MATERIAL DEPOSITS
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
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MATERIAL DEPOSITS
July 15 - September 18, 2011
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
This group exhibition examines ways in which the natural world is represented, including strategies of mapping, constructing, and transforming materials. Four recipients of the 2009 Artadia Award in San Francisco are included (Moses Nornberg, Brion Nuda Rosch, Leslie Shows, Weston Teruya), alongside artists from Atlanta (Seana Reilly), Los Angeles (Elonda Billera), and New York (David Shaw).
ACAC presents this exhibition in partnership with Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue, a New York-based non-profit organization that provides visual artists in specific communities, Atlanta being one, with unrestricted awards and a national network of support.
"Countering this material precision is the purposeful free play of Brion Nuda Rosch. Arranged in ACAC’s smallest gallery, Rosch uses the entire space to pick apart how cultural moments are produced and disseminated. Henry Moore’s sculptures are made vulnerable by selective obstruction in two-dimensional works; in three dimensions, Rosch is not above cracking an inside joke or two. The gallery is cluttered with objects that frequently make it difficult to discern where a pedestal ends and a sculpture begins, giving a sly charge at Brancusi. Still, these objects are unapologetic in their deliberate crudity in a way that Brancusi would find impossible to understand. And that aforementioned playfulness? Come into the gallery with a friend and walk around a bit; when your partner has placed themselves in just the right light and angle, you’ll know it, because you won’t be able to stop yourself from chuckling." - Alana Wolf (Read the Review)
