RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA, Chelsea, April 28, 2006

Rirkrit was photographed on his way to the
OLAFUR ELASSON opening, Spring 2006, at TANYA BONAKDAR.

GAVIN BROWN at the recent DARA FRIEDMAN opening, 'Tigertail', Gavin Brown's enterprise, April 14, 2007

DAVID ZWIRNER (center) at the LUC TUYMANS opening. DAVID ZWIRNER GALLERY, Oct 4, 2005

more archival photos from the LUC TUYMANS opening

approaching the RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA installation, a recreation of 'Untitled 1992 (Free)'. Presented by Gavin Brown's enterprise and David Zwirner, in the new DAVID ZWIRNER street front annex, March 31, 2007

that's the GORDON MATTA-CLARK dumpster/container multi-person 'dwelling' off to the right, with the graffiti scrawlings.

RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA, 'Untitled 1992 (Free)'. DAVID ZWIRNER, March 31, 2007

the show is up until May 5, 2007 so there's still time to stroll down and get a free (and delicious) THAI curry lunch, BUT they only make a certain amount of food each day, and when it's gone that's it, so it's best to go early on weekends.

RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA,
'Untitled 1992 (Free)',
DAVID ZWIRNER, March 31, 2007

from inside looking back onto the street. formerly a garage - the gallery structure maintains its large street access with a big glass wall, above. the equally large entrance is just cut off, at the right, but you can see it in the last photo, at the bottom.

RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA, 'Untitled (Free)', the table where you serve yourself rice, pick up plates, cutlery, and cups of water.
DAVID ZWIRNER, March 31, 2007

RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA, 'Untitled 1992 (Free)', that's the original fridge from the 1992 installation, on the right. the food is being kept hot in the huge metal pots on portable burners. apparently all the waste from the original installation has been saved too, preserved in plastic bags, which are stacked up and displayed in a back room of this 2007 recreation.
DAVID ZWIRNER, March 31, 2007

for this exhibit, 15 years later, Rirkrit built a 'ghost' recreation of the former 303 Gallery (located on Greene St, in Soho) - where 'Untitled 1992 (Free)' first exhibited, using all the original kitchen accesories, which apparently had been carefully archived.

that's a glimpse of the GORDON MATTA-CLARK dumpster dwelling, 'Open House' 1972, in the "window space" opening.

a gallery assistant keeps the food warm on the original archival burners.
RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA,
'Untitled 1992 (Free)',
DAVID ZWIRNER, March 31, 2007

for this 2007 exhibit ... "TIRAVANIJA will make a ghost of the 89 Greene Street space in plywood. The kitchen - will include the same stools, tables, cookers, pots, pans and refrigerator ..." (press release)

. . you serve yourself from the big shiny pots, hot spicy Thai curry, YUM!!
RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA,
'Untitled 1972 (Free)',
DAVID ZWIRNER,
March 31, 2007

looking out on the street, from inside the eating area, you can just make out the new GEHRY building across the street. (West 19th Street, bet 10 and 11 Ave). RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA
'Untitled 1992 (Free)',
DAVID ZWIRNER, March 31, 2007

on a clear and sunny day, yes .. the glass walls, are white ! GEHRY building, West 19th St, seen from the RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA installation, 'Untitled 1992 (Free)', DAVID ZWIRNER, March 31, 2007

parts of the glass walls are opaque white, while still seeming translucent, while mid-wall sections, on each floor, are more typical transparent glass window areas. the recently finished GEHRY building on 19th St. seen from the RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA installation, DAVID ZWIRNER GALLERY,
March 31, 2007

this is the first FRANK GEHRY building in New York, and is the new headquarters of the Barry Diller IAC/InteractiveCorp.

back inside the 2007 RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA recreation of 'Untitled 1992 (Free)', actually way back in the extensive 'ghost' gallery corridor, looking towards the eating area facing the street, DAVID ZWIRNER, March 31, 2007

inside the ghost structure.
RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA, 'Untitled 1992 (Free)' - it was being assembled during show's earliest weeks.
DAVID ZWIRNER, March 31, 2007

the construction crew wasn't there on the weekend, but their presence can be felt. RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA, 'Untitled 1992 (Free)', DAVID ZWIRNER, March 31, 2007

the GORDON MATTA-CLARK film, 'Open House' (1972), in which a street dumpster can be seen gleefully transformed into a down & dirty alternative 'tenement-in a-dumpster/container' urban dwelling, is projected onto the wall, in the work area just back of the TRAVANIJA 'ghost' gallery structure. DAVID ZWIRNER,
March 31, 2007

a continuous loop projection of the 1972 GORDON MATTA-CLARK 'Open House' street documentary runs in the area back of the TIRAVANIJA 'ghost' gallery,
DAVID ZWIRNER, March 31, 2007

the view towards the TIRAVANIJA structure from the GORDON MATTA-CLARK dumpster.
DAVID ZWIRNER, March 31, 2007

