COMMON JIVE
Maria Piñeres, Nascar (2010), Cotton floss on paper, Courtesy the artist and DCKT Contemporary
April 3 - May 15, 2010
Artists: Scott Andresen, Karen Azoulay, David Brooks, Milton Carter, Kate Gilmore, Nathaniel Kassel, Ai Kijima, Shana Moulton, Natsu, Brent Owens, Maria Pineres, Tanea Richardson, Whiting Tennis, Vadis Turner, Megan Whitmarsh, Saya Woolfalk
Opening April 3rd at EFA Project Space, Common Jive presents a spectrum of contemporary artists who summon up vernacular and traditional craft approaches in their art-making practice. Organized in a collaborative effort between curator Julie Fishkin, and artist Saya Woolfalk, the fifteen artists in the exhibition engage the dichotomy between communal pasts and the individual experience, intertwining them visually through the manipulation of common materials and re-examination of time-honored aesthetic practices.
The work in the exhibition represents strategies of both the self-taught and formally trained. Rather than making a distinction between these tactics, Common Jive argues that these artists, presenting a resurgence of dedicated artistry combined with a concern for conceptual rigor, are part of a contemporary communal discourse.
The following events were organized in conjunction with Common Jive:
Constellations, Toilet Paper, and 16th Century High Society
with Karen Azoulay
I Want to Share a Pizza with You
with the CYA Collective
JuJu for the Blood: A Mix Your Own Power Workshop
with Heather Heart