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Spit wad workshop on Sunday June 12th 3-5pm at Camel Art Space
June 11, 2011
Join me this Sunday June 12th from 3-5pm at Camel Art Space, I am doing a spit wad workshop.
It shall be an afternoon of boredom, possible entertainment, and paper spat through a straw.
in conjunction with:
•Get on the Block•
Camel Art Space
722 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
May 13 – June 19, 2011
Works by: Julianne Ahn • Alex Paik • Matt Phillips • Travis LeRoy Southworth • Liz Zanis
Curated by: Lauren van Haaften-Schick
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Get on the Block exhibition at Camel Art Space
May 12, 2011
Get on the Block
Camel Art Space
Brooklyn, NY
May 13 – June 12, 2011
Reception: Fri, May 13, 6-9pm
A detail of one portion of the sculptural installation The Growing Metaphysical Void (Displaced from My Bedroom Ceiling)
Works by: Julianne Ahn • Alex Paik • Matt Phillips • Travis LeRoy Southworth • Liz Zanis
Curated by: Lauren van Haaften-Schick
The works in Get on the Block explore social and self-conscious anxieties and motivations surrounding art production and exhibition. Through sincere humor, humility and coy absurdity, these artists confront what critic Jan Verwoert has termed “the pressure to perform,” the expectation and demand that artists and cultural producers present only absolute, correct assertions with the “genius-like” promise of positive results. In contrast, these works offer open-ended proposals or temporary conclusions, rendering suspect the desire and criteria for defining success or failure.
Suspicious of their assumed positions as key-holders to a romantic, isolated world of the studio, the artists in the exhibition both embrace and push against the problematic of this rarified space. Jubilance and serendipity direct Alex Paik‘s skewed, hyper-saturated geometric cut paper drawings and reliefs, nuanced by a pointed fixation on rudimentary elements. A similar upheaval of and reverence for formalism is conveyed in Matt Phillips‘ paintings, as picture-making rules are shattered and refracted, alluding at once to physics, psychedelia and high modernism.
Autobiographic works consider the conditions for their creation and the artist’s interior life as a similar workspace, exposing the labor of production as an intrinsic result of their everyday experience. Liz Zanis‘ miniature facsimiles of commonplace objects such as wrapped floral bouquets, train tickets and phone books reflect upon and speak to anxieties surrounding personal and public exchange and perception. Julianne Ahn‘s labor and time intensive works reference the intimate mania of art making and domestic life, as dirty laundry and the grid appear as equals in a hierarchy of categorical terms, the physical minutia of one realm is allowed to populate the other. Emulating the work of work, Travis LeRoy Southworth‘s spit-wad accumulations embody a constant churning of thoughts and desire for action, ruminating at once on where to begin and what could determine an end.
If the idea of the studio distinguishes a place for art-work, or production with the goal of display, then viewing one’s labor as play becomes a radical gesture. Subverting the anticipation of the artist as authority and reconsidering the definitions of emotional, intellectual and physical boundaries in the context of object-making, these works fuse these spaces to propose a more unified and fluid concept of production.
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update: review on WNYC’s Arts Datebook
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Portraiture: Inside Out exhibition
February 27, 2011
If you find yourself in the New Jersey area I have a couple works a group exhibition.
Portraiture: Inside Out
Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ
February 28 – April 1, 2011
Opening Reception: Thursday March 3rd 5-9pm
Installation shot of Absent Minded Monotonous Splendor, digital video, 3 minutes 30 seconds, 2010.
An exhibition of contemporary portraiture. Curated by Ruth Ballester, Whitney Fehl and Lauren Thompson, Graduate Students in the Museum Professions Program.
Sarah Bliss, Dominic Guarnaschelli, Gwen Hardie, Jenny Hyde, Pat Lay, Greg Leshé, So Yoon Lym, Ryan Roa, Steve Rossi, Jesse Eric Schmidt, Travis LeRoy Southworth, Tanja Targersen, Peter Whittenberger, Christine Wong Yap and Raphael Zollinger.
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Update, here is a link to the catalog.
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Group exhibition Matinee at St. Cecilia’s Gallery
February 02, 2011
My video Mob Silence is in the exhibition Matinee at St. Cecilia’s Gallery. Check it out if you have time, only open the weekend of Feb 5th, noon – 10pm.
Install shots of Mob Silence, digital video, two channels, 3 minutes 30 seconds, 2007
http://matineetime.tumblr.com/
St. Cecilia’s Gallery
21 Monitor St., Brooklyn, NY
Saturday, February 5, 12-10pm.
