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Artist Talk at Overgaden Institute for Contemporary Art
8/31/2010
ARTIST TALK: MARY COBLE
Thursday 30 September 5pm
"Mary Coble (U.S., b. 1978) is one of the most prominent names on the young American performance scene. In her works she examines the way we perceive and orchestrate ideas about gender, race, sexuality and identity, which is reflected in the work Blood Script. A photographic documentation of a performance in which she had 75 invectives for homosexuals, blacks and women among others tattooed on her body with a needle, until all her skin was covered with the bloody contours of the words. Coble joins the Funen Art Academy as a professor in October. The event will be in English."
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In upcoming show: "The Narcissism of Minor Differences"
8/30/2010
MICA will host The Narcissism of Minor Differences, an exhibition showcasing 17 acclaimed artists, including Francisco de Goya, Philip Guston and Sam Durant, who will explore the dark side of intolerance using art, historical artifact and documentation, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010-Sunday, March 13, 2011. Through more than 40 objects and four installations, the exhibition, in the Fox Building's Decker and Meyerhoff galleries, 1303 W. Mount Royal Ave., will examine different types of intolerance by various groups: from the most overt to the benign and sublimated, from the kind of intolerance that excludes to the type of intolerance that kills. A reception for the public will take place on Thursday, Dec. 9, 5-7 p.m.
"The idea that intolerance holds only one form or one direction is false-large groups can be intolerant, leading to genocide and civil wars. Yet intolerance finds its way into the most comfortable living rooms, boardrooms and doctor's offices," said Gerald Ross, MICA's director of exhibitions and co-curator.
Through the art and historical objects in the exhibition, visitors will be able to examine intolerance, an act that can take place outwardly or inwardly during critical reflection, as one tries to self-preserve, identify and, at times, marginalize, segregate or eliminate that which disagrees with one's identity, even in regards to a small discrepancy. This could be thought of as the narcissism of minor differences.
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Relocating to Copenhagen, Denmark
8/13/2010
I've accepted a postion as the head of the Picture-based Practices Department at the Funen Academy of Art in Odense, Denmark.
As of August 17th, 2010 I will be continuing my practice based out of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Performance and Artist Talk at Saint Cecilia's Convent--July 9th and 10th
6/29/2010
I will be participating a group show I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER opening July 9th at Saint Cecilia's Convent in Brooklyn, NY (21 Monitor Street). The show is a multimedia exhibition of diverse works created by an international group of artists who met one year ago at the summer artist residency Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in rural Maine.
As part of the show I will be doing a live performance and giving an artist talk.
1. I will be doing a performance on opening night (July 9th) with a collaborator Cooper Holoweski called "You Are Sick". This will be the first time this piece will be performed in front of a live audience. It is a short and intense look at
two opposing ideological forces. It is less a reference to a specific social or political issue but rather a primordial friction between fundamental belief systems. Each side believing the other is absolutely wrong or at fault and dehumanizing them by deeming them "sick".
For more information about the show go to http://iknowwhatyoudid.wordpress.com
2. Coble/Riley Projects (my collaborative project with Blithe Riley) will be giving an artist talk in conjunction with the show.
The talk will be on Saturday, July 10th at 1pm, followed by a video screening of other artists work running from 3-5pm.
We will present recent work made at two residencies Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and The Market Estate Project in London, UK. We will hold a conversation about our collaborative process and the challenges of working site-specifically in unusual environments.
For more information on our work go to http://coblerileyprojects.com.
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I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER is an exhibition created by an international group of artists who met one year ago in rural Maine, at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. This summer, these artists reunite to form a five-day multi-media exhibition at the former convent of Saint Cecilias in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The broad range of works on view reflect the stylistic pluralism of our era and present the fruits of an artistic community that continues to prosper. With 60 artists on its roster, I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, celebrates creative exchange, collaboration, and the mission of the Skowhegan community at large.
Schedule of Events
Opening Reception & Performances, July 9th, 6 pm to 9 pm
Video Screenings, July 10th, 3pm to 5 pm
Guided Tours, July 11th & 12th, 2 pm & 5 pm
About Skowhegan
Skowhegan, an intensive nine-week summer residency program for emerging visual artists established in 1946, seeks each year to bring together a gifted and diverse group of individuals who have demonstrated a commitment to art-making and inquiry to create the most stimulating and rigorous environment possible for a concentrated period of artistic creation, interaction and growth.
Participating Artists
Lauren F. Adams Eduardo Tomαs Basualdo Keren Benbenisty Ashley Blalock Katherine Bradford Heather Bursch Maria Buyondo Krista Caballero Nayari Castillo Caleb Charland Colby Claycomb Mary Coble Brandon Cox Rachel Fainter Amy Feldman Josι Joaquin Figueroa The Friendly Falcons Rosalinda Gonzαlez Jacob Gossett Jane Fox Hipple Cooper Holoweski Janelle Iglesias Nova Jiang Art Johnson Kyoung Eun Kang Devin Kenny Ji Eun Kim Avi Krispin Anna Kunz Eva La Cour Jenny Lee Dan Levenson Gregg Louis Matthew Mazzotta Nat Meade Matthew Metzger Irvin Morazan Nyeema Morgan Rosalind Murray Tameka Norris Brandon Norsted Mie Olise Ann Oren Ester Partegΰs Renata Poljak Rit Premnath Jaye Rhee Blithe Riley Christopher Robbins Jacolby Satterwhite Paul Stoelting Clarissa Tossin Niels Vis Richard T. Walker Ian Warren Brindalyn Webster Letha Wilson Gregory Witt Jayoung Yoon Theodoros Zafeiropoulos
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Write up in the Washington Post Express Night Out
6/24/2010
Nor Any a Drop to Drink: Mary Coble and Janet Biggs at Conner Contemporary
The windows of Conner Contemporary are swaddled in heavy curtains. A sign on the door informs visitors that, yes, it is in fact open the window treatment is just there to turn the gallery into a theater for the video works by New York artist Janet Biggs and Washington-based artist Mary Coble.
Biggs has taken over the front room with a massive screen against the wall, showing "Fade to White." The 12-1/2-minute video traces an Arctic landscape, following a crew member of a two-masted schooner as he works on the boat or kayaks through the ice.
"Her work is muscular in a sense, as she's doing these things as well," says gallery owner Leigh Conner. Biggs pairs her romantic shots with sorrowful music by John Kelly, adding a melancholic tone to the exploration of the stark landscape. (See selected works of Coble here and Janet Biggs here)
Coble shows her own stamina, though of a different sort. Her videos depict her standing on, (repeatedly) falling off or swimming around a floating dock on a lake. But the most challenging work by Coble is "Source," an installation and performance piece in which she collected 200 water samples from the Washington area in plastic containers, hanging each with tags of their corresponding address from a metal structure in the gallery's courtyard. Since she erected the piece in May, the water has changed, discolored and grown tiny critters in some cases.
Such evolution stands as a reminder to what sustains D.C. communities and what is often taken for granted.
» Conner Contemporary, 1358 Florida Ave. NE; through July 3, free ; 202-588-8750.
Written by Express contributor Danielle O'Steen
Photo courtesy Conner Contemporary Art
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