Rocco and his brothers
graphite rubbing on paper
of the freight entrance wall, ground level
350 Manhattan Ave. (aka 125 Skillman Ave.)
Brooklyn, New York.
5x23 feet
2009
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The loft building on the corner of Skillman Ave. and Manhattan Ave. in Williamsburg had slowly been vacated by the new landlords. The last standing tenants invited a few artists to do a short squat exhibition on the 4th floor. Dealing with the social history of the building and the concept of displacement, I made a large rubbing of the freight entrance wall where old inhabitants have carved their names. I also found on site the remains of a Wassily chair that I assembled as an endless strip sculpture and titled SIN FIN
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