Rebecca Naegele, Mythic Progress (detail), 2021
May 15 - 30, 2021
Jane Fentress
Austin Fisher
Evan Curtis Charles Hall
Kyuri Jeon
David Johnson
Jessi Ali Lin
Rebecca Naegele
Emmanuela Soria Ruiz
Valentina Soto Illanes
Sonnie Wooden Jr.
Julian Zeidler
A Partnership with the University of Pennsylvania Class of 2020 MFA Program.
VISITOR INFO
Wednesday - Sunday 12 pm - 6:00 pm by appointment. See ACCESS INFORMATION below for additional provisions and details.
DESCRIPTION
Wants and Needs is a group exhibition featuring the work of eleven recent graduates from the University of Pennsylvania’s class of 2020 MFA program presented by the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Project Space, New York, and the University of Pennsylvania.
The exhibition is made possible with generous support from The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation, the Weitzman Graduate Fine Arts department, and the Weitzman Student Council at the University of Pennsylvania.
Artist Bios
Download the Press Release (PDF)
Download Catalog (PDF)
A publication of conversations between curators and the artists in Wants & Needs about their work and thinking. Special thanks to Michelle Millar Fisher, Ksenia Nouril, Karen Patterson, Kelly Shindler, and Jodi Throckmorton for their generous and thoughtful conversation around this work.
GALLERY VIEWS
EXHIBITION EVENTS
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This is Lenapehoking, the Lenape homeland and gathering place for many Indigenous nations and beings. When the unceded earth breathes again, there will be Indigenous lives here, as there are now and have always been. It will still be Lenapehoking. We learn from the bedrock and commit to uplifting, honoring, and listening to those who are seen and unseen, present and future.
ACCESS INFORMATION
EFA Project Space is located on the second floor of 323 West 39th Street. It is accessible via an elevator (whose door width is 32” and car width is 65”) or two flights of stairs. At the building’s ground-level front desk, you will be asked to sign in with your name but not to provide ID.
The exhibition is free. Chairs with backs are available to guests upon request by speaking to a gallery attendant. There are two non-gender-segregated bathrooms on the building’s third floor, accessible via the elevators, outside the Project Space. The bathrooms are cleaned twice daily. One bathroom is wide and long enough to accommodate a wheelchair; the other cannot. Neither bathroom has grab bars. Though we cannot guarantee a scent-free space, we ask that all guests, who are able, to attend the exhibition fragrance-free, out of consideration for guests with chemical sensitivities. Fragrance-free soap is available in the restrooms on the third floor.
For the health and safety of our staff and the general public, the exhibition is only open by appointment. You can schedule a reservation here, where you will learn more about what Covid-19 safety measures EFA is taking.
Exhibition Photography © EFA Project Space/UPenn/Yann Chashanovski