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Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 At 12:00 pm
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Location: The Howard Art Project 1486 Dorchester Ave, Dorchester
Lucky Strike JOE JOE ORANGIAS Opening Reception: February 22, 2013 6 to 9pm Former Lucky Strike Lanes, a few blocks away from the Howard Art Project, closed almost a decade ago and is now in a state of transition. This solo exhibition features the MFA thesis project of Joe Joe Orangias. The project was initiated by his research at the Museum School and Tufts University on how architecture and design choreograph the body, and influence social experience. Focusing on the bowling alley as a distinct case of such structural influence, Orangias salvaged discarded materials from the former candlepin bowling alley. He has re-purposed these materials into a series of paintings or sculptures. In exploring the formal and environmental issues of this local infrastructure, he creates narratives and habitats that complicate understandings of art, intimacy, the body, and public space. The works depict a strong history, and simultaneously propose new futures. |