Surface Ten
group show featuring: Caroline Battle, Amy Hughes Braden, Thom Flynn, Aaron Jordan Hughes, LA Johnson, Becca Kallem, Sally Kauffman, and Jordan Hamlett Sanders
Studio 1469 - 1469 Harvard Street NW REAR, Washington DC, www.studio1469.com
Exhibition: August 8 – August 30, 2014
Public Reception: Friday, August 8th, 7:00 – 9:00pm.
Open discussion followed by Closing Party: Friday, August 29th, 5:00 – 9:00pm.
Gallery Hours: By appointment.
Studio 1469 with Aether Art Projects is thrilled to present Surface Ten, a group show of local visual artists Caroline Battle, Amy Hughes Braden, Thom Flynn, Aaron Jordan Hughes, LA Johnson, Becca Kallem, Sally Kauffman, and Jordan Hamlett Sanders, co-curated by Eames Armstrong, Melinda Diachenko, and Mandy Lineweber.
Surface Ten considers three primary actions: the use of illusionistic space to render depth, activation of a gestural plane through mark making across a canvas, and the expansion of painterly work into the inhabited world of the audience. We mean surface the noun, a site, the topmost layer, a skin, a boundary, and we mean surface the verb, moving towards and through that boundary, emerging from the unseen, moving from the hidden to the visible.
Co-curated by Eames Armstrong, Melinda Diachenko, and Mandy Lineweber, Surface Ten is comprised of layers, pigment, accumulation, indentation, memories, stretcher bars, ink, paper, traditions, finds, and actions. The works touch familiarity and exist somewhere just before or just beyond what might be expected. Conceived initially as a painting show, the exhibition grew and shifted to become a collection of paint, installation, and printmaking. Participating artists are Caroline Battle, Amy Hughes Braden, Thom Flynn, Aaron Jordan Hughes, LA Johnson, Becca Kallem, Sally Kauffman, and Jordan Hamlett Sanders.
The public opening reception will be on Friday, August 8. There will be an open conversation about surfaces in general and the work on view on Friday, August 29, curators and some exhibiting artists will be in attendance, followed by a closing party. Additional artists doing performances at the closing party will be announced.
ABOUT AETHER ART PROJECTS
Aether Art Projects (www.aetherartprojects.com) is a free-form curatorial and project-based art organization, with special emphasis on collaboration, performance, and experimental practices. Without the constraint of operating a space, Aether Art Projects is fluid and nomadic, free to curate and repurpose. Established in 2012 by Eames Armstrong, Aether has facilitated numerous exhibitions and events, at spaces such as Grace Exhibition Space Brooklyn, the National Portrait Gallery, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Delicious Spectacle, and Hillyer Art Space. Additionally, Aether founded Peri0d Art Journal and DCperformanceart.com. Aether is co-directed by Armstrong and Melinda Diachenko, with the help of many more contributors.
ABOUT STUDIO 1469
Studio 1469 (www.studio1469.com) is a newly constructed studio, designed and created with multi- disciplinary uses in mind. The space is both a blank slate and a ready to use opportunity for rehearsal, instruction and creation. Gallery style lighting along with abundant natural light, combined with reinforced soundproof walls enables both choir or painter, ensemble or shutterbug to make things happen within this secluded yet wonderfully situated building. Over a century old, originally built as stables and storage for the neighborhood grocer, Studio 1469 emerges again to serve the community, now via artists, performers, thespians & musicians within The District and beyond. Studio 1469 is located just northeast of the intersection of 15th and Harvard Street NW, adjacent to the nexus of Adams Morgan, Mt. Pleasant and Columbia Heights, conveniently 2.5 blocks from the Green & Yellow line Columbia Heights Metro.
image credits: (left to right) Sally Kauffman, Peek-a-boo, 2012, Becca Kallem, After Peto (Eyes), 2014, Aaron Jordan Hughes, Human Nature, 2013
group show featuring: Caroline Battle, Amy Hughes Braden, Thom Flynn, Aaron Jordan Hughes, LA Johnson, Becca Kallem, Sally Kauffman, and Jordan Hamlett Sanders
Studio 1469 - 1469 Harvard Street NW REAR, Washington DC, www.studio1469.com
Exhibition: August 8 – August 30, 2014
Public Reception: Friday, August 8th, 7:00 – 9:00pm.
