“Dpictñ ɖ difṛnt stêjz of ɖ Arîvl of Sprñ, fṛm glūmi wintrsīnz t vîbṛntli brît sprñ”
The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011… 29 December (2010). iPad drawing printed on four sheets of paper, mounted on four sheets of Dibond, edition of 10. 236 x 178 cm
13 January (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
19 February (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
5 March (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
16 March (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
21 March (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
25 March (2011). iPad drawing printed on four sheets of paper, mounted on four sheets of Dibond, edition of 10. 236 x 178 cm
30 March (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
12 April (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
19 April (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
24 April (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
27 April (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
4 May (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
14 May (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
16 May (2011). iPad drawing printed on four sheets of paper, mounted on four sheets of Dibond, edition of 10. 236 x 178 cm
18 May (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
30 May (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
2 June (2011). iPad drawing printed on paper, edition of 25. 139.7 x 105.4
KATHARINA GROSSE: Untitled, 2015. Acrylic on canvas, 94 1/2 × 152 3/4 inches (240 × 388 cm). Photo: Olaf Bergmann
HARMONY KORINE: TBD, 2014. Oil, house paint, and acrylic on canvas, 32 × 25 inches (81.3 × 63.5 cm). Photo: Rob McKeever
STERLING RUBY: SP311, 2014. Spray paint on synthetic canvas, 160 × 235 inches (406.4 × 596.9 cm). Photo: Robert Wedemeyer
PIERO GOLIA: Intermission painting #8 green to purple, 2014. EPS foam, hard coat and pigment, 75 × 48 1/2 × 14 1/2 inches (190.5 × 123.2 × 36.8 cm)
KIM GORDON: Mulholland Series (Copper Wreath), 2014. Acrylic on canvas, 36 × 36 inches (91.4 × 91.4 cm). Photo: Fredrik Nilsen
WADE GUYTON & STEPHEN PRINA: Wade Guyton, Untitled 2011, Epson UltraChrome inkjet on linen / Stephen Prina, PUSH COMES TO LOVE, Untitled, 1999–2011, 2011. Epson UltraChrome inkjet on linen and acrylic enamel on linen; The contents of a can of enamel spray paint. 84 × 69 inches (213.4 × 175.3 cm). Photo: Rob McKeever
EDWARD RUSCHA: Oaf, 2009. Acrylic on museum board paper, 40 × 30 inches (101.6 × 76.2 cm)
DAN COLEN: HOLY SHIT, 2006. Oil on plywood, 48 × 36 inches (121.9 × 91.4 cm). Photo: Rob McKeever
“Fândd in 1994, ɖ Zablŭdovič C̣lẋn hz rapidli groun t bcm wn v ɖ wrld’z līdñ indipndnt cntmprri ātc̣lẋnz. It nâ cntenz ovr 3000 wrcs bî ovr 500 ātists, n cntinyz t gro n ivolv. Ɖs ny xbišn gvz an insît intu ɖ dveḷpmnt v a histri stl in ɖ prôses v biyñ ritn.
Significnt n rerli sīn wrcs bî ovr 30 līdñ ātists wl b dspled ʈrt ɖ gaḷriz. Ɖ rūts v ɖ C̣lẋn in 1990z Lundn wl b ɖ fôc̣s v wn sẋn, fīčrñ ɖ ātists hu trnsfwmd ɖ landscep v cntmprri āt in ɖ siti n ɖ YC, sč az Dêmı̣n Hrst, Rêčl Ẇîtrīd n Mātin Crīd. Pạnirñ inṭnašnl ātists hu hv inflụnst ɖ fwmz n prôsesz v cntmprri āt wl olso fīčr, sč az Sigmar Polca, Īza Genscn n Crisṭfr Wŭl.
