Wendy Osserman with newborn Liz Magic Laser rehearsing for Preg. Echo, Loeb Student Center, New York University, 1981
Progeny!
November 17, 2017—January 6, 2018
Curated by: David Levine, Prem Krishnamurthy, and Michelle Levy
Assistant Curator: Meghana Karnik
Carlos Amorales & Carlos Aguirre
Julian Hoeber & Ditta Baron Hoeber
Liz Magic Laser & Wendy Osserman
David Levine & Anne-Marie Levine
Nandi Loaf & Jean Patrick Icart-Pierre
Rosalind Nashashibi
Jacolby Satterwhite & Patricia Satterwhite
Daniel Terna & Fred Terna
Hank Willis Thomas & Deborah Willis
MATERIALS
Psychoanalysis with Jamieson Webster
Friday, January 5, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Progeny! takes as its premise the bilateral relationships of influence, genetics, and interdependence within artistic families. Pairing a group of contemporary artists with their artist-parents, the exhibition questions conventional ideas about creative inheritance. What happens when children inspire their parents? When does the need for autonomy outstrip the demands of heredity? How might unresolved dynamics and suppressed feelings become manifest by presenting artists and their artist-parents together? Informed by therapeutic approaches, the exhibition examines emotional responses and conflicting interpretive modes, opening up the possibility for the show itself to function as a site for reconciliations and communication.
Wendy Osserman, After Not Letting Go, 2017.
Performed at the opening reception of Progeny!
Deborah Willis & Hank Willis Thomas, Thomas & Thomas, 2008. Digital c-print.
From left to right:
Deborah Willis & Hank Willis Thomas, Thomas & Thomas, 2008. Digital c-print.
Liz Magic Laser, Kiss and Cry, 2015. Single-channel 4K video. 14 minutes With figure skaters Anna MacKenzie and Axel MacKenzie and coach Marie Jonsson MacKenzie. Commissioned and produced by Mercer Union.
Wendy Osserman, Trio from Quick Time, 2016.12:55 minutes. Choreography: Wendy Osserman in collaboration with the dancers: Lauren Ferguson, Joshua Tuason, Emily Vetsch. Music Director: Skip La Plante. Musicians: Skip la Plante, Harry Mann. Set Design: Sanya Kantarovsky. Lighting: Alexander Bartenieff. Costumes: Cori Kresge. Video: Geoff Hug / Oscillating Pictures.
Wendy Osserman, Not Letting Go, 2000. Video, 15:50 minutes.
Liz Magic Laser, Kiss and Cry, 2015. Single-channel 4K video. 14 minutes With figure skaters Anna MacKenzie and Axel MacKenzie and coach Marie Jonsson MacKenzie. Commissioned and produced by Mercer Union.
Wendy Osserman, Trio from Quick Time, 2016.12:55 minutes. Choreography: Wendy Osserman in collaboration with the dancers: Lauren Ferguson, Joshua Tuason, Emily Vetsch. Music Director: Skip La Plante. Musicians: Skip la Plante, Harry Mann. Set Design: Sanya Kantarovsky. Lighting: Alexander Bartenieff. Costumes: Cori Kresge. Video: Geoff Hug / Oscillating Pictures.
Wendy Osserman, Not Letting Go, 2000. Video, 15:50 minutes.
Front left:
Wendy Osserman, Not Letting Go, 2000. Video, 15:50 minutes.
Back, from left to right:
Daniel Terna, Untitled (Blue Necks), 2013, Pigment print
Fred Terna, Nearer Than Now, Tangents to Ovals, Portal 8, 1976, 2016, 2015. Acrylic and aggregate on canvas and cotton duck.
Jacolby Satterwhite, Healing in My House, 2016. 3D animation and video. 9:26 minutes.
Anne Marie Levine, Reculer Pour Mieux Sauter, 2015. Hardcover books.
From right to left:
Daniel Terna, Untitled (Blue Necks), 2013, Pigment print
Fred Terna, Nearer Than Now, Tangents to Ovals, Portal 8, 1976, 2016, 2015. Acrylic and aggregate on canvas and cotton duck.
Jacolby Satterwhite, Healing in My House, 2016. 3D animation and video. 9:26 minutes.
Anne Marie Levine, Reculer Pour Mieux Sauter, 2015. Hardcover books.
Anne-Marie Levine, Gallery Box 3, 2005. Wood, acrylic-on-wood paintings, leather, silk.
Anne-Marie Levine, Gallery Box 4, 2005. Wood, acrylic-on-wood paintings, leather, silk.
David Levine, LA, 1975 (Burden Spectator), 2009. From the series Specters. Inkjet print.
