Jeff Grant “Attic Syllabus”

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[Image: Jeff Grant "The Creation Gap" (2016) Mixed Media Mounted on Gator Board 39 1/2 x 53 inches - photo Jason Mandella]

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Following our successful solo-presentation of Jeff Grant in Brussels we are excited to be opening his onsite installation on the 3rd floor titled Attic Syllabus. This will be the second installment in our project space on the third floor of the building, a federalist style building.

Grant’s Attic syllabus is a mixed media installation that incorporates paper, light, collage, and various found objects. Diminutive toy animals circle under a low-hung lamp. Others follow black rubber tubes and cord that twist and curve along the floor of the attic space, forming long, linear paths. On the wall, a collage object incorporating a blue trash bag and a cut out bookplate of Bosch’s The Creation as imagined in The Garden Of Earthly Delights depicts a partly formed world adrift.

In Attic syllabus, Grant considers how history and memory contribute to the creative process of combining various elements into something recognizable, understandable, or relatable. He focuses on how, in his words:

Preexisting ideas contribute to our observations of facts. At times these ideas enrich our understanding, but at times they misguide or conflict with our observations. I am interested in our presumptions about learning, and about forms of personal and social development. I question our dubious notion of maturity. - Jeff Grant

Jeff Grant (1975) lives and works between Berlin and New York. He graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1998 and at completed a Masters at Goldsmiths College, University of London, in 2000. He has participated in the LMCC Artist Residency, Algira Emerge Fellowship program, and the Cheongju Artist Studio Residency. His work has been shown throughout Europe, South Korea, and the US: Grimm/Rosenfeld, Artspace Purl, Thomas Erben Gallery, Marianne Boesky Gallery, David Petersen Gallery, and Team Gallery. Recently his work has been acquired by Munich Re Insurance collection in Germany.