The UBS Art Gallery
1285 Avenue of the Americas @ 52nd Street

August 7 – October 31, 2008
Opening Reception August 7, 6 – 8pm

Curated by Jodie Vicenta Jacobson for The Horticultural Society of New York

IMPLANT is a contemporary art exhibition riffing on ideas presented by Michael Pollan in his book, The Botany of Desire. Artists in the exhibition are Darren Almond, Lothar Baumgarten, Judith Belzer, Dale Berning, Carol Bove, Stan Brakhage, Julia Margaret Cameron, Ian Campbell, Nick Cave, CAW + NG, Peter Coffin, Sharon Core, Ann Craven, Tacita Dean, William Eggleston, Roe Ethridge, Jane Freilicher, Robert Gober, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Amy Granat, Zach Harris, Susannah Hewlett, Carston Holler, Katie Holten, Ellsworth Kelly, Karen Kilmnik, Jude Miller, David Melrose, John O, Hiroko Ohno, Dennis Oppenheim, Edgar Orlaineta, Gabriel Orozco, Guiseppe Penone, Pipilotti Rist, Gino Saccone, Jim Sams, Hiraki Sawa, Roman Signer, Simon Starling, Helen Van Meene, Klaus Weber, James Welling, Carol Woodin, Francesca Woodman.

Click here to read more about IMPLANT.

IMPLANT PERFORMANCE/SCREENING CALENDAR
Coming soon.

LECTURE IN CONJUNCTION WITH IMPLANT:
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center and The Horticultural Society of New York present:
Michael Pollan
“Taking the Plant’s Point of View”

Friday, August 8, 2008
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
22-25 Jackson Avenue
Long Island City, NY 11101

6:30PM: Exclusive HSNY members reception
7:00PM: Doors open to the public
7:30PM: Lecture begins

This event is free and open to the public.