From “Mirror vs. mold” group exhibit at Mcguinness Studios (NYC, February 2021) feat. Ester Kärkkäinen, Hex Kim, Harriet K. Morgan, Nok, Jukka Siikala, Clint Bargers, Jessica Buie, Marit Liang, Elspeth Walker, Kailee Heagney, and Vitaly Bezpalov
From left to right:
The Birth of Venus by Marit Liang
The Blood of the Poor by Vitaly Bezpalov
Sex Worker (excerpts) by Ester Kärkkäinen
Drink Deeply and Dream (excerpts) by Elspeth Walker
When I say I love you I am not Ashamed (excerpts) by Kaliee Heagney
SPK flyer from Basement Bloodletter by Clint Bargers
In Crosshairs by Jessica Buie
Old Hag (excerpt from Gag Reflex Vol 2) by Nok
Calcite Altar by Hex Kim
Drink Deeply and Dream (excerpts) by Elspeth Walker
Reject by Ester Kärkkäinen
Untitled by Jukka Siikala
The Blindness of Love by Harriet K. Morgan
From “Show World Order” (Valentina Vaccarella), solo exhibit at Mcguinness Studios (NYC, December 2020)
Barbie Sins LC4 Charlotte Perriand (sculpture, chaise)
HENNY (door sticker)
Funny Money (Sapphire Dollars)
Gober’s essence of true romance (bat, sculpture)
Untitled (ephemera, car radio)
Private Redemption (receipts)
Stills from “The Substance of Desire” (Valentina Vaccarella) release at Aeon Books (NYC, February 2020)
At Mendota Point by Marit Liang
Emails/Mistress Verlaine by Valentina Vaccarella
War Coda by Miles Pflanz & Net Operating Loss by Miles Pflanz
FKN JPGs by Christopher Clary
From July 2021, Off site.
HOLLYWOOD FOREVER
It’s fame ending in tragedy.
Or as Alissa Bennett would say: “this story again?”
“Hollywood Forever” is a group show featuring Alissa Bennett, Steven Harwick, Elspeth Walker, and Heinzfeller Nileisist. The exhibit explores the tragic and chaotic world of celebrity death obsessions. Based on Alissa Bennett’s book, Dead is Better, published by Heinzfeller Nileisist in 2016 (NYC), it features text excerpts from Bennett’s book, a fabricated installation about Anna Nicole’s last days at the Hard Rock Hotel in Seminole, Florida, and an audio+video piece weaving confession and recollection about a 90s grunge rocker’s demise. While parts of the exhibit are intended to be witty and intriguing, the exhibit attempts to find personal connections with dead celebrities and rewrite history to convey the trauma of celebrity.
