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2 November – 29 December |
| GIDEON
RUBIN A Boy's Life |
| Gideon
Rubin’s paintings are simultaneously spare and rich, simple and complex. The subjects, pared-down to their essence, are described with thick, luscious paint. Their pale, muted tonal range is made up of purples, oranges, crimson, blues and greens. Though the subjects are often nostalgic, the paintings feel fresh. Inspired by the still-life paintings of Giorgio Morandi, whose reductive compositions sought to capture something of the essential or universal in simple, everyday objects, Rubin paints from photographs in a found 1920’s photo album. Anonymous figures are caught in very familiar moments—the insignificant moments that are the stuff of collective memory. Gideon Rubin was born in Tel Aviv, Israel and lives in London. He received his MFA from Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London. His work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in Tel Aviv, London, San Francisco and throughout Europe. This is his first solo exhibition in New York. |
| JONATHAN
BRAND Some Day |
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Jonathan Brand’s
varied artistic practice combines aspects of
performance, object-making, drawing, and filmmaking. His works are the product of actions propelled by experimenta- tion, problem solving, and discovery. Autobiographical sources are a means to contend with personal history, the notion of failure, and developing new methods of thinking about and making work. This exhibition begins with a photograph of Brand as a boy standing next to his beloved BMX bike. A desire to create a copy of the bike prompted a search for the original, based on memory and the only existing photograph, and the construction of a machine to make the wooden copy. This obsession also compelled Brand to (re)learn BMX bike tricks as an adult, which he documented in film. The exhibition includes all the components of this process, along with delicate silverpoint drawings based on the video footage of Brand riding and falling off his bike. Jonathan Brand was born in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada and resides in New York. He completed his MFA at Yale in 2007. This is his first solo New York exhibition. |
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