Hîlîtñ ɖ Zablŭdovič C̣lẋn’z on-gwñ cmitmnt t ṣpwtñ ātists ŕli in ɖer c̣rirz, imrsv mixt-mīdia insṭlešnz bî Americn ātist Ṣmara Goldn, n a c̣laḅrešn btwn YC ātists Lwra Bucli, Hrūn Mirza n Dev Mclīn wl b riimajind. Ɖr wl olso b dṛmatc inṭvnšns ɖt trnsfwm ɖ čaṗlācitecčr, sč az Jim Lambi’z brîtli culrd florwrc Zobop (Fḷresnt), 2006.
Ɖ xbišn wl b acumṗnid bî an ivntsprôgram, ẇč includz a simpozı̣m in Me in pātnršp wɖ Ynivrsti Colij Lundn Āt Myziym. Bʈ instityšnz hv ātc̣lẋnz ɖt spotlît imrjñ ātpractis; têcñ ɖs šerd intṛst az a stātñpýnt, līdñ ac̣demics, kretrz, c̣lctrz n ātists wl xamin išuz arnd c̣lctñ ny n xperimntl āt.”
Alexandre da Cunha, Velour Series, 2005-06. Installation view, Revolution des Altäglichen, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen. Courtesy the artist and Thomas Dane Gallery, London
Sarah Lucas, Spamaggedon, 2014, installation view, Zabludowicz Collection: 20 Years, 2015 at Zabludowicz Collection, London. Photo: Tim Bowditch
Julia Wachtel, Untitled (Body Builder), 1989. Courtesy the artist, Zabludowicz Collection, and Vilma Gold, London
Elizabeth Price, USER GROUP DISCO (video still), 2009 HD video installation, 15 min. Courtesy the artist and MOT International, London & Brussels
Sigmar Polke, Untitled, 2003. Gouache on paper. Courtesy Zabludowicz Collection, and Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen
Sigmar Polke, Untitled, 2003. Gouache on paper. Courtesy Zabludowicz Collection, and Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen
Samara Golden: Bad Brains
Jim Lambie: Zobop. Photo: Tim Bowditch
‘Coconut Lamps,’ GuytonWalker, Coconuts, electric wiring, lightbulbs, 2005
“Ẇît Kb z plizd t priznt an xibišn v ny wrc bî Ʈiastr Gêts. Gêts’ practis z wîd-renjñ n polisīms, atmtñ t brij ɖ gap btwn āt n lîf n caṭlîz sošl n ic̣nomic čenj ʈru drct ātistc êjnsi. Fr ɖs xibišn, intîtld Frīdm v Asmbli, Gêts xplorz ɖ ʈīm v asmbli in its wîdist sens, inmešñ îdiyz v an ōtoṇms ātobjct wɖ nošnz v indivijl frīdm n ɖ impârmnt v plês. In ptklr, Gêts rfŕz t ɖ Frst Amndmnt v ɖ Ynîtd Stêts Constityšn, ẇč pṛtcts frīdm v spīč, ɖ rît t pīsbli asmbl, n ɖ fri exsîz v rlijn.
Frīdm v Asmbli includz svṛl ny siriz v sculpčrz, a lj-scêl prezntešn v tarpêntñz n a bodi v wrc ɖt fwgrândz, fr ɖ frst tîm, Gêts’ loñ-trm involvmnt wɖ clêpṛduẋn. Nošns v asembli bcm evidnt in wrcs ɖt drw on prsnl memri, poḷtcs, n ɖ histri n reẓnns v mtirı̣l objcts wɖn âr culčr.
Ɖz ʈīmz r snc̣petd in wrcs ɖt trnsfwm mtirı̣lz culd fṛm dsyzd bildñz in ɖ ātist’s ôn nêbrhd in ɖ Sâʈ Sîd v Šcago. A siriz v wŭdn vitrīnz cmbîn verı̣s eḷmnts obtend fṛm a clozd-dân hādwérstor – a cwnrstôn v ɖ cmyṇti ɖt sīst trêdñ in ɖ fês v conglomṛt comṗtišn – alñsd lamps, pots, glas n sculpčṛl objcts. Ɖz culrfl vižl asmblijz atmt t trnzmyt ɖ prezns v a plês n sait nâ dsbandd, ẇl xudñ a sens v los n rduẋn. In Grând Rūlz (2015), Gêts invocs ɖ naṛtv v āt ʈru hiz inteṛgešn v pêntñ, n, in ptklr, ɖ histri v moḍnist abstraẋn. Ɖz wrcs trnsfwm strips v a wŭdn jimflor intu delic̣t, miniml comṗzišnz. Lîc hiz ŕlı̣r Sivl Rîts Taṗstriz ẇč rīprpst old fîrhôz intu pastl-hyd fabricwrcs, ɖz sculpčrz riignît ɖ significns n powtri v fând mtirı̣lz ʈru a prôses v rı̣smbli n rīcomṗzišn.
