Slough
curated by Steve DiBenedetto
May 28 - June 23, 2009
New York, NY, April 30, 2009 - David Nolan Gallery is pleased to announce Slough, a group exhibition curated by gallery artist Steve DiBenedetto.
The impetus behind this exhibition is the flexibility of the word slough, which has various interpretations. When pronounced slew, slough can describe a bog-like, swampy, dark, primordial and somewhat mysterious realm. The alternate and less used, but maybe also appropriate interpretation, is a state of moral degradation or spiritual dejection that one cannot extract oneself from. Slough, as in sluff, also refers to that which has been cast aside or shed off, like a skin. It can also describe the manner in which material tends to accumulate at the edges of a performed task, such as the accumulation of dust on the rim of a fan, snow on the edge of a shovel, or trash in the breakdown lane of a highway.
Either way these notions in a very general sense will be used as the stimulus to explore ideas about marginal territory, accumulation, holes and residue. Some works will have a more obvious connection to these conditions (i.e., Larry Poons, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, and Tony Feher), while other works might be a little more unexpectedly related (i.e., Jessica Craig Martin, Philip Taaffe, and Hanneline Rogeberg).
A certain dynamic at work will be the inclusion of things that may not even be apparent as art at first, coexisting with virtual masterpieces of traditional forms. The works, which represent a highly diverse range of mediums, from established 20th century masters to cutting edge contemporary artists, will associate with various states of deterioration and repair, forging unusual and unforeseen connections between old and new work.
While not an exact follow-up to DiBenedetto's last curatorial effort, Loaf (2000), which involved sculpture exclusively, Slough will bring back some of the same artists.
Proposed artists include: Vito Acconci, Joe Bradley, Werner Büttner, Dan Colen, Carroll Dunham, Keith Edmier, Tony Feher, Lucio Fontana, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Eugène Leroy, Markus Lüpertz, Jon Kessler, Fabian Marcaccio, Jessica Craig Martin, Matthew McCaslin, Pat McElnea, Jonathan Meese, John Miller, Malcolm Morley, Larry Poons, Hanneline Rogeberg, Dieter Roth, Alexander Ross, Bill Schwarz, Mike Scott, Michelle Segre, Frank Stella, Philip Taaffe, and Andy Warhol, among others.
curated by Steve DiBenedetto
May 28 - June 23, 2009
New York, NY, April 30, 2009 - David Nolan Gallery is pleased to announce Slough, a group exhibition curated by gallery artist Steve DiBenedetto.
The impetus behind this exhibition is the flexibility of the word slough, which has various interpretations. When pronounced slew, slough can describe a bog-like, swampy, dark, primordial and somewhat mysterious realm. The alternate and less used, but maybe also appropriate interpretation, is a state of moral degradation or spiritual dejection that one cannot extract oneself from. Slough, as in sluff, also refers to that which has been cast aside or shed off, like a skin. It can also describe the manner in which material tends to accumulate at the edges of a performed task, such as the accumulation of dust on the rim of a fan, snow on the edge of a shovel, or trash in the breakdown lane of a highway.
Either way these notions in a very general sense will be used as the stimulus to explore ideas about marginal territory, accumulation, holes and residue. Some works will have a more obvious connection to these conditions (i.e., Larry Poons, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, and Tony Feher), while other works might be a little more unexpectedly related (i.e., Jessica Craig Martin, Philip Taaffe, and Hanneline Rogeberg).
A certain dynamic at work will be the inclusion of things that may not even be apparent as art at first, coexisting with virtual masterpieces of traditional forms. The works, which represent a highly diverse range of mediums, from established 20th century masters to cutting edge contemporary artists, will associate with various states of deterioration and repair, forging unusual and unforeseen connections between old and new work.
While not an exact follow-up to DiBenedetto's last curatorial effort, Loaf (2000), which involved sculpture exclusively, Slough will bring back some of the same artists.
Proposed artists include: Vito Acconci, Joe Bradley, Werner Büttner, Dan Colen, Carroll Dunham, Keith Edmier, Tony Feher, Lucio Fontana, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Eugène Leroy, Markus Lüpertz, Jon Kessler, Fabian Marcaccio, Jessica Craig Martin, Matthew McCaslin, Pat McElnea, Jonathan Meese, John Miller, Malcolm Morley, Larry Poons, Hanneline Rogeberg, Dieter Roth, Alexander Ross, Bill Schwarz, Mike Scott, Michelle Segre, Frank Stella, Philip Taaffe, and Andy Warhol, among others.
dont think well be seeing catpower on rachael ray anytime soon.
