“If you throw a spider out the window, does it break?” Exhibition
Brennan & Griffin
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Brennan & Griffin presents the summer exhibition, ʻIf you throw a spider out the window, does it break?ʼ curated by Adrianne Rubenstein.
In her book ʻHow Should a Person Be?ʼ, Sheila Heti contemplates her relationship with a spider. Sweet and protective towards the arachnid while it is contained in the bathroom, the writer becomes violent and vengeful when the spider trespasses into her bedroom. Sheilaʼs best friend Margaux, fearing that she is being perceived as the spider, urges Sheila not to smear her against the wall. The best intentions can end in disaster, but spiders, like ideas, are not (fortunately) breakable.
If you throw a spider out the window, presumably to get away from it, does it break? Yes? No? Maybe. A spider, being very light, would flutter to the ground, coasting if not swinging from its silk. Do spiders think or are their instincts thoughtful? The protection offered by an exoskeleton is like the form and material of an artwork. The insides—how many cells from end to end?—are ineffable. The artists in this exhibition have a personal narrative driving their creative process. Their forms are succinct, timeless, playful, humorous and delightful. If the spider falls out the window (bear in mind weʼre talking 5th floor walk-up) and makes it to the ground, we’re confident that it would walk away.
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Schedule
from July 22, 2014 to August 15, 2014
Opening Reception on 2014-07-22 from 18:00 to 20:00