Plain Sight

Sorry Archive curated a section of Plain Sight, an exhibition curated by Tom McGlynn as part of NYPOP’s Emerging Curators Series. 

January 13th - February 5th, 2016
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Albertine Monroe Brown Gallery

Reacting to McGlynn’s notion of a non-differentiated aesthetic typical of mass production, Sorry Archive's contribution to Plain Sight includes works by Andrea Arrubla, Alex Lombard, Tai Yin Ho, and Libby Rothfeld. 

Organizing this show remotely involved a reflection on the University as a site with its own generic qualities, with the grid as repeating visual motif and conceptual schematic. These artists manipulate “generic” materials (such as tiles, packaging forms, prepaid calling cards, and paper fliers), incorporating the abject humor of commodity detritus, rife with narrative and haunted by lived experiences.