KRISTEN
MORGIN
New York Be
Nice
Zach Feuer Gallery is pleased to present New York Be Nice, the
first solo exhibition of work by Kristen
Morgin in New York. Morgin's show will inaugurate our new 4,800
square foot ground-level space in the
historic Dia Building on 22nd
Street.
Morgin's sculptures, comprised primarily of fired and unfired clay,
are true to scale objects. Her works,
which include Wrecked Spyder, a crashed Porsche 550 Spyder,
appear to be unearthed or abandoned
objects in varying states of ruin. Several sculptures, such as
The Repeating Table, which consists of toys,
books and comics, present her rendition of an object alongside its
original
counterpart.
Using unassuming materials to render readily accessible objects,
Morgin's work captures the complexity
of the present by way of the past. The corroding surfaces of her
objects not only capture the here and now
but protrude fragility, mortality and
decay.
Kristen Morgin was born in 1968 in Brunswick, GA. Her work was
featured in Unmonumental at the New
Museum in New York, Thing at UCLA Hammer
Museum in Los Angeles, Red Eye at the Rubbell Family
Collection in Miami and currently Huckleberry Finn at CCA Wattis
Institute for Contemporary Art in San
Francisco. Morgin lives and works in Gardena,
CA.
In addition to exhibitions in our main gallery, Gallery 2 will
showcase exhibitions by artists separate from
our main gallery program. Open, our first Gallery 2 exhibition,
is a group show of gallery artists in addition
to a preview of upcoming Gallery 2 shows. The artists featured
in this exhibition include Tamy Ben-Tor,
Joe Bradley, Sister Corita, Nathalie Djurberg, Mark Flood, Stuart
Hawkins, Anton Henning, Dasha Shishkin,
Dana Schutz, Johannes VanDerBeek and Phoebe Washburn as well as Alisha
Kerlin, Kate Levant and
Florian
Schmidt.
Exhibition dates: November 6 - December 18,
2010
Opening reception: Saturday, November 6, 6-8PM
NEW ADDRESS: 548 West 22nd Street, New York, NY
10011