"Idea is the Object" Exhibition
D'Amelio Gallery
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D'Amelio Gallery presents the opening of its summer group exhibition, Idea is the Object, which features work by a diverse group of artists who rely on a highly experiential approach to their environment, mining the world around them for inspiration. These artists were chosen to participate because of the essential role that experience plays in their artistic practices. Some actively seek out experiences with people and different environments throughout the world as a driving force for the creation of their work while others have a delicate and connected approach to the materials that they take from their surroundings.
Influenced by the writings of philosopher John Locke, Idea is the Object takes its cue from his belief that ideas originate from one's experience of the world and the materials within it. Quite simply, ideas are the objects of thought. These ideas are then the impetus for the production of (art) objects that are placed into the world, perpetuating the formation of new ideas and allowing for this creative cycle to proliferate and continue.
The notion of producing art born out of experience is implicit in contemporary art practice, and is generally understood on an intuitive level. Because of this implicitness, less emphasis is placed on an "experiential approach" to art-making as an organizing or unifying theme among artists. Idea is the Object seeks to resist chronological, medium based, or geographical classifications in order to draw attention to the essential role that experience plays in facilitating the production and understanding of art objects.
Featuring an international group of emerging and mid-career artists from cities including Berlin, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, New York, Oslo, San Francisco, Tel-Aviv, and Vienna, Idea is the Object brings together seemingly disparate works and practices, allowing for a dialogue in real space in which individual artists' experiences and objects may find multiple points of connection with each other and the viewer.
Guy Ben-Ner
Guy Ben-Ner was born in Israel in 1969 and lives in Tel Aviv. Ben-Ner has been featured in many museum exhibitions internationally, including Mass MoCA (2009); Hayward Gallery, London (2008); ICA Philadelphia (2008); Sculpture Project, Münster (2007); and Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal (2007). He represented Israel at the 51 Venice Biennale (2005). Ben-Ner recently had a solo exhibition at Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin, and has another upcoming at Aspect Ratio Projects in Chicago.
Andy Boot
Andy Boot was born in 1987 in Sydney, Australia and currently lives and works in Vienna. His work has been exhibited in numerous exhibitions worldwide, including Croy Nielsen, Berlin; Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany; and MOT International, London. He will have a solo exhibition at Renwick Gallery, New York in 2012.
Candice Breitz
Candice Breitz was born in 1972 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She lives and works in Berlin. Breitz has exhibited widely in the United States and abroad, including the Johannesburg, Sao Påulo, Istanbul, Kwanju, Taipei and Venice Biennales. She has had solo exhibitions at De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam (2001); Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2004); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2005); Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin (2008); Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humblebaek, Denmark (2008); The Power Plant, Toronto (2009); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2009); and Kunsthaus Bregenz (2010).
Andreas Eriksson
Andreas Eriksson was born in 1975 in Björsäter, Sweden and currently lives and works in Medelplana, Sweden. Eriksson has had solo exhibitions at Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig (MUMOK), Vienna (2008) and Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2010). In 2007 he received the Baloise Art prize for his contribution to Art Statements in Basel, and was chosen to represent the Nordic Pavillion at the Venice Biennale in 2011. He will have a solo exhibition at Stephen Friedman Gallery, London in 2012.
Sharon Hayes
Sharon Hayes was born in 1970 in Baltimore, Maryland. She lives and works in New York City, and is represented by Tanya Leighton Gallery. Her work has been widely exhibited both in the United States and abroad, including the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; the Guggenheim Museum, New York; Tate Modern, London; Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna; Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin and the Art Institute of Chicago. She participated in the Whitney Biennial (2010); Greater New York, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (2010); Documenta 12, Kassel; and PERFORMA05. She is currently the subject of a solo museum retrospective at the Reina Sofia, Madrid and will have a solo exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art opening in June 2012.
John Henderson
John Henderson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1984. He currently lives and works in Chicago. Henderson has had solo exhibitions at T293, Naples (2011); Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2011); and ABC - Art Berlin Contemporary with T293 (2011). He has also participated in group shows at Family Business, New York (2012); Golden Gallery, New York (2012); and MKG127, Toronto (2011).
Jacob Dahl Jurgenson
Jacob Dahl Jürgenson was born in 1975 in Copenhagen, where he currently lives and works. He has had solo exhibitions at Croy Nielsen, Berlin (2012); Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany (2011); Institut for Samtidskunst, Copenhagen (2011); and Wilkinson Gallery, London (2007). His work has been included in group shows at Galerie Thaddeaus Ropac, Paris; GAK, Bremen, Germany; and Christian Andersen Gallery, Copenhagen.
Henrik Olai Kaartstein
Henrik Olai Kaarstein was born in Oslo, Norway, in 1989. He is currently studying at the Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste Städelschule in Frankfurt where he lives and works. In 2012, he had a solo exhibition at T293, Rome (2012). His work has also been featured in group shows at the Oslo Kunsthall (2011); NICC exhibition space, Antwerpen (2011); and Nordland College of Art and Film, Kabelvåg, Norway (2010).
Deborah Ligorio
Deborah Ligorio was born 1972 in Brindisi, Italy. She now lives and works in Berlin. She has had solo exhibitions at Francesca Minini, Milan (2011); Sommer & Kohl, Berlin (2011); Kunstverein Arnsberg, Germany (2010); and Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino (2007). In addition to her participation in Manifesta 7 (2008) and the 54 Venice Biannale (2011), Ligorio's work has been featured in group shows at the Pori Art Museum, Finland (2011); Hangar Bicocca, Milan (2009); Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen (2008); Kunstmuseum Thurgau, Warth (2008) and Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna (2007).
Mitzi Pederson
Mitzi Pederson was born in Stuart, Florida in 1976. She lives and works in both San Francisco, CA and Berlin. She has had solo shows at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2008); Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York (2007, 2010); Ratio 3, San Francisco (2009, 2012); and White Columns, New York (2006). Her work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions, including ACME, Los Angeles; Gladstone Gallery, Brussels; and Deitch Projects, New York. She also participated in the 2008 Whitney Biennial.
Amalia Pica
Amalia Pica was born in 1978 in Neuquén, Argentina. She lives and works in London. Pica has had solo exhibitions at the University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor (2011); Malmo Konsthall, Sweden (2010); and Marc Foxx, Los Angeles (2010). Her work was featured in the 54th Venice Biennale. In 2012, she will have solo exhibitions at Kusthalle St. Gallen, Switzerland, and Chisenhale Gallery, London. Additionally, she will be the subject of a solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago in 2013.
Kathrin Sonntag
Kathrin Sonntag was born in 1981 in Berlin where she lives and works. She has had solo exhibitions at Kunstverein Hamburg, Germany (2011); Galerie Kamm, Berlin (2011); Kunstraum Walchetrum, Zurich (2010); and Swiss Institute, New York (2009). She has participated in group exhibitions at Kunstverein Hannover, Germany and the Sculpture Center, New York. She has a forthcoming solo exhibition at the Aspen Art Museum in 2013.
Matteo Tannatt
Mateo Tannatt was born in 1979 and lives and works in Los Angeles. He has had solo exhibitions at Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, and Y3k Gallery, Melbourne, Australia (both in 2010). His work was featured in the exhibition 'All of This and Nothing' at the Hammer Museum, LA (2010) and in "First Among Equals" at the ICA, Philadelphia (2012).
[Image: Andy Boot "Untitled" (2012) concreete, oil on wire, wood, 1.97 x 3.66 x 28.74 in.]
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Schedule
from July 12, 2012 to August 24, 2012
Opening Reception on 2012-07-12 from 18:00 to 20:00