Painting in Time, Part Two, 2016, Sullivan Galleries, School of the Arts Institute Chicago
Yoko Ono, 'Add Colour Painting (Stone Bench) (1960/2016)'. 2016. Paint, stone bench, brushes, text.
'I think painting can be instructionalized […] the painting will be more or less a do-it-yourself kit according to the instructions.'
Yoko Ono, 1965 quote from ‘Letter to Ivan Karp. 4 January 1965’, in Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2nd edn, 2000), n.p.
Polly Apfelbaum
Painting in Time: Part Two explores the relationship between time and contemporary painting. The artists in this cross-generational,international exhibition destabilize the idea of painting as a static object. Paintings will be produced by machines, performed, choreographed, instructionalized, staged as films, encourage spectator participation, will evolve throughout the exhibitionand be presented as events.
Artists include: Polly Apfelbaum, Paola Cabal, Susie Choi, Chloe Cucinotta, Kayla Cook, Micah Dillman, Debo Eilers, Dylan Fish, Juan Camilo Guzmán, Kate Hawkins, Robert Chase Heishman and Megan Schvaneveldt, Aichi Hsu, Jeff Huckleberry, Natasha Kidd, Rob Leech, Billy McGuinness, Jaclyn Mednicov, Lisa Milroy, Yoko Ono, Sophia Padgett Perez, Jeremy Sublewski, Maryam Taghavi, Vincent Tiley, Zhiyuan Yang, and Cindy Zhang.
Painting in Time: Part Two is guest curated by artist Sarah Kate Wilson and organized by SAIC faculty member Claire Ashley (MFA, 1995). With special thanks to The Tetley, Leeds, who co-curated and supported the first iteration of the project. This exhibition is supported, in part, by University of Leeds, Leeds Researcher Mobility Award, Bath Spa University and the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Robert Chase Heishman and Megan Schvaneveldt
Robert Chase Heishman and Megan Schvaneveldt
Jeff Huckleberry
Billy McGuinness
Vincent Tiley
Rob Leech
Lisa Milroy
Debo Eliers
Rob Leech