Sunday, February 6, 12-6pm.
Reception: Saturday, February 5th, 6-10pm.
Matinee, a group exhibition of film and video, will be held on Saturday, February 5th, 2011, at the St. Cecilia’s Gallery in Brooklyn.
The film and video works in Matinee consider or incorporate the environment in which they are viewed. They may physically involve the theater space, question the impact of the viewing conditions on one’s experience of the work, or otherwise engage the space outside the screen. Taking inspiration from the often flawed and problematic conditions for watching and exhibiting film and video in a gallery setting, and the stark contrast of St. Cecilia’s Gallery to such white cube spaces, these works activate their surroundings and are activated by their context. This premise is open to interpretation, so that each work and each gallery room has a distinctly different feel.
Artists Included:
Leah Beeferman, Alex da Corte, David Dunn, Antonello Faretta, John Giorno, Samara Golden, Jesse Greenberg, Ezra Johnson, Denise Kupferschmidt, Nick Lally, Jeanette Mundt, Nick Paparone, Ted Passon, Christian Sampson, Travis LeRoy Southworth, Jeffrey Tranchell, JD Walsh, and Letha Wilson.
Matinee is curated by Patrick Brennan and Lauren van Haaften-Schick.
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Update: Review of exhibition on Artnet
http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/nathan/brooklyn-local-saint-cecilias2-10-11.asp
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Collaboration: Panel Discussion @ Jamaica Center for the Arts
January 28, 2011
The artist collaborative I’m in, BroLab Collective is giving a talk about working in a collaborative group, check it out.
Collaboration: Panel Discussion
Jamica Center for the Arts, Feb 16th
Wednesday, February 16, 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning (JCAL), 161-04 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, NY 11432
Collaboration
Working with other people on an art project is recently seen as important and beneficial on many levels. JCAL invites BroLab, an artist collective, to the Studio LLC February Seminar. The group will present their experiences of collaboration along with the advantages and difficulties they found in working with other artists.
http://www.jcal.org/visual/studiollc.html
BroLab Collective is Rahul Alexander, Jonathan Brand, Adam Brent,
Lee Bullock, Ken Madore, Ryan Roa and Travis LeRoy Southworth
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“Day Job” at The Drawing Center, NYC
November 30, 2010
drawing portrait (composite) – detail
inkjet print of moles, blemishes, wrinkles and stray hairs of the Drawing Center staff, 40 x 30 inches, 2010
I was recently commissioned to create a new work for a group exhibition at the Drawing Center.
DAY JOB
Dec. 10, 2010 – Feb. 3, 2011
Opening Reception: December 9th, 6pm
Drawing Center
35 Wooster Street
New York, NY
Works by:
Chris Akin, Pasquale Cortese, Elizabeth Duffy, Caroline Falby, Alex Gingrow, Tom Hooper, Alexa Horochowksi, Dawn Hunter, Michael Krueger, Shawn Kuruneru, Deanna Lee, Travis LeRoy Southworth, Mary Lydecker, Raul J. Mendez, Julia Oldham, Alex O’Neal, Roberto Osti, Zach Rockhill, Luis Romero, Alfred Steiner, Justin Storms, Harvey Tulcensky, and Jonathan Wahl
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Video of installation at Martha Otero Gallery, LA
November 28, 2010
installation progress of The Growing Metaphysical Void at the Center of My Bedroom Ceiling, 2010 from Travis LeRoy Southworth on Vimeo.
Installation for Legal Tender exhibition at Martha Otero Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
http://www.marthaotero.com/exhibitions/2010-11-20_legal-tender/
The Growing Metaphysical Void at the Center of My Bedroom Ceiling
spit wads from magazine ads, dimensions vary, 2010
Shooting thousands of spit wads through a straw at the ceiling to create stalactite-like forms. The stalactites were mostly created in my studio in Brooklyn over the past year and then brought to the gallery, installed on the ceiling.
Over 20 hours I shot spit wads at the ceiling to add further to the installation. The video is created from still images taken every 30 seconds during the installation. The paper for the wads is taken from magazine ads.
More info here:
http://travisleroysouthworth.com/2010/03/the-growing-metaphysical-void-at-the-center-of-my-bedroom-ceiling/
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“Legal Tender” at Martha Otero Gallery
November 17, 2010
spit wads from magazine ads, dimensions vary, 2010
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My work is going to be in a group show in Los Angeles at Martha Otero Gallery.
