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10 December 2020 - 24 January 2021
M 2 3
24 Henry Street
New York, NY 10002
Vladislav Markov
Perhaps unconsciously, you have touched the raw materials of Vladislav Markov’s work; the ethernet cables, duct tape, or splayed innards of an air mattress from which Markov has extracted some element. In breaking apart familiar objects, he is able to reveal and rely on their physical properties, those that our experience with such items otherwise obscures. Together as sculptures, one forgets what these things once did. For, the found objects which Markov employs, fall into one another with such ease, that their gathering has an oddly naturalizing function. It is as if the coaxial cable, tape, and broom holder of Untitled (2019) are returned to one another, the finding, not an act of discovery but of seeing in one, evidence of a need for the other.
When necessary, Markov creates the things he cannot find in hardware stores or as common industrial objects and their waste. With the most recents works for this exhibition, he has produced a series of three bladders, cast in rubber, that draw in and expel air with the aid of a motor. Each rubber organ occupies a distinct region of the exhibition space, but they remain connected through a series of tubes and wires that trace the gallery’s pathways. The movement of air produced by the machine is not the silent escape of human breath, but as the motor labors and the rubber expands, one is reminded, that it has never been so hard to breathe.
Vladislav Markov (Russian, b. 1993) lives, works in New York City. He holds an MFA from Cornell University (2019), and a BFA from Parsons School of Design (2016). Markov’s first solo exhibitions Extra Medium, Spazio ORR, Brescia, Italy, and Vladislav Markov, M 2 3, New York were presented in 2020. The artist was included in the M 2 3 exhibitions Seven Artists/Seven Works (2020), and Brian Dario, Liza Lacroix, Vladislav Markov (2018); Donovan, Markov, Mildenberg, Olive Tjaden Gallery at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (2018); and has exhibited at Lily Brooke Gallery, London (2017); Project Fabrika, Moscow (2016); and at the Cornell University MFA exhibitions On High Water, Safe Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2019), and Big Snack, Signal, Brooklyn, NY (2018). In 2018 and 2019, Markov participated in Harvard University’s visiting artists program as guest lecturer. Markov’s work has been published on several platforms, including Artforum, The Artnewspaper, and Brooklyn Magazine. Forthcoming exhibitions include a solo presentation at Fragment Gallery, Moscow (2021).
Tenant of Culture
By disassembling and rebuilding manufactured garments, Tenant of Culture examines where ideological, political or cultural perspectives materialise in the production and marketing of apparel. The artist seeks materials sourced from various stages of the garment cycle that relate to recent trends in fashion and their socio-political histories. The mutated former wearables exist between sculpture and product, strangely familiar to everyday articles of dress.
Taking clothing, shoes and accessories apart, deconstruction affords insight into industrial processes and uncovers traces of the individual responsible for their assembly. Evidence of wear that might otherwise decrease value becomes a vital visual element in a reconstructive process that involves sewing, felting, padding and fraying. Combined with materials found in home decoration and more readily associated with durability, considering the lifespan of these components engenders an interrogation of the commercial strategy of material obsolescence that enforces capitalist overproduction.
Tenant of Culture (Dutch, b. 1990) is the artistic practice of Hendrickje Schimmel who lives, works in London. Tenant of Culture holds an MA in mixed media from Royal College of Art, London, UK, (2016) and a BA in Womenswear, from ArtEZ Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, Zwolle, Netherlands (2012). Tenant of Culture is the recipient of the 2020 Camden Art Centre Emerging Artist Prize with Frieze. Tenant of Culture, who is represented by Soft Opening, London, will realise a major exhibition at Camden Art Centre, London in 2022. Recent solo exhibitions include Tenant of Culture, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, Netherlands (2019), Exterior Assemblage, Soft Opening, London, UK (2019); Eclogues (an apology for actors), Nicoletti Contemporary, London, UK (2019). Forthcoming exhibitions include solo presentations at Sophie Tappeiner, Vienna, Austria (2021), Kunstverein Dresden, Dresden, Germany (2020), and Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2020).
Tenant of Culture - Soft Opening
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Quay Quinn Wolf (American, b. 1989) lives, works in New York City. Recent exhibitions include Tensions, Jack Barrett Gallery, New York (2020), Pink Velvet Dress with the Fur Collar, Interface Gallery, Oakland, CA (2019); Arrangements, Jack Barrett Gallery, New York, (2018). His work was included in the exhibitions Ghosts, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York (2019), Haptics Tactics, and Leslie-Lohman Museum, New York (2018); and published in ArtNews and Artforum. \
http://jackbarrettgallery.com/quay-quinn-wolf
Daniel Klaas Beckwith (American, b. 1988) Lives, work in Los Angeles, CA. He holds an MFA in Sculpture from Yale University, New Haven, CT (2015), and BFA in Sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (2010). Beckwith’s work has been presented in solo exhibitions at MEYOHAS, New York, and M 2 3, New York. His work has been included in exhibitions at Fisher Parrish, Brooklyn, NY; Motel, Brooklyn, NY; GAIT, Los Angeles, CA; as well as exhibitions in Tokyo, Ecuador, and Leeds, England, UK.
https://www.m23.co/daniel-klaas-beckwith-speedrunning
Clare Koury (American, b. 1993) lives, works in New York City. She holds an MFA from Columbia University (2020), and a BA from the University of Chicago (2015). Koury’s work has been included in exhibitions in New York, Chicago, and London, as well as presented at The Jewish Museum, New York (2019); The Fireplace Project, East Hampton, NY (2019); and online via Steve Turner, Los Angeles, CA (2020)