Prsnl n ṗlitcl ʈīmz r xplord in a ny siriz v lj-scêl tarpêntñz, ẇr rubr n tar z aplîd t wŭdpanlz crietñ moṇcrom, txčṛl comṗzišnz. In ɖz wrcs, Gêts mcs hiz dsižnz bêst on ɖ pṛsījr v rūfñ, nt pêntñ, a prôses ɖ ātist dscrîbz az: borowñ gd rūfñstratjiz, ʈru fwml ingejmnt wɖ it, t arîv at pêntñ or at lst t gt t ɖ esns v rūfñ. Wɖ ɖer ʈic impasto n šîni rflctv srfis, ɖ tar criets a srfis ɖt vizbli rflcts ɖ muvmnt v ɖ hand acrs ɖ canvs, lncñ ɖz wrcs t Jaṗnīz c̣ligṛfi, az wel az t a histri v jesčṛl abstraẋn. In uɖr wrcs, sẋnz v flat rūfñ r dspled lîc šêpt tu-dmnšnl canvsz, cuvrd wɖ delic̣t wŭdn feɖr-lîc tîlz. Cnsivd az an indx v rūfs – rɖr ɖn az indivijl pêntñz – ɖz wrcs sjst a c̣lctv prezns n rlet stroñli t Gêts, huz faɖr tard rūfs fr a trêd.
Gêts frɖrz ɖz îdiyz in a c̣lẋn v clêwrcs ɖt includ a grūp v sml figrz, stacs v sramic brics, n pots ɖt cmbîn cle wɖ tar n uɖr mtirı̣lz fṛm ɖ rūfñ cann. In ɖz ṗetc sculpčrz, Gêts’ histri wɖ cle z marid t hiz histri wɖ lebr t criet an inspîrd ny bodi v wrc.
Alñsd hiz prezntešn at Ẇît Kb Brmnzi, Ʈiastr Gêts wl xibit a ny bodi v wrc in ɖ Arsenāle at ɖ 56ʈ Venis Bienāle fṛm 9 Me – 22 Nvmbr 2015.”
Photo:George Darrell
Photo: George Darrell
Photo: George Darrell
Tiki teak, 2014. Wood and roofing paper. Photo: George Darrell
Photo: George Darrell
Ground rules (scrimmage), 2015. Wood flooring. Photo: Ben Westoby
Eleanore, 2014. Photograph: Courtesy Timothy Taylor GalleryEleanore, 2014, by Alex Katz. Courtesy Timothy Taylor GalleryPhotograph: Courtesy Timothy Taylor Gallery
‘Vincent’, 2014. Oil on linen, 48 x 108 in. / 121.9 x 274.3 cm
Nicole, 2014, 48 x 108 in. / 121.9 x 274.3 cm, Oil on linen (Timothy Taylor Gallery)
‘Elizabeth’, 2014. Oil on linen, 84 x 60 in. / 213.4 x 152.4 cm
‘Samantha and Jessica’, 2014. Oil on linen, 60 x 84 in. / 152.4 x 213.4 cm
“Tiṃʈi Têlr Gaḷri z plizd t priznt an xibišn v ny pêntñz bî Alix Cáts. Ɖ subjct v ovr 200 sôlo xibišnz n nirli 500 grūpšoz inṭnašnli sns 1951, Cáts hz bn onrd wɖ nymṛs retṛspctvz includñ Ɖ Ẇitni Myziym v Americn Āt, Ny Ywc, YSA; Têt St. Îvz, YC; Trnr Cntemprri, Māgêt, YC; n Ɖ Ggnhîm, Bilbâ, Spên. Ɖs z ɖ ātist’s sevnʈ xibišn wɖ ɖ gaḷri.
