Margaret Lee info contact 179 Canal 47 Canal
HOW DO YOU DO, all works 5” x 7”/7” x 5”, archival pigment prints, edition size varies.
The two photos that feature potato(es) were the first in this ongoing series, taken during the de-installation of an exhibition initiated with Michele Abeles and Darren Bader at White Columns (1/10). When invited to curate a 179 Canal exhibition at White Columns (10/10), the project continued, though taking photos during de-installation was no longer possible; the period (5/09 – 6/10) was over and the exhibitions/performances long gone. In the studio, subjective recreations of the past were stage and photographed (solo) to be interspersed within the larger curatorial project. In order: Loveless Marriages (Anicka Yi/Josh Kline), Betteraves Club (Margaret Lee/Emily Sundblad), TV Show (Antoine Catala), Bedroom w TV and a Woman Lays w Aide (Yemenwed), Kaya (Kerstin Brätsch/Debo Eiliers), (Alisa Baremboym/Thomas Torres Cordova), (Caitlin Keogh/Graham Anderson), It’s Déjà vu All Over Again (Devon Dikeou), Moving Shapes and Colors (curated by Brian Droitcour), Guilty Feet (organized by Tova Carlin/Colby Bird), Nobodies New York (organized by Josh Kline) — all works 2010.
Continuation only seemed plausible if collaboration replaced appropriation. Continued in order: K. Mustermann/Margaret Lee, 10 Tips for Painting Your Miami Home; Amy Lien/Margaret Lee, Canal Street Surrealism; Josh Kline/Margaret Lee, Surrogate Thirsts; Alisa Baremboym/Margaret Lee, Delicatessen; Gregory Edwards/Margaret Lee, Buddies; Anicka Yi/Margaret Lee, Keyhole of Speculative Frenzy (eBay shoot #0012), Antoine Catala/Margaret Lee, http://www.suzannewhite.com/new-astrology/AquariusGoat.html — all works 2010.
Forward and conclusion, the project is open ended and will be revisited whenever. Recently: Jared Madere/Margaret Lee, Secret Nite Noodle Mood; Bird and Andrei Koschmieder (solo), Andrei Koschmieder/Margaret Lee, Squishy Pink and Cute Red; Michele Abeles/Margaret Lee, Watermelon Boot; Ajay Kurian/Margaret Lee, Darren’s Chair — all works 2011. 26 photos total
Thank you
Margaret Lee
S.F., 2011
Margaret Lee (b. Bronx, NY 1980) is an artist/curator based in New York. She has curated and exhibited at White Columns, X Initiative, and Performa 09 (all NYC) as well as abroad. She founded 179 Canal in 2009 and programmed the space until its closure in 2010 and is currently working on her new collaborative project, 47 Canal. For more information, please visit http://www.179canal.com or http://www.47canalstreet.com.
Antoine Catala is a French artists who lives in New York. His work deals with the physicality of moving images. His work has been exhibited at Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France, the Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA, Portland Institute of Contemporary Art TBA’09, Portland, Oregon, Taxter and Spengemann, New York, NY, White Columns, New York, New York, Galerie Christine Mayer, Berlin, Germany, Karyn Lovergrove, Los Angeles, California, 179 Canal, New York, NY, Audio Visual Arts, New York, NY.
Alisa Baremboym was born in Moscow in 1982. She lives and works in New York. She received her MFA in 2009 from Bard College and her BFA in 2004 from School of Visual Arts, NY, and has recently exhibited at 179 Canal; White Columns, NY; Moscow Biennial for Young Art at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow; ISCP, NY; Participant Inc. and Andrew Kreps Gallery. Baremboym has been featured in publications such as Time Out NY and ArtReview.
Amy Lien (b. 1987) graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard University in 2009. She has participated in group exhibitions at Green Papaya, Manila (2009); MO_Space, Manila (2009); Bukowskis, Stockholm with 179 Canal (2010); and Galerie Crone, Berlin (2010).
Michele Abeles lives and works in New York. In 2010–11 her work has appeared in group exhibitions at SculptureCenter, New York; New Jersey MoCA, Asbury Park; and White Columns, New York, as well as in Greater New York at MoMA PS1. She received an MFA in photography from Yale University (2007) and a Rema Hort Mann Visual Arts grant (2010) . Her first solo exhibition opens at 47 Canal in April 2011.
Jared Madere was born in 1993 in New York City.
Josh Kline (b. Philadelphia, PA 1979) is an artist and curator. Projects and exhibitions at 179 Canal (NY), X-Initiative(NY), Taxer and Spengemann (NY), Galerie Christine Mayer (Munich), Gavin Brown’s Enterprise (NY), Guild and Greyshkul (NY), White Columns (NY), Artists Space (NY)
Ajay Kurian (B.A. Columbia University) is an artist and curator. Projects include Gresham’s Ghost and No More Presence.
Anicka Yi (b. Seoul, Korea) Exhibitions/Performances at 179 Canal, X-Initiative, Jack Hanley Gallery, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise.
K.Mustermann
Andrei Koschmieder (b. Frankfurt, Germany 1980) Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Städelschule, Frankfurt, Germany. Exhibited at Foxy Productions (NY), Johan Berggren Gallery (Malmo, Sweden), Cleopatra’s (NY), White Columns (NY).
Gregory Edwards (b. 1981) B.F.A. School of Visual Arts. Has exhibited at Bellwether Gallery, Participant Inc, 179 Canal, White Columns (all New York).
Debo Eiliers (b. Texas, 1974), M.F.A. Columbia University, B.F.A. University of Texas, Austin. Exhibitions include Greater New York (2010); I’ve got $3,000 in my wallet, On Stellar Rays (2009); KAYA (with Kerstin Braetsch), 179 Canal and abroad.