GUTBOX "Square Peg, Round Hole"
Y Gallery (the Bowery)
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Y Gallery presents Square Peg, Round Hole, the first solo exhibition of New York based collective GUTBOX, curated by Cecilia Jurado. Gutbox, founded in early 2010, is a collaborative effort consisting of nine New York based artists and an open-ended number of 'visiting' participants. With a mission to create running narrative threads through collective participation, the members of Gutbox weave disjointed stories that don't suffer the absolution of a beginning or an end. By incorporating panels that are under the influence of at least two members before completion, the group allows a film reel like format to take shape without giving way to a truly linear sequence. The result is a vivid display of painterly cooperation that meets naked trust and invention.
Gutbox was born of the same experimental inclination that we find in other collectives throughout the history of art. The moment in which an artist gives up his or her initial idea in order to be transformed by the next is key. In some works, like 'Late Night Ideas' and 'Revolution', Jazz-minh Moore creates a structural underdrawing for a portrait. Ulrike Theusner then inks whimsical imagery into Moore's drawing, such as frogs jumping out of hair, or strange children in masks chanting for a revolution. The materials used are as diverse as the references. In pieces like 'Windpocker', John J Hagan carves and cuts into a panel, followed by Thomas Witte's inlay of industrial glass. The Gutbox experience allows each artist to move outside of his/her branded process and explore raw creativity without the grips of set and salable modes of working.
Gutbox members: Nick Dyball, John J. Hagan, Jazz-minh Moore, Ray Sell, Heather Hart, Seth Mulvey, Caroline Thaw, Ulrike Theusner and Thomas Witte.
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Schedule
from November 23, 2010 to December 07, 2010
Opening Reception on 2010-11-23 from 19:00 to 22:00