LUSH LIFE | Chapter 3. First Bird (A Few Butterflies) |
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Installation view |
Installation view | Jon Rappleye Night, 2009 Paper-maché, wood and cast vitreous china 43 x 36 8.5 inches |
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| Christoph Draeger From the series "Ghost Bikes", 2010 LED light box/duratrans 2 1/2 x 11 x 14 inches |
Nicholas di Genova Temperate Forest Region, 2009 Ball point pen and ink (quill) on paper 23 x 18 inches |
Dana Levy |
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| Gina Magid Soaring Hawk, 2006 Oil and acrylic paint, charcoal, pencil, collage on shaped wood 26 x 62 inches |
Jeffrey Gibson Bird, 2008 Mixed media 19 x 14 x 12 inches |
Karen Heagle The End of Abundance, 2008 Acrylic and ink on paper 51.5 x 80 inches | 130.8 x 203.2 cm |
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Ezra Johnson |
Wes Lang No More Sorrow..., 2009 mixed media on paper 9 7/8 x 8 in. (25.08 x 20.32 cm) |
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| Xaviera Simmons Owl 1, 2010 Black and White Copy On Paper 36 x 38 inches Editions 1/10 |
Xaviera Simmons Untitled (2), 2008 Color photograph 40 x 30 inches Edition 1/5 |
Xaviera Simmons Owl 2, 2010 Black and White Copy On Paper 36 x 38 inches Editions 1/10 |
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INVISIBLE-EXPORTS is pleased to be part of LUSH LIFE, an exhibition in nine chapters curated by Franklin Evans and Omar Lopez-Chahoud.
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LUSH LIFE is an exhibition which takes place at nine Lower East Side (LES) galleries: Collette Blanchard Gallery, Eleven Rivington, Invisible-Exports, Lehmann Maupin, On Stellar Rays, Salon 94, Scaramouche, Sue Scott Gallery, and Y Gallery. LUSH LIFE adopts Richard Price’s 2008 novel to title and organize the exhibition. The novel is set in the contemporary LES and through a murder investigation exposes the dynamically changing community of the neighborhood, which despite its evolution retains a ghostly and vital link to its layered past. The deep and varied history of the LES now includes the LES galleries as new community members, and Price’s novel provides a potent vehicle for the consideration of community as voices compete for, ignore and occasionally share the same physical and conceptual space.
The galleries will host concurrent exhibitions with each exhibition reflecting the idea of one of the nine chapters in the book. The curators selected one artist from each gallery to participate in the exhibition and solicited from each of them one additional artist recommendation of an artist not from one of the nine participating galleries (nine total recommendations). The curators then supplemented this base group of eighteen artists to complete nine exhibitions, ranging in size from three to twelve artists. LUSH LIFE will be the present for what will become a living ghost to the future form into which the LES will inevitably morph.
The exhibition schedule varies slightly at each gallery with the earliest installation being June 17 and the latest closing being August 13. See gallery specific schedule below. There will be a collective opening of all participating galleries on Thursday, July 8th from 6 – 9 pm.
Sue Scott Gallery
Chapter One: Whistle
June 17 – August 1
On Stellar Rays
Chapter Two: Liar
June 23 – August 1
Invisible-Exports
Chapter Three: First Bird (A Few Butterflies)
June 25 – July 31
Lehmann Maupin
Chapter Four: Let It Die
July 8 – August 13
Y Gallery
Chapter Five: Want Cards
July 8 – July 25
Collette Blanchard Gallery
Chapter Six: The Devil You Know
July 8 – August 13
Salon 94
Chapter Seven: Wolf Tickets
June 24 – July 30
Scaramouche
Chapter Eight: 17 Plus 25 Is 32
July 8 – August 6
Eleven Rivington
Chapter Nine: She'll Be Apples
July 15 – August 13
Artists: Alice O'Malley, Alisha Kerlin, Amy Longenecker-Brown, Carol Irving, Chakaia Booker, Christoph Draeger, Claudia Weber, Coco Fusco, Dana Frankfort, Dana Levy, Dani Leventhal, David Kramer, David Shapiro, Derrick Adams, Elisabeth Subrin, Erik Benson, Ezra Johnson, Gail Thacker, Gina Magid, Ishmael Randall Weeks, Jackie Gendel, Jackie Saccoccio, Jayson Keeling, Jeffrey Gibson, Jessica Dickinson, Joanne Greenbaum, Jon Rappleye, Jonathan VanDyke, Jose Lerma, Judi Werthein, Justen Ladda, Kai Schiemenz / Iris Fluegel, Karen Heagle, Karina Aguilera Skvirsky, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Leslie Hewitt, Manuel Acevedo, Mario Ybarra Jr., Matthew Weinstein, Melissa Gordon, Nanna Debois Buhl, Nicolas Di Genova, Nina Lola Bachhuber, Olivier Babin, Patrick Lee, Patty Chang, Paul Gabrielli, Paul Pagk, Paul Pfeiffer, Pedro Barbeito, Rashid Johnson, Robert Beck, Robert Lazzarini, Robert Melee, Robin Graubard, Rudy Shepherd, Scott Hug, Tim Davis, Tommy Hartung, Wes Lang, Xaviera Simmons, Yashua Klos
We are grateful to Richard Price and the vitality of his novel.
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Sue Scott Gallery, 1 Rivington Street, suescottgallery.com
On Stellar Rays, 133 Orchard Street, onstellarrays.com
Invisible-Exports, 14A Orchard Street, invisible-exports.com
Lehmann Maupin, 201 Chrystie Street, lehmannmaupin.com
Y Gallery, 355 A Bowery Street, ygallerynewyork.com
Collette Blanchard Gallery, 26 Clinton Street, colletteblanchard.com
Salon 94, 1 Freeman Alley, salon94.com
Scaramouche, 52 Orchard Street, scaramoucheart.com
Eleven Rivington, 11 Rivington Street, elevenrivington.com