Kim Schoenstadt, Lake Powell Series: Site Plan 4 (Orange), 2007, archival ink-jet photograph with spray paint, pen, oil pastel, gouache, 47 x 34 1/4 inches

Inspired by the conceptual art exhibition Art By Telephone (Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 1969), in which participants phoned in their specifications for their works of art, artists Kim Schoenstadt and Rita McBride will exchange instructions to create their respective artworks in their first two-person U.S. museum exhibition. Schoenstadt will create McBride’s work at SMMoA according to the instructions, while McBride will similarly execute Schoenstadt’s work at Alexander and Bonin in New York from May 9 through June 13, 2009