PERFORMING ABSTRACTION September 13th 2019 — October 11th 2019 Opening Reception and Performance with Marval A. Rex Friday Sept 13th 7-11pm Video + Performance Night Fri Sept 27th 8pm Page Person, Christopher Anthony Velasco, Tara Jane O'Neil and others TBA Hours: Fri + Sat 2-6pm or by appointment
 Participating artists include: Gianni Arone Ciriza Daniel Leland Crook Katelyn Dorroh Paul Donald Luka Fisher Coffee Kang Peter Kalisch Machine Tara Jane O'Neal Page Person Marval A. Rex Kayla Tange Christopher Anthony Velasco PERFORMING ABSTRACTION presents sculptures and paintings by artists who traverse the boundaries of performance and object making via painting and sculpture. Art found in galleries (and its presentation) is a performance, too--and many of the artists in this group show engage with their object making in a performative or ritualistic manner. The performance of abstraction and of mark making in PERFORMING ABSTRACTION is a means to both conceal and reveal the artists’ relationships to sickness, magic, narcissism, gender identity, immigration, and gentrification among a host of concerns. Abstraction is a means of survival. We reduce objects/signs/marks to their simplest forms to make sense of the world--Or, we use this reduction (counterintuitively) to complicate, to hide meaning amidst the chaos. The artists presented in PERFORMING ABSTRACTION engage a range of strategies reflected in this group show’s selections.Some artists in this show split the difference, while others consider painting (specifically abstract painting) as a “polite” way to perform anger and absurdity. Performances, video screenings, and ice cream socials will bookend this critical exhibition curated by Ilona Berger and Luka Fisher.