the evening at 1258 4th St NE.
ABOUT CULTURALDC
CulturalDC (www.culturaldc.org) sees the arts as a driving force in building sustainable communities across Washington, DC. We provide a wide range of programs and services that support artists’ ability to live and work in the city. We give audiences access to affordable and accessible cutting-edge visual and performing art from artists living and working today. Since 1998, CulturalDC has brokered more than 300,000 square feet of artist space, including the Arts Walk at Monroe Street Market, Atlas Performing Arts Center, GALA Hispanic Theatre, Source Theatre and Woolly Mammoth Theatre. In addition to providing space, we facilitate opportunities for and present innovative visual, performing and multidisciplinary artists. CulturalDC’s Mobile Art Gallery is DC’s first moveable artspace and a commitment to use art as a catalyst to build community. Each year, CulturalDC serves more than 1,000 artists and welcomes 40,000 audience members and participants who patron local businesses and contribute an estimated $1 million to the local economy. Facebook: CulturalDC Instagram: @cultural_dc Twitter: @Cultural_DC
ABOUT WICKERHAM & LOMAX
Wickerham & Lomax is the collaborative name of Baltimore-based artists Daniel Wickerham (b. Columbus, Ohio, 1986) and Malcolm Lomax (b. Abbeville, South Carolina, 1986). Their practice is based on the accelerated exchange of frivolous information, gossip, and codified language that crystallizes into accessible forms in hopes of giving dignity to that exchange. Recent exhibitions by Wickerham & Lomax include The Writers Room at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, Baltimore, MD (2018); DUOX4Odell’s: You’ll Know If You Belong, commissioned by Neighborhood Lights, Light City, Baltimore (2017); Uncool at Terrault Contemporary, Baltimore (2016); Take Karaoke: A Proposition for Performance Art at Brown University, Providence, RI (2015); the Sondheim Prize Finalist Exhibition, Baltimore (2015); Girth Proof at Dem Passwords, Los Angeles (2015); the premiere of Encore in the AFTALYFE at the Artists Space booth, Frieze NY 2014; and BOY’Dega: Edited4Syndication for New Museum’s First Look series; DUOX4Larkin, Artists Space, New York (2012). Wickerham & Lomax are the 2015 winners of the $25,000 Janet and Walter Sondheim Prize.
ABOUT THE UNION MARKET DISTRICT
The Union Market District is a place where businesses of all sizes launch, scale and innovate; a place for creative minds and businesses to connect, thrive, discover and make D.C. their own. Located a short walk from the United States Capitol and NoMa/Gallaudet Metro station, the Union Market District is a 45- acre historic urban development where, at its core, sits the acclaimed food market, Union Market. Since opening in September 2012, Union Market has created its own thriving international community now averaging nearly 3 million visitors annually. With Michelin-recognized restaurants and retail concepts from both coasts, the District has hosted more than 500 pop-ups and events, attracting new concepts from YouTube Space to online retail powerhouse Everlane. The Union Market District is also home to several artists in residence, including John Dreyfuss, Maggie Michael and Dan Steinhilber. Since 2013, Union Market has partnered with local, national and international artists including The Hirshhorn, IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 7, 2019 Yoko Ono, Mr. Brainwash, Creative Time’s exhibit of Darius Frank, No Kings Collective, Brooke Bronner, Bryon Summers, Creative Theory and local KIPP art students. A contemporary Latin American market, La Cosecha, opened in the District in September 2019 on 4th Street. For more information about the Union Market District, please visit www.unionmarketdc.com or follow @UnionMarketDC on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.
ABOUT EDENS
EDENS is a retail real estate owner, operator and developer of a nationally leading portfolio of 125 places. Our purpose is to enrich community through human engagement. We know that when people come together, they feel a part of something bigger than themselves and prosperity follows— economically, socially, culturally and soulfully. EDENS has 250 employees across offices in key markets including Washington, D.C., Boston, Dallas, New York, Atlanta, Miami, Charlotte, Houston and Denver. For additional information about the company and its retail real estate portfolio, visit www.edens.com or follow @WeAreEDENS.
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