David Levine, LA, 1974 (McCarthy Spectator), 2009. From the series Specters. Inkjet print.
From left to right:
Jacolby Satterwhite, Healing in My House, 2016. 3D animation and video. 9:26 minutes.
Anne-Marie Levine, Gallery Box 3, 2005. Wood, acrylic-on-wood paintings, leather, silk.
Anne-Marie Levine, Gallery Box 4, 2005. Wood, acrylic-on-wood paintings, leather, silk.
David Levine, LA, 1975 (Burden Spectator), 2009. From the series Specters. Inkjet print.
David Levine, LA, 1974 (McCarthy Spectator), 2009. From the series Specters. Inkjet print.
Center, on floor:
Anne Marie Levine, Reculer Pour Mieux Sauter, 2015. Hardcover books.
Anne-Marie Levine, Gallery Box 3, 2005. Wood, acrylic-on-wood paintings, leather, silk.
Anne-Marie Levine, Gallery Box 4, 2005. Wood, acrylic-on-wood paintings, leather, silk.
Jacolby Satterwhite, Healing in My House, 2016. 3D animation and video. 9:26 minutes.
Anne-Marie Levine, Gallery Box 3, 2005. Wood, acrylic-on-wood paintings, leather, silk.
Anne Marie Levine, Reculer Pour Mieux Sauter, 2015. Hardcover books.
Center:
Anne Marie Levine, Reculer Pour Mieux Sauter, 2015. Hardcover books.
Right, on wall:
Ditta Baron Hoeber, 8 Minutes 52 Seconds (from the series Proximity), 2013. Cellphone photographs / archival inkjet prints.
Right:
Julian Hoeber, Pink Tube, 2016. Fiberglass reinforced ultracal with pigment, acrylic clear coat, and aluminum, pedestal, laminate sheeting, MDF, terrazzo.
Back, from left to right:
Deborah Willis & Hank Willis Thomas, Thomas & Thomas, 2008. Digital c-print.
Liz Magic Laser, Kiss and Cry, 2015. Single-channel 4K video. 14 minutes With figure skaters Anna MacKenzie and Axel MacKenzie and coach Marie Jonsson MacKenzie. Commissioned and produced by Mercer Union.
Wendy Osserman, Trio from Quick Time, 2016.12:55 minutes. Choreography: Wendy Osserman in collaboration with the dancers: Lauren Ferguson, Joshua Tuason, Emily Vetsch. Music Director: Skip La Plante. Musicians: Skip la Plante, Harry Mann. Set Design: Sanya Kantarovsky. Lighting: Alexander Bartenieff. Costumes: Cori Kresge. Video: Geoff Hug / Oscillating Pictures.
Wendy Osserman, Not Letting Go, 2000. Video, 15:50 minutes.
Julian Hoeber, Pink Tube, 2016. Fiberglass reinforced ultracal with pigment, acrylic clear coat, and aluminum, pedestal, laminate sheeting, MDF, terrazzo.
Ditta Baron Hoeber, 8 Minutes 52 Seconds (from the series Proximity), 2013. Cellphone photographs / archival inkjet prints.
Front:
Julian Hoeber, Pink Tube, 2016. Fiberglass reinforced ultracal with pigment, acrylic clear coat, and aluminum, pedestal, laminate sheeting, MDF, terrazzo.
Back:
Ditta Baron Hoeber, 8 Minutes 52 Seconds (from the series Proximity), 2013. Cellphone photographs / archival inkjet prints.
From left to right:
Carlos Amorales, El no me mires, 2015. Digital video HD color. 40 minutes.
Carlos Aguirre, From the Island series, 2017. Digital photographs.
Carlos Amorales, Loan Identity Certificate, 1996. (Reproduction) typescript and ink on paper.
From left to right:
Carlos Amorales, El no me mires, 2015. Digital video HD color. 40 minutes.
Carlos Aguirre, From the Island series, 2017. Digital photographs.
Jean Patrick Icart-Pierre, T Shirt Series: The Struggle Continues, 1993. Acrylic on canvas with silkscreen.
Nandi Loaf, Untitled, 2017. Postcards, stand, video (5:24 minutes).
Left:
Jean Patrick Icart-Pierre, T Shirt Series: The Struggle Continues, 1993. Acrylic on canvas with silkscreen.
Right:
Nandi Loaf, Untitled, 2017. Postcards, stand, video (5:24 minutes).
Jean Patrick Icart-Pierre, T Shirt Series: The Struggle Continues, 1993. Acrylic on canvas with silkscreen.
Nandi Loaf, Untitled, 2017. Postcards, stand, video (5:24 minutes).
Rosalind Nashashibi, Vivian’s Garden, 2017. 16mm film transferred to HD video. 30 minutes.