Works on Paper on Fridges
Works on Paper on Fridges is an international survey of artworks made on paper substrate鈥攇ouaches, ballpoint pen drawings, oil on cotton rag, collages, prints, charcoal drawings, photograms, rubbings, sketches in colored pencil, oilstick, flashe on cardboard, etc鈥攈ung with magnets on identical brand new full size Whirlpool refrigerators temporarily installed in our New York gallery for the duration of the show. 99 artworks by 66 artists from 33 countries on 22 fridges: Works on Paper on Fridges looks at the many conflicting modalities of the paper artwork: preparatory drawing; site of discovery; fragile, ephemeral thing to be protected; castoff, shy notebook page; primary, time honored support, monument to all that can happen in the space of a single millimeter. The inclusion of domestic appliances identifies the gallery as a site for the consideration of networks of exchange and modulation, and points to the delicate balance of functional systems that create habitability in an urban environment. Using them to display small artworks furthermore speaks to the notion of living with art, and invites participating artists to meditate equally on the relationship between the home, studio, and city, as the one between the mind and the hand.
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Works on Paper on Fridges is an international survey of artworks made on paper substrate鈥攇ouaches, ballpoint pen drawings, oil on cotton rag, collages, prints, charcoal drawings, photograms, rubbings, sketches in colored pencil, oilstick, flashe on cardboard, etc鈥攈ung with magnets on identical brand new full size Whirlpool refrigerators temporarily installed in our New York gallery for the duration of the show. 99 artworks by 66 artists from 33 countries on 22 fridges: Works on Paper on Fridges looks at the many conflicting modalities of the paper artwork: preparatory drawing; site of discovery; fragile, ephemeral thing to be protected; castoff, shy notebook page; primary, time honored support, monument to all that can happen in the space of a single millimeter. The inclusion of domestic appliances identifies the gallery as a site for the consideration of networks of exchange and modulation, and points to the delicate balance of functional systems that create habitability in an urban environment. Using them to display small artworks furthermore speaks to the notion of living with art, and invites participating artists to meditate equally on the relationship between the home, studio, and city, as the one between the mind and the hand.
Artists on show
- Abigail DeVille
- Alexa Hawksworth
- Bayan Kiwan
- Betty Bailey
- Corina Dorrego
- Daisuke Fukunaga
- David X. Levine
- Delphine Hennelly
- Dmitri Hertz
- Ella Kruglyanskaya
- Ella Rose Flood
- Emily Rose Wright
- Emma Rose Schwartz
- Enzo Iwase
- Erica Vincenzi
- Francesca Dolor
- Isa Schieche
- Isabel Cavenecia
- J.A. Feng
- Jack Jubb
- Jacques Flechemuller
- Jacques Louis Vidal
- Joe Greer
- Joey Frank
- Johannes Högbom
- Julia Dzwonkoski
- Justin Fitzpatrick
- Kalina Winters
- Karl Haendel
- Katarina Janeckova Walshe
- Kate Levant
- Kayla Ephros
- Kian McKeown
- Kim Neudorf
- Leonel Salguero
- Lina McGinn
- Loren Erdrich
- Marina Pinsky
- Marlene Frontera
- Mary Herbert
- Matt Reiner
- Max Popov
- Michael Berryhill
- Miko艂aj Sobczak
- Miles Huston
- Mónica Heller
- Monika Chlebek
- Nicholas Grafia
- Nschotschi Haslinger
- Owen Rival
- Penny Davenport
- Philip Garner
- Plum Cloutman
- Rachel Rosheger
- Robert Kraiss
- Samantha Roth
- Santiago Licata
- Sebastian Hidalgo
- Shai Yehezkelli
- Sóla Saar
- Stefania Batoeva
- Tala Madani
- Tara Atefi
- Ted Mineo
- Trulee Hall
- Tsailing Tseng
- Victoria Kosheleva
- Wolfgang Matuschek
- Yimiao Liu
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