February 24th - March 25th, 2006
Andrew Kreps Gallery is pleased to inaugurate its new 525 West 22nd Street location with an exhibition by Scottish artists Hayley and Sue Tompkins. This is Hayley Tompkins' third exhibition at the gallery, and the second interpretation of an ongoing collaborative project with her sister, Sue Tompkins.
Following their two person exhibition, In the Zone of Your Eyes,
curated by Christiane Schneider at West London Projects in London (October
2005), Hayley and Sue Tompkins have brought a new variation of the exhibition
to Andrew Kreps Gallery. They will both present solo works, as well as a number
of collaborative collages.
Hayley Tompkins' personal, often small-scale abstractions sometimes evoke spaces, memories, or a fragmented notational system. Hayley will present an arrangement of wall objects, including gouache paintings and a series of clay and plaster works which also integrate magazine cutouts. These objects are arranged on wooden tables. Together, these related works create a filmic impression of multiple comings and goings. The objects are propositions: spacious and anonymous, part and whole.
Sue will be showing a wall installation consisting of typewritten text on
newsprint sheets arranged in diptychs, triptychs, and various other combinations
and positions. Also, during the reception, she will give a live performance
of her text piece, Elephants Galore (2005). The combination and subsequent
layering of text, collage, painting, and live performance is fundamental to
her work.
The exhibition will be on view from February 24th € March 25th,
2006. A reception will be held for the artist at the gallery on February 24th
from 6 - 8 PM at 525 West 22nd St., New York City. Sue Tompkins will perform
Elephants Galore at 7 PM. For information call 212-741-8849.
October 11-November 15, 2003
My street's very, very quiet, and no-one brings anyone in here - it's very
private.
But there are these motor homes and
20 people in black suits,
standing in the middle of my street, So I pull up.
In my car and I've got my hair pulled back - and he
starts to take pictures. No make-up, no nothing.
So I said, "Fine" I see myself like that every day.
I think I'm very free. On + on.
Once you overcome an obstacle,
You springboard into the future.
Borrow it.
His / her / it's life activity. Conscious life activity.
Find it.
Life is interesting and short
It's not supposed to be easy, and if it is
You're probably just in denial and you're existing here
Like a zombie.
No zombies.
That's what I love about -
-Sue Tompkins
Andrew Kreps Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Hayley
Tompkins. Based in Glasgow, Scotland, Tompkins has recently participated in
exhibitions at Galerie Krinzinger in Vienna, Austria and at The Modern Institute
in Glasgow. This is her second solo exhibition at Andrew Kreps Gallery.
The exhibition features Tompkins' trademark watercolors on paper as well as paintings on wooden board, a new medium for her. Tompkins sees these paintings on board as an "attempt to retrieve images of other paintings in my mind. Like remembering. The paintings feel aged to me already, like I am making ready-made objects and inserting them into history straight away."
In this exhibition, a number of works will be hung on a large cubical structure built in the center of the gallery space. As viewers navigate around the structure, Tompkins' installation unfolds. The artist sees encountering the structure as "a gestalt, 'unwhole' experience" because only one part of the exhibition will be visible at a time. The four walls of the box-structure provide a stage of sorts, where the paintings are installed to express their distinctive qualities. Some of the works contain references to stage or costume design. Tompkins cites Malevich, Sonia Delunay and Oskar Schlemmer as influential for their work, as well as for their holistic approaches as artists-cum-stage designers. Other works in the exhibition are hung to emphasize their surreal content.
The
exhibition will be on view from October 11- November 15, 2003. A reception
will be held for the artists in the gallery on October 11 from 6-8 pm at 516
West 20th St., New York City. For information please call 212-741-8849.
