'Cathouse Retrospective'
at Chemistry Creative, 315 Ten Eyck Street, Bklyn
Bushwick Open Studios
October 1 - October 2, 2016
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with the work of:
Michael Ashkin, Brad Benischek, Leslie Brack, Andy Cross, Anne Deleporte, Nicola Ginzel, Pete Moran, Gregor Neuerer, Shadi Harouni, Farideh Sakhaeifar, Evan Shinners, Timothy Simonds, Evan Daniel Smith, Daniel Swanigan Snow, Nathan Townes-Anderson, Jeannie Weissglass
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with muscial performance by W.T.F. Bach, Saturday, October 1
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Designed and Curated by David Dixon
Produced by Nathan Townes-Anderson and Chemistry Creative
Lighting by Andre Ferreira
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right: Brad Benischek, 'Colorodo Hot Rats', canvas, paint, custom buttons, 2013, Michael Ashkin, 'Dismal Dreaming', section of extreme photo series of 1000, 4x5 b/w, 2016
Michael Ashkin, 'Dismal Dreaming', section of extreme photo series of 1000, 4x5" b/w, 2016, Timothy Simonds, 'Solips' (far right, between walls on floor) bleached pineapple, 2016
Nathan Townes-Anderson, 'Yoko for Prez', vinyl banner, 2016, Michael Ashkin, 'Dismal Dreaming', section of extreme photo series of 1000, 4x5 b/w, 2016
foreground: Farideh Sakhaeifar, 'Untitled (Aleppo)', photo emulsion on gypsum board, 2016
right wall: Nicola Ginzel, three Soul Piece Elements, mixed media 2016, right wall leaning: Farideh Sakhaeifar, 'Untitled (NASA/ISIS)', inkjet on metallic pearl paper, suspended: Timothy Simonds, 'Advice: I have to say', plexi, metal, ink, 2016
left wall and above: Anne Deleporte, 'So-Dome' and 'Harvesting', paint on newsprint, 2015, 2016, back wall: Leslie Brack, Album Paintings, oil paint on found album covers, 2013-2016
left and above: Anne Deleporte, 'So-Dome' and 'Harvesting', paint on newsprint, 2015, 2016
right: Leslie Brack, Album Paintings, oil paint on found album covers, 2013-2016
left wall: Leslie Brack, Album Paintings, 2013-2016, suspended: Timothy Simonds, 'Advice: I have to say', plexi, metal, ink, 2016, leaning wall: Farideh Sakhaeifar, 'Untitled (NASA/ISIS)', inkjet on metallic pearl paper, right wall: Nicola Ginzel, three Soul Piece Elements, mixed media 2016
left: Nicola Ginzel, three Soul Piece Elements, mixed media, 2016, center: Farideh Sakhaeifar, 'Untitled (Aleppo)', photo emulsion on gypsum board, 2016, back: Jeannie Weissglass, graphite, glitter, paint on paper
left: Daniel Swanigan Snow, 'Cinema Verde', mixed media, glass, video and monitor, 2016
right: Brad Benischek, 'Green Lake #5', graphite and colored pencil on pigmented plaster
Brad Benischek, live drawing performance, graphite and colored pencil on pigmented plaster
from left: Nicola Ginzel, 'Soul Piece - Pelvic Fragment', mixed media, 2016
Andy Cross, 'Future Un-Painted', oil on canvas, 2011, Timothy Simonds, 'Solips' (under stage by left leg), bleached vegetables, 2016, Evan Daniel Smith, 'Pi-formance', 10,000 digits of Pi from memory, 2016, Timothy Simonds, 'Solips' (on floor stage right), bleached vegetables, 2016, Shadi Harouni, 'The push and pull between the two sides...' and 'My father was there when...' ink on paper framed with pedestals with text, 2016
from left: Evan Daniel Smith, 'Pi-formance', 10,000 digits of Pi from memory, 2016, Timothy Simonds, 'Solips' (on floor stage right) bleached vegetables, 2016, Shadi Harouni, 'The push and pull between the two sides...' and 'My father was there when...'. ink on paper framed with pedestals with text, 2016, Anne Deleporte, 'So-Dome', paint on newsprint on corrugated plastic, 2015
from left: Andy Cross, 'Future Un-Painted' oil on canvas, 2011, Evan Daniel Smith, 'Pi-formance', 10,000 digits of Pi from memory, 2016, Pete Moran, 'Solitude Trilogy', video triptych, 2016
left: Jeannie Weissglass, 'The Pitcher', animation, 2016, right: Gregor Neuerer, 'Wing", canvas, paint, aluminum, 2016
left: Jeannie Weissglass, 'The Pitcher', animation, 2016, right: Gregor Neuerer, 'Wing", canvas, paint, aluminum, 2016
exhibition photography
Dario Lasagni
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PRESS RELEASE
Cathouse is partnering with Chemistry Creative for Bushwick Open Studios the weekend of October 1 and 2. Together, we are producing a retrospective of Cathouse’s three years in operation in Chemistry's mammoth 315 Ten Eyck space, featuring 17 artists and an evening of musical performance on Saturday night.
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Chemistry Creative’s 3500 sq. ft. black box space – replete with adjustable walls, lighting and copious video and audio equipment – is the perfect environment to create a thrilling exhibition of the Cathouse’s past program of artists, along with a few new upstarts.
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Represented in this venture will be artists Michael Ashkin, Brad Benischek, Leslie Brack, Andy Cross, Anne Deleporte, David Dixon, Nicola Ginzel, Shadi Harouni, Pete Moran, Gregor Neuerer, Farideh Sakhaeifar, Evan Daniel Smith, Evan Shinners, Timothy Simonds, Daniel Swanigan Snow, Nathan Townes-Anderson and Jeannie Weissglass.
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And on Saturday night there will be a very special performance by Bach virtuoso and musical provocateur, W.T.F. Bach.
David Dixon "gramming" with Shadi Harouni from Cathouse Retrospective