Q: Who is the girl with short dark hair checkout girl in the new progressive insurance commercial?
dont fully grasp the uefa champions league format but its either the quarter or the semis. not single elimination though. they play both home and away. 230 on espn 2 arsenal v. manchester united.
redstocking steals home against yankees
gimme coffee excess equipment sale. bill, i know you want that 1948 Spartan Manor Self Contained Espresso Business to go out on the road spreading the coffee gospel. wait, do you even drink coffee.
Quoting from Scalia's recent Fuck/Fuck/Shit/Fuck opinion, which is quoting from an FCC ruling ...
I, for one, believe the FCC needs to get out more. If they had ever seen and heard Andy Dick describing a rusty trombone, I think they'd worry a lot less about Bono's "fooking brilliant".
The Commission determined, moreover, that the broadcast was “patently offensive” because the F-Word “is one of the most vulgar, graphic and explicit descriptions of sexual activity in the English language,” because “[i]ts use invariably invokes a coarse sexual image,” and because Bono’s use of the wordwas entirely “shocking and gratuitous.”
I, for one, believe the FCC needs to get out more. If they had ever seen and heard Andy Dick describing a rusty trombone, I think they'd worry a lot less about Bono's "fooking brilliant".
canary emerges from pennsylvania coalmine with black lung, blacker conscience. i guess we should take it to the hospital?
why i dont cook much.
1) roast asparagus
2) saute veggies
3) boil water in electric kettle
4) transfer water to pot wait to "almost" boil
5) cook pasta
6) combine elements w/parmesan cheese
could be completed in 20min if done concurrently. will take close to an hour cooking one element at a time. and this is the simplest meal. not that i know anything more complex.
1) roast asparagus
2) saute veggies
3) boil water in electric kettle
4) transfer water to pot wait to "almost" boil
5) cook pasta
6) combine elements w/parmesan cheese
could be completed in 20min if done concurrently. will take close to an hour cooking one element at a time. and this is the simplest meal. not that i know anything more complex.
my continuing series of hastening death by cheese....
talk about buggy... very accommodating sort ultimately, and isnt that whats important in a relationship?
trying to get through last nights baby mammoth saga from nat geo (sure to be replayed. check your local listings.) but constantly sidetracked by bad puns and other inanities nobody cares about (like this post).
tonight back to a familiar topic - death of the megabeasts!!
my highschool facebook friend posted this project today, an open source content management thingy. . .
my "your MoMA" jokes:
well, your MoMAs so dumb it thinks Claes Oldenburg is a planter in the sculpture garden.
your MoMA is so dumb when sailing though the gallery it always gives joseph beuys a wide berth.
your MoMA so dumb, it thought Sol Lewitt was a french comedian.
rewatching lost as its rebroadcast on g4. think i just started season 3. completely forgot the locke as grower flashback. so many nooks and crannies.
sure tom and possibly others are well versed but new to me. steampunk primer primer...
bill macy weeps....
Meal of the year goes to Locanda Vini Olii last night!!
Spring fling: peas, peas and more peas followed by fava, fava and more fava,
amazing spring lettuce's, pasta's with spring onion, another with red mullet, ravioli with fava, super well prepared duck and fantastic chicken......
Spring fling: peas, peas and more peas followed by fava, fava and more fava,
amazing spring lettuce's, pasta's with spring onion, another with red mullet, ravioli with fava, super well prepared duck and fantastic chicken......
catch the weekend forecast?
Morel, Asparagus and Vegetable Frittata with Wild Ramp Butter
5 ways to use ramps
Asparagus with Wild Ramps
epic-ramps
Wild Ramps and Stilton Pie
ramps and red potatos
pickled or with cured pork
5 ways to use ramps
Asparagus with Wild Ramps
epic-ramps
Wild Ramps and Stilton Pie
ramps and red potatos
pickled or with cured pork
I honestly didn't think things would move this fast. It still may well come to nothing, but some of our former asshole leaders and their asshole legal staffs must be starting to sweat. That's a good start. And maybe I'm just naive, but it also looks like Obama might be ready to really put the screws to the Israeli government, vis-a-vis the Palestinian situation. I'm still pissed about Summers and Geithner and Bernanke , but man, there's a bunch of good stuff going down too!
By the time the war ended, home gardeners were producing 40 percent of the United States' produce. They aided the war effort by creating local food networks that provided much needed produce in their own communities, but their effect on the social fabric of the nation was greater still. Urban and suburban farmers were considered morale boosters who had found a great sense of empowerment through their own dedication to a common cause.
