~’STRANGE LOOPS’ . . ARTSPACE NEW HAVEN / PIX FROM THE OPENING
‘STRANGE LOOPS’ . . A GROUP SHOW CURATED BY JOHANNES DeYOUNG & FEDERICO SOLMI
UP THRU . . FEB 29, 2020
ARTSPACE NEW HAVEN
see: ‘STRANGE LOOPS’ / ARTSPACE NEW HAVEN
ceramic vase with light . . .
ILANA HARRIS-BABOU, ’18 Dysfunctional Ceramics from Reparation Hardware’ (edition of 4 + 1 AP), 2018.
dimensions variable
ceramic tools . . .
ILANA HARRIS-BABOU, ’18 Dysfunctional Ceramics from Reparation Hardware’.
ILANA HARRIS-BABOU, ‘Reparation Hardware’, 2018.
HD video, 4:05 minute loop
(self-portrait)
the ‘Strange Loops’ curators . . .
FEDERICO SOLMI & JOHANNES DeYOUNG
behind them: large painting by SAM MESSER
double page / in the excellent catalog that accompanies the show . . .
SAM MESSER, ‘Thin Realm’ (for Jake Berthot), 2016
oil on canvas / 54 x 170 in.
‘STRANGE LOOPS’ / catalog design by . . HENK VAN ASSEN of HVA Design
with essay by DAN CAMERON
Printer: GHP Media, West Haven, CT
ISBN: 978-0-578-60624-8
($20)
TEDDY MATHIAS, ‘Modern Fossils of the City’, 2019.
200 Clay Fossils / dimensions variable
TEDDY MATHIAS, ‘Modern Fossils of the City’.
TEDDY MATHIAS . . giving a brief talk on his project, at the opening.
JON KESSLER, ‘It Takes a Global Village Idiot’, 2018
Steel, aluminum, plastic dolls, fake hair, and Adidas tracksuit
52 x 52 x 112 in.
JON KESSLER, detail
JON KESSLER, detail
KYLE WILLIAMS, LISA & their young daughter, Greta.
Kyle co-produced the BLINN & LAMBERT slide projection: ‘Romantic Love’, with Nicholas Steindorf.
NICHOLAS STEINDORF, and GUILLAUME MARAIS.
Nicholas co-produced with Kyle Williams / the BLINN & LAMBERT slide project, ‘Romantic Love’.
MARIE SAVONA, and GUILLAUME MARAIS, recently relocated to NYC, from Paris.
they are friends with Nicholas Steindorf, and Paris-based JEAN-BAPTISTE LENGLET, creator of VDC / VIRTUAL DREAM CENTER, who also has an interactive / virtual reality project in the show, titled: ‘Strange Loops’.
SO . . .
the opening was quite fun / the show & it’s theme very engaging,
the projects – very diverse.
congrats !! to the curators JOHANNES DeYOUNG & FEDERICO SOLMI !!
it was def fun to get out of the city, for a night.
& we weren’t the only ones who felt that way – a lot of friends from NYC came up to show support.
so yeah . . . great NIGHT !!!!
the show is up thru . . . FEB 29, 2020.
PHOTOS: FROM THE OPENING DEC 14, 2019 / NANCY SMITH