Open discussion followed by Closing Party: Friday, August 29th, 5:00 – 9:00pm.
Gallery Hours: By appointment.
Studio 1469 with Aether Art Projects is thrilled to present Surface Ten, a group show of local visual artists Caroline Battle, Amy Hughes Braden, Thom Flynn, Aaron Jordan Hughes, LA Johnson, Becca Kallem, Sally Kauffman, and Jordan Hamlett Sanders, co-curated by Eames Armstrong, Melinda Diachenko, and Mandy Lineweber.
Surface Ten considers three primary actions: the use of illusionistic space to render depth, activation of a gestural plane through mark making across a canvas, and the expansion of painterly work into the inhabited world of the audience. We mean surface the noun, a site, the topmost layer, a skin, a boundary, and we mean surface the verb, moving towards and through that boundary, emerging from the unseen, moving from the hidden to the visible.
Co-curated by Eames Armstrong, Melinda Diachenko, and Mandy Lineweber, Surface Ten is comprised of layers, pigment, accumulation, indentation, memories, stretcher bars, ink, paper, traditions, finds, and actions. The works touch familiarity and exist somewhere just before or just beyond what might be expected. Conceived initially as a painting show, the exhibition grew and shifted to become a collection of paint, installation, and printmaking. Participating artists are Caroline Battle, Amy Hughes Braden, Thom Flynn, Aaron Jordan Hughes, LA Johnson, Becca Kallem, Sally Kauffman, and Jordan Hamlett Sanders.
The public opening reception will be on Friday, August 8. There will be an open conversation about surfaces in general and the work on view on Friday, August 29, curators and some exhibiting artists will be in attendance, followed by a closing party. Additional artists doing performances at the closing party will be announced.
ABOUT AETHER ART PROJECTS
Aether Art Projects (www.aetherartprojects.com) is a free-form curatorial and project-based art organization, with special emphasis on collaboration, performance, and experimental practices. Without the constraint of operating a space, Aether Art Projects is fluid and nomadic, free to curate and repurpose. Established in 2012 by Eames Armstrong, Aether has facilitated numerous exhibitions and events, at spaces such as Grace Exhibition Space Brooklyn, the National Portrait Gallery, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Delicious Spectacle, and Hillyer Art Space. Additionally, Aether founded Peri0d Art Journal and DCperformanceart.com. Aether is co-directed by Armstrong and Melinda Diachenko, with the help of many more contributors.
ABOUT STUDIO 1469
Studio 1469 (www.studio1469.com) is a newly constructed studio, designed and created with multi- disciplinary uses in mind. The space is both a blank slate and a ready to use opportunity for rehearsal, instruction and creation. Gallery style lighting along with abundant natural light, combined with reinforced soundproof walls enables both choir or painter, ensemble or shutterbug to make things happen within this secluded yet wonderfully situated building. Over a century old, originally built as stables and storage for the neighborhood grocer, Studio 1469 emerges again to serve the community, now via artists, performers, thespians & musicians within The District and beyond. Studio 1469 is located just northeast of the intersection of 15th and Harvard Street NW, adjacent to the nexus of Adams Morgan, Mt. Pleasant and Columbia Heights, conveniently 2.5 blocks from the Green & Yellow line Columbia Heights Metro.
image credits: (left to right) Sally Kauffman, Peek-a-boo, 2012, Becca Kallem, After Peto (Eyes), 2014, Aaron Jordan Hughes, Human Nature, 2013
