Style is the Tailor
Kari Altmann, Benjamin Phelan, Borna Sammak, Travess Smalley
November 26th - 28th, 2012
Seed-covered stacked-up man seedless waterformer ('edelformer') well fitting
nervous system also tightly fitting nerves! (the hat makes the man) (style is the tailor).
- Max Ernst.
We are increasingly customized organisms, but who is the tailor? Like fruit on a vine we bud, fatten, and mature, yet we are afraid of the earth to which we fall. We plasticize and forestall the future, exchanging natural ends for plastic limbs. We are not people of the mud any longer, recycled and returned, but are our hat’s accessories, peering from under the brims of culture with plastic in hand. At a time when the flood or drought of Credit serves as the prevailing force determining the creation of form and object, we’ve forgotten that we are apples of the earth, blooming and dying free, and that our flesh is still here, holding up the geometry of faces better off bare.
Kari Altmann is a cloud based artist who exhibits in a range of platforms and formats, from "print to real life" showrooms to filesharing cloud communes, 3D simulated spaces like Chrystal Gallery at Gentili Apri, and editorial platforms like DIS Magazine. Recent presentations include Global Art Forum Six at Art Dubai 2012 in collaboration with Ayshay and Motion at Seventeen Gallery in London. She is the founder of R-U-In?S.
Benjamin Phelan lives and works in New York. Selected exhibitions include Vernalis at North Henry Annex (Brooklyn), Philadelphia Out of Phase at Bodega (Philadelphia) and Vitalistic Aliasing at Primetime (Brooklyn). He received his BFA in 2006 from the Rhode Island School of Design.
Travess Smalley is a visual artist who uses digital technologies to explore modernist ideas. His practice centers around using home office tools such as scanners, inkjet printers, and computer software to create vibrant, textured abstract images. He has exhibited internationally and is based in New York.
Borna Sammak is trying to live.
Kari Altmann, Benjamin Phelan, Borna Sammak, Travess Smalley
November 26th - 28th, 2012
Seed-covered stacked-up man seedless waterformer ('edelformer') well fitting
nervous system also tightly fitting nerves! (the hat makes the man) (style is the tailor).
- Max Ernst.
We are increasingly customized organisms, but who is the tailor? Like fruit on a vine we bud, fatten, and mature, yet we are afraid of the earth to which we fall. We plasticize and forestall the future, exchanging natural ends for plastic limbs. We are not people of the mud any longer, recycled and returned, but are our hat’s accessories, peering from under the brims of culture with plastic in hand. At a time when the flood or drought of Credit serves as the prevailing force determining the creation of form and object, we’ve forgotten that we are apples of the earth, blooming and dying free, and that our flesh is still here, holding up the geometry of faces better off bare.
Kari Altmann is a cloud based artist who exhibits in a range of platforms and formats, from "print to real life" showrooms to filesharing cloud communes, 3D simulated spaces like Chrystal Gallery at Gentili Apri, and editorial platforms like DIS Magazine. Recent presentations include Global Art Forum Six at Art Dubai 2012 in collaboration with Ayshay and Motion at Seventeen Gallery in London. She is the founder of R-U-In?S.
Benjamin Phelan lives and works in New York. Selected exhibitions include Vernalis at North Henry Annex (Brooklyn), Philadelphia Out of Phase at Bodega (Philadelphia) and Vitalistic Aliasing at Primetime (Brooklyn). He received his BFA in 2006 from the Rhode Island School of Design.
Travess Smalley is a visual artist who uses digital technologies to explore modernist ideas. His practice centers around using home office tools such as scanners, inkjet printers, and computer software to create vibrant, textured abstract images. He has exhibited internationally and is based in New York.
Borna Sammak is trying to live.
Borna Sammak
Sculpture Sale, 2012
Vinyl banner, frame
8 x 4 x 3 feet
Sculpture Sale, 2012
Vinyl banner, frame
8 x 4 x 3 feet
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Benjamin Phelan
PRISMATIC ICOSAGON CONDENSER - VER 1, 2012 Styrofoam, LED lighting electronics 3.5 x 3.5 x 9 feet |
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Benjamin Phelan
CARBAMATES INT 2, 2012 Urethane foam, found Styrofoam, colorant 30 x 34 x 50 inches |
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Benjamin Phelan
CARBAMATES INT 3, 2012 Urethane foam, found Styrofoam, colorant 45 x 40 x 65 inches |
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Travess Smalley
LoweVista, 2012 Plaster form, computer graphic 18 x 18 x 36 inches |
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Kari Altmann
Tracking Slab #03 (Smart Mobility) Mixed media size variable |
Kari Altmann
Tracking Slab #04 (Smart Mobility)
Mixed media
36 x 72 inches
Tracking Slab #04 (Smart Mobility)
Mixed media
36 x 72 inches
