In Conversation
Adam McEwen
Thyrza Nichols Goodeve
Monday, June 22, 2020, 1pm EDT
Adam McEwen will speak with writer Thyrza Nichols Goodeve as part of the Brooklyn Rail’s Daily Social Environment series. The pair will discuss McEwen’s practice within the context of art-making today, including his film Escape from New York (2014) and fictional obituaries of living people. To register for the online event, visit brooklynrail.org.
Escape from New York, which captures the monotonous, almost hypnotic experience of speeding outbound through the four major tunnels in the island of Manhattan, is currently on view through the windows of Gagosian, Park & 75, New York.
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548 West 22nd Street, New York
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Adam McEwen signing copies of his book Sidewalks at the Gagosian Shop, New York, 2022
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Sidewalks
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