LONG ISLAND CITY.- P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center presents Altered, Stitched and Gathered, an exhibition that brings together artists exploring or transforming familiar objects and social practices through a deliberate methodology. The exhibition, curated and produced entirely by the museum's assistant staff, is on view in the Third Floor Main Galleries through January 22, 2007.

Each artist utilizes a step-by-step production process. Be it implied, seemingly spontaneous, or unnervingly rigorous – each leads to outcomes that range from the humorous to the politically charged. Though their methods vary, they stem from similar sensibilities – the serial formalism of Conceptual art and the calculated yet DIY nature of 1960s Fluxus practices.

Commenting on the intended uses of the original and how it was produced, the works in the exhibition question accepted notions of practicality and impracticality, recollection and fabrication. Early examples exploring these themes, such as Yoko Ono's poetic instructional work and Ben Vautier's inventive musical composition, are presented with more recent work. Included is are Serkan Özkaya's hand-rendered newspaper covers; corporate logos arranged in Moorish patterns by Gunilla Klingberg; Cornelia Parker's steamrolled and suspended silverware; and Shinique Smith's site-specific installation of clothing and fabric. Artists also include Ai Weiwei, Ann Böttcher, Vija Celmins, Jacob Dahlgren, Tom Friedman, Sharon Hayes, Emily Jacir, Guillermo Kuitca, Dinh Q. Lé, Li Songsong, Rä di Martino, Ola Pehrson, Zoë Sheehan Saldaña, Paul Salveson, Stephanie Syjuco, Jacques Villeglé and David Wojnarowicz.

"We have temporarily given the reins of power to the next generation," says P.S.1 founding Director Alanna Heiss. "P.S.1 has a long history of offering opportunities to young and emerging artists. With Altered, Stitched and Gathered, this tradition is extended to young talent within the institution with each junior staff member taking on the role of his or her senior counterpart, developing every aspect of the show."

Altered, Stitched and Gathered is organized by Christopher Y. Lew, Erica Papernik, and Elna Svenle with Jelena Kristic as project director. Exhibitions at P.S.1 are made possible by the Annual Exhibition Fund with support from Peter Norton and the Peter Norton Family Foundation, Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Lawton W. Fitt and James I. McLaren Foundation, Marie-Josèe and Henry Kravis, Jerry I. Speyer and Katherine G. Farley, Philip Aarons and Shelley Fox Aarons, Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr., Lily Auchincloss Foundation, J. Christopher Daly and Sheldrake Organization Inc., Rosa and Gilberto Sandretto, David Teiger, Michel Zaleski, Enzo Viscusi, Sue & Edgar Wachenheim Foundation, The Broad Art Foundation, Mimi and Peter Haas Fund, Dennis W. LaBarre, Julia Stoschek, Pamela and Richard Kramlich, Richard Anderman, Paul Beirne, Douglas S. Cramer, L. Matthew and Elizabeth Quigley, Mathis-Pfohl Foundation, SilverCup Studios, Yellow Book U.S.A., The Friends of Education in honor of Peter Norton and Gwen Adams, and The Contemporary Arts Council and The Junior Associates of The Museum of Modern Art. Time Out New York is the official print partner of exhibitions and public programs at P.S.1.