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MIN.
6/4/2010- 6/25/2010


Opening Reception: Friday, June 4, 7-10pm

Lisha Bai, Stefan Behlau, Elaine Cameron-Weir, Borden Capalino, Ben Morgan Cleveland, Shane Huffman, and Jen Schwarting.

As increased speeds of communication result in shorter exchanges, language mutates into truncated variants. "You" becomes "U;" "see" becomes "c." Brands contract, spawning WaMu and FedEx. Common signifiers morph into a space of reductive forms. Working in a variety of media - from paintings made of fabric and camera-less photography to perfume-soaked concrete sculpture, the artists featured in MIN. employ a poetics of abbreviation. With an awareness of quickly shifting histories and accelerated perceptions, they make strong demands of simple materials, and call attention to the gravity of brevity.


Press:

BROOKLYN DISPATCHES: Funkster Formalism, Crap Constructivism
The Brooklyn Rail: James Kalm

Language and Object-hood, MIN. at Regina Rex
ARTCARDS: Ben Wadler



Installation View


Stefan Behlau
Untitled (Prick Drawing)
2008
Punctured Paper
27.5" x 30"

Installation view


Spandex medium
Ben Morgan-Cleveland
2010
spandex, polyurethane plastic

Installation view


Installation view


Installation view


Installation view


Jen Schwarting
Construction No. 8
2009
sewn nylon
76" x 76"

Borden Capalino
War Cancun
92"x62"
tarp over stretcher bars

Shane Huffman
Our experience is the accumulation of exposure
2010
Archival black and white photographic paper


Stefan Behlau
Untitled (Prick Drawing) detail
2008
Punctured Paper
27.5" x 30"

Shane Huffman
One is wise and the other is hungry
2004
silver gelitain prints

Elaine Cameron-Weir
Harem No. 3
2009
concrete, perfume oil


Lisha Bai
Untitled (Sand Column)
2009
Sand and Resin


Elaine Cameron-Weir
100
2010
wood, rolling tobacco

Elaine Cameron-Weir
Blond
2010
Plexiglass, wood, rubber, dried chamomile

Elaine Cameron-Weir
Blond (detail)
2010
Plexiglass, wood, rubber, dried chamomile

Borden Capalino
Half As Much
71"x55.5" packing
blanket over stretcher bars