"Do Something (Else) To It " Exhibition
Freight and Volume
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Take something. Do something to it. Do something else to it. Now do something else to it.
(excerpt from Jasper Johns’ notebooks, circa 1960).
Based on Johns’ classic advice to himself (and artists everywhere) on the creative process, Do Something (Else) To It picks up where Johns leaves off, exploring the current nature of transformation and translation.
Freight+Volume inaugurates its newly reconstructed space with an appropriately transformative exhibition by three emerging young artists. Working in diverse media - painting, video, sculpture and installation - these innovators come together via a shared dialogue, reexamining stereotypes of icon, memory, narrative and the artistic process, and presenting them afresh.
Don Edler: Born in Bremen, Germany, Don Edler is a sculpture and installation artist focusing on site-specific works made of commercial construction materials, cast materials and organic matter. Inspired by metaphysics and cosmology, Don emphasizes the importance of the capacity for imagination and poetics as he investigates issues such as the overall form of the universe, energy politics and the role of art in his life. Don Edler studied sculpture at the University of Florida and was a participant at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Don lives and works in New York City.
George Jenne: Born in Richmond, VA in 1973, George Jenne makes sculpture, video and installation. He has exhibited at numerous venues including Exit Art, PS 122, The Center on Contemporary Art, Jack the Pelican Presents, and Frosch & Portmann. His work has been reviewed in The New Yorker, Art in America, and the Washington Post. He is a former faculty member of the Rhode Island School of Design and is currently a teaching fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jenne lives and works in New York City.
Andrew Smenos: Born in 1981 in Chicago, IL, Andrew Smenos is a graduate of The Ringling College of Art and Design. He is a painter and sculptor whose work has been featured in numerous publications including The New York Times, Reuters and National Public Radio. Andrew lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
[Image: Don Edler "Making Certain it Goes On" (2012) pine studs, ratchet straps, 15 x 8 x 8 ft]
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Schedule
from November 29, 2012 to January 12, 2013
Opening Reception on 2012-11-29 from 18:00 to 20:00