“Nothing Personal” Exhibition

Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery

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Nicole Klagsbrun presents an exhibition in collaboration with Julie Saul drawn from Klagsbrun’s collection. The show celebrates a decades-long friendship between Saul and Klagsbrun and features

Sally Apfelbaum, Shimon Attie, Marco Breuer, Clegg and Guttmann, Barbara Ess, Dan Graham, Peter Greenaway, Raymond Hains, John Hilliard,
Matthew Day Jackson, Ange Leccia, Chris McCaw, Bruce Nauman, Hirsch Perlman, Mika Rottenberg and Alona Harpaz, Mika Rottenberg, Ahlam Shibli, Paul Sietsema, Xaviera Simmons, A. L. Steiner, Billy Sullivan, Vibeke Tandberg, and James Welling.

From a conversation between Saul and Klagsbrun:
Julie Saul Nicole, do you remember when we became friends?
JS Oh yes, before the world went global. How would you describe your collecting?
years by a wide range of artists, including
a diverse selection of photographic works spanning more than thirty five

Nicole Klagsbrun You came to my gallery [Cable] in the mid-1980s to borrow a Clegg and
Guttmann, and we hung out at the Gramercy Art Fair.
NK I supported some of the artists that I was showing by buying their art. I never planned on
becoming a collector, but it connected me with the artists, and that connection was important.
JS When we came up with the idea for show, I remember you said, “I don’t want to get
personal,” so I came up with the title “Nothing Personal,” which is ironic, since I think so much
of the show traces your own story and ideas—but you don’t want to be the focus here, of course.
So, the pictures tell a story, and the story seems to be in some way about a sense of place as a
theatrical setting.
NK I studied set and costume design in Belgium and theater taught me how to see things in a
three-dimensional space.
After college, I moved to New York, and
I began to work at a gallery,
which of course entails thinking more about two-dimensional space—curating art works onto
walls, for example. Still, I kept seeing in three dimensions as well. As you pointed out, I was
particularly drawn to photography with conceptual themes. So, yes, I think that comes through in the exhibition.

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