LEGAL TENDER
November 20, 2010 – January 8, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 20th from 6 to 8 pm
a group exhibition featuring work by:
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BroLab performance for Art in Odd Places, NYC
September 27, 2010
I will be participating in the art festival Art in Odd Places which runs from Oct 1 – 10 along 14th street in Manhattan.
The performance is part of the collective I am in called BroLab. More information at www.artinoddplaces.org and www.inthenameofbrolab.org
BroLab includes:
Rahul Alexander
Jonathan Brand
Adam Brent
Ken Madore
Ryan Roa
Travis LeRoy Southworth
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Brolab will be performing along 14th street in Manhattan from October 1st – 10th, 2010 as part of the Art in Odd Places Festival : CHANCE, curated by Yaelle Amir and Petrushka Bazin. As envisioned in our project, PUMP 14, we will be moving water back and forth from the East River to the Hudson using yokes and buckets, culminating in a 24hr cycle performance on from Friday October 8th at 3pm to Saturday October 9th at 3pm.
Click here for full project details and gallery.
Performances will be done on a daily basis, though these are a few dates to watch out for:
Friday October 1st 7 – 9 pm (Outside of Theater Lab) 137 W. 14th Street
Daytime: 3 – 6 pm
- Sunday: Oct, 3rd
- Tuesday Oct, 5th
- Thursday Oct, 7th
24hrs:
Friday 8th 3pm – Saturday 9th 3pm (24hr)
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Fellowship in Photography from the New York Foundation for the Arts
June 08, 2010
I was awarded a 2010 Fellowship in Photography from the New York Foundation for the Arts for my Detouched work.
Click here to view my page in the NYFA Artists Directory.
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“About Face” at Thomas Robertello Gallery
June 01, 2010
I Re-touch Myself - detail, 2007
inkjet print of moles, blemishes, wrinkles and stray hairs
I’m going to have my work in a group show at Thomas Robertello Gallery in Chicago, info below
About Face
Thomas Robertello Gallery
939 West Randolph Street
Chicago, IL
June 11 – July 31, 20
Artists in exhibition:
Jason Robert Bell
Cody Critcheloe (SSION)
John Delk
Scott Fife
Emily Noelle Lambert
Nikki S Lee
Noelle Mason
Mike Nudelman
Ed Paschke
Grant Schexnider
Travis LeRoy Southworth
Julie Weitz
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Artist of the Week at Pierogi Gallery
May 25, 2010
My work was recently accepted into the Pierogi Flat Files and is now on display this week as part of their “Artist of the Week” program, check it out.
Pierogi 2000
177 N 9th St
Brooklyn, NY
www.pierogi2000.com
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Solo Project at Mixed Greens Gallery
January 07, 2010
Installation at Mixed Greens Gallery
opening January 7, 6-8pm
exhibition open through March 13, 2010
531 West 26th Street
New York NY 10001
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ARTSTAR: Season Two Keynote Panel
November 02, 2009
Hey everyone, I will be part of a Keynote Presentation about the TV show ARTSTAR, I participated on Season two. It will be at the Society for Photographic Education Mid Atlantic conference on Friday, November 6, 2009 at 7:30pm.
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Nurture Art Benefit
October 10, 2009
I have a piece in NURTUREart’s annual Benefit on Monday October 12, 2009. It is hosted by Claire Oliver Gallery in Chelsea. Visit http://nurtureart.org for details and to get tickets.
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Work published on cover of Perfect 8 Magazine
June 25, 2009
Hey everyone my work was recently publish on the cover and page 24 of Perfect 8 Magazine: The Space Between Things.
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Artist in the Marketplace (AIM) 29 Group Exhibition at Bronx Museum
June 06, 2009
I am in this year’s AIM 29 show “Living & Dreaming” curated by Micaela Giovannotti at the Bronx Museum of the Arts.
It is an annual group show of 36 emerging artists that follows a series of seminars through the Artist in The Marketplace Program.
The opening is on Sunday June 21st from noon to 5pm.
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Recipient of a BRIC Media Arts Fellowship
May 01, 2009
I just recieved a BRIC Media Arts Fellowship
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Time Out Chicago Review
March 25, 2009
Time Out Chicago Review
Issue 212: Mar 19-25, 2009
Gravity Buffs group exhibition
March 2009
Thomas Robertello Gallery
Chicago, IL
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Work accepted into the Drawing Center Viewing Program
June 26, 2008
My work was accepted into The Drawing Center Viewing Program