January 22 - March 5, 2017
Quorum at The Pit, organized by Regina Rex
Opening 5-8pm, 1/22/17
Katherine Aungier, Yevgeniya Baras, Alta Buden, Jeff DeGolier, Corey Escoto, Gabert Farrar, Elizabeth Ferry, Theresa Ganz, Alyssa Gorelick, Angelina Gualdoni, Dave Hardy, EJ Hauser, Nancy Haynes, Stacie Johnson, Craig Monteith, Eli Ping, Lauren Portada, Anna Schachte, Siebren Versteeg, Max Warsh
Decision-making is messy business with ten to thirteen people. But for six and a half years, Regina Rex has managed to continue to operate as a multi-headed, unwieldy artist-run gallery that offers exhibitions and a network of support to under-recognized artists. Through slow, spiraling conversations that wind themselves in and out of apartments, emails, studios and bars, we have figured out how to make this project work and continue. While our model has a strong lineage historically, we also hope to reconsider the notion of “representation” as it pertains to artist and gallery. While it is important to us that we are artists "representing" artists, it is maybe more important that we are a group of ten artists "representing" other artists. This exhibition contains one work by all current or past participating members of Regina Rex along with one work by each of the four artists we "represent." Each work by a participating member is 16 x 20 inches and the other four works vary in size. This simple parameter outlines our operating structure within the framework of an exhibition, and speaks to the complicated relationship between individual artist, gallery and artwork represented.
Regina Rex was founded on the border between Brooklyn and Queens in 2010 and is now located at 221 Madison Street in New York City. This show is part of an exchange with The Pit that began in September with the exhibition Replanetizer at Regina Rex organized by The Pit.
Anna†Schachte, V (nasty woman), 2016, oil on canvas, 16 x 20"
Siebren Versteeg, Swamp Mushy Muddy, 2016, algorithmically generated image printed on canvas, resin, 16 x 20"
Dave Hardy, Swell 2017 Glass, cement, polyurethane, foam, paint 69.5 x 12 x 10"
Katherine Angier, Laurel, 2017 oil and acrylic paint on linen, 16 x 20"
Yevgeniya Baras, Untitled, 2015 oil on canvas, 16 x 20"
Alta Buden, 4°10'21.1"N 73°31'04.0"E, 2017 Cyanotype on muslin, 16 x 20"
Jeff DeGolier, Dirty Serpent, 2017 plywood, woodglue, and dirt 16 x 20 x 1.5"
Cory Escoto, Tall Stack, 2014 Fuji color instant film print 5 x 4"
Gabe Farrar, Untitled, 2017, colored pencil and pen on paper on canvas, 16 x 20"
Elizabeth Ferry, Yawning Eyes, 2016 Hydrocal, pigment, shell, feather, and eye shadow
Theresa Ganz, Asteroid, 2015, Silver gelatin print, 10 x 8" print, 16 x 20" framed
Alyssa Gorelick, Multi-touch, 2017 Printer ink on panel and photograph 16 x 20"
Angelina Guldoni, Post-it, 2017 oil and acrylic on canvas 16 x 20"
EJ Hauser, Garden Dwellers (Summer), 2015, oil on canvas, 25 x 21"
Nancy Haynes, Etude, 2004 Gilding clay and glow in the dark acrylic on wood panels 8 x 8"
Stacie Johnson, Temperarture Gauge, 2016 oil on linen, 16 x 20"
Craig Monteith, PDA, 2016 Metallic poster, car buying advice 16 x 20"
Eli Ping, Untitled, 2017 window screen, 16 x 20"
Lauren Portada, Untitled, 2016, acrylic on canvas, 16 x 20"