Cáts’z pêntñz r at wns fiğṛtv n abstract – hiz ljr-ɖn-lîf pwtrits n landsceps ofn lūmñ lj ovr ɖer obzrvrz. Hvr, in ɖz ny wrcs, rɖr ɖn filñ č frem, ɖ subjcts r asînd t ɖ mājinz, wɖ blac spês okpayñ most v č canvs. Ẇt z strîcñ abt ɖz ny pwtrits z bʈ ɖ depʈ n dvrṣti v ɖ blac pênt cntrastd agnst ɖ dṛmatcli stydio-lit figrz. Prizntd wɖn a wîdscrīn fwmat, ɖ figrz bcm bʈ siṇmatc n ʈiatricl, rzemblñ pfwmrz cōt mid-mošn bî a spotlît. Yt īvn wɖn ɖs fremwrc, č pêntñ stl mntenz Cáts’z sigṇčr cūl senṣbiḷti.
In 2000, Cáts crietd ɖ lj-fwmat pêntñ Êda’z Gādn, cmprîzd v a grūp v ppl agnst a blac bacgrând. Ẇl cmpozd yzñ ɖ sem tecnīc – ẇr Cáts frst scečz subjcts on hiz 16-inč bwdz (studiz) bfr dveḷpñ lj imijz on canvs – ɖz ny pwtrits r instd capčrd mmnts or fragmnts, ls stêjd n mr dnamic. Īvn ẇr tu figrz okpî ɖ sem frem, ɖr z ɖ dstñt sens ɖt ɖ subjcts wr nvr preznt in ɖ sem rūm at ɖ sem tîm. Ɖe r lost in ɖer ôn ʈts, ɖer ôn contemplešn. Ɖr z no bacgrând, no naṛtv, uɖr ɖn ẇt ɖ vywr brñz t č wrc. Ɖs z isnšl fr Cáts’z tnšn – ẇrbî ɖ lac v a sṗsific stwri ineblz ɖ vywr t cmplit ɖ picčr. It olso alâz Cáts t criet vri cntmprri imijz, az h stêts: I’m trayñ t pênt ɖ nâ. N naṛtv z a stwri, n wns y gt intu ɖ stwri it’s no longr in ɖ riyl preznt tens.
Ɖ ātcritc Bari Šwabsci rīsntli nôtd ɖt Cáts’z čýs v subjct olso contribyts t ɖ ôṗṇs v hiz wrc; hiz subjcts vrj on ṣlebṛti bt rmen fr ɖ most pāt unîdentifaybl, xpt in ɖ sošl grūp t ẇč ɖe ḅloñ. Ẇl ɖs bwdrlîn recgnîẓbiḷti mcs Cáts’z subjcts n subsiqntli hiz picčrz so dzîṛbl, srtn famiłr subjcts d rı̣pir, most significntli hiz wîf Êda, hūm Cáts hz bn pêntñ fr olmst 60 yirz.
Alix Cáts wz born in Brŭclin, Ny Ywc in 1927. Aftr grajuetñ fṛm ɖ Cūpr Yňn Ātscūl in Manhatn in 1949, h wz awōdd a scolršp bî ɖ Scôhīgin Scūl fr Pêntñ n Sculpčr in Mein. In 1968, Cáts muvd intu an ātists’ coopṛtv bildñ in SoHo, Ny Ywc, ẇr h hz livd n wrct evr sns, spendñ hiz sumrz in Lncnvil, Mein.
Ɖ xibišn z acumṗnid bî a fŭli iḷstretd caṭlog, includñ a convsešn btwn Alix Cáts n Ivona Blazwic, Drctr, Ẇîtčapl Gaḷri, Lundn.”