GORDON MATTA-CLARK, a 2007 recreation of 'Open House' 1972, a dumster multi-dwelling, seen from the side, framed by the TIRAVANIJA eating area 'window' ..
DAVID ZWIRNER, March 31, 2007

the front of the GORDON MATTA-CLARK installation - a recreation of his 'Open House' 1972, originally located, back in the day, in the street outside 89 Greene St in Soho. can it really be 35 years ago !! the concept hasn't lost any of its edge, at all.
DAVID ZWIRNER, March 31, 2007

where the large '88' is scrawled is the front door!

. . the doorway in,
GORDON MATTA-CLARK, 'Open House' 1972,
DAVID ZWIRNER,
March 31, 2007

. . going in, audience participation was the key common factor in both installations, GORDON MATTA-CLARK, 'Open House' 1972, DAVID ZWIRNER, March 31, 2007

RYAN ROA, an MFA grad student at HUNTER, is caught up in the interior web of tiny cubicles.
GORDON MATTA-CLARK, 'Open House' 1972, DAVID ZWIRNER, March 31, 2007

.. real doors off the interior maze of hallways, ..yes, hallways, PLURAL!, led into tiny, tiny rooms. GORDON MATTA-CLARK, 'Open House' 1972. DAVID ZWIRNER, March 31, 2007

it was hard to believe once you were outside again, that you had only walked thru such a small space, in terms of total square footage, it seemed impossibe that it hadn't been built in at least 2 dumpsters - joined together, but it wasn't - just one typical NYC street dumpster.

detail of an interior doorway.
GORDON MATTA-CLARK, 'Open House' 1972,
DAVID ZWIRNER,
March 31, 2007

detail of an interior passageway,
GORDON MATTA-CLARK, 'Open House' 1972,
DAVID ZWIRNER,
March 31, 2007

.. someone scrawled a contemporary slogan ..."MURDER BAIRD JONES" - GORDON MATTA CLARK, 'Open House' 1972, DAVID ZWIRNER, March 31, 2007

we didn't witness evidence of this, but supposedly gallery goers were allowed to add graffiti ?!! (it was a recreation anyways - not an archival relic. actually, the graffiti as is, looks pretty authentic for a recreation. it really shouldn't be allowed to get completely out of hand. its pretty good as it is - at this point) GORDON MATTA-CLARK,
'Open House' 1972,
DAVID ZWIRNER, March 31, 2007

. ."BE HERE NOW" - note the arabic script, another contemporary flourish, we doubt was in the original. !!
GORDON MATTA-CLARK,
'Open House' 1972,
DAVID ZWIRNER, MARCH 31, 2007

. . when you exit, you are definitely a little disoriented.
GORDON MATTA-CLARK, 'Open House' 1972,
DAVID ZWIRNER, March 31, 2007

looking towards the RIKRIT TIRAVANIJA piece, and the street access, one last time, from the GORDON MATTA-CLARK dumpster side. 'GORDON MATTA CLARK - RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA', DAVID ZWIRNER,
March 31, 2007

you can just make out the large open entranceway, of the new gallery annex, at the (upper) left side.

the front image of the card: 'View during the filming of 'Open House', 98 Greene Street,
New York, NY, 1972:
'GORDON MATTA-CLARK - RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA',
Presented by Gavin Brown's enterprise and David Zwirner

March 21 through May 5, 2007,
DAVID ZWIRNER, 519 West 19th Street.

believe that is Gordon Matta-Clark himself, under the black umbrella on the right.

the back of the card: an archival photo of the former 303 Gallery on Greene St, (that was Lisa Spellman's office), corner of Prince. Soho, NYC
'GORDON MATTA-CLARK - RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA',
March 21 - May 5, 2007
Presented by Gavin Brown's enterprise and David Zwirner, DAVID ZWIRNER, Chelsea, NYC

come to think of it, GAVIN BROWN actually worked for LISA SPELLMAN as a Gallery Assistant/Associate Director back in the day, early 90's.