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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.


Exhibition Catalog
"Appalling in Nature" (First Handout by Alex Lombard)
"Bionic Tat" (Second Handout by Alex Lombard)
"Pseudowork" (Third Handout by Alex Lombard)
"Sweter" (Fourth Handout by Alex Lombard)

Andrea Arrubla

NO LE DA PENA

Beer cartons, copy paper, acrylic

Libby Rothfeld

Rumplestilskin

Cast concrete, tile, found objects

Andrea Arrubla

Macho

Found long distance calling card, velcro

Tai Yin Ho

Tender buttons (digitalis rising)

Rubber, marble


Fine Pile Field

Velvet, marble


Construction reliquary

Rubber foam, marble, quartz

Alex Lombard

Flag Pole

Found umbrella handle

Libby Rothfeld

Case Closed

Tile, grout, MDF

Alex Lombard

Handouts

Stapled photocopies, plastic document holders, shelf

Andrea Arrubla

Larga Distancia

Found long distance calling cards on pedestal ramp

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.


Exhibition Catalog
"Appalling in Nature" (First Handout by Alex Lombard)
"Bionic Tat" (Second Handout by Alex Lombard)
"Pseudowork" (Third Handout by Alex Lombard)
"Sweter" (Fourth Handout by Alex Lombard)

Andrea Arrubla

NO LE DA PENA

Beer cartons, copy paper, acrylic

Libby Rothfeld

Rumplestilskin

Cast concrete, tile, found objects

Andrea Arrubla

Macho

Found long distance calling card, velcro

Tai Yin Ho

Tender buttons (digitalis rising)

Rubber, marble


Fine Pile Field

Velvet, marble


Construction reliquary

Rubber foam, marble, quartz

Alex Lombard

Flag Pole

Found umbrella handle

Libby Rothfeld

Case Closed

Tile, grout, MDF

Alex Lombard

Handouts

Stapled photocopies, plastic document holders, shelf

Andrea Arrubla

Larga Distancia

Found long distance calling cards on pedestal ramp