July 22 - August 15, 2014
If you throw a spider out the window, does it break? curated by Adrianne Rubenstein
Al Freeman
Joanne Greenbaum
Branden Koch
Dan McCarthy
Monique Mouton
Jennifer Rochlin
Bruce M. Sherman
James Yakimicki
Opening Reception: Tuesday July 22, 6-8pm
Brennan and Griffin are thrilled to announce their summer exhibition ʻIf you throw a spider out the window, does it break?ʼ curated by Adrianne Rubenstein. In Sheila Hetiʼs book ʻHow Should a Person Be?ʼ she contemplates her relationship with a spider. She was sweet and protective towards it while it was contained in the bathroom, but violent and reactionary the day the spider trespassed into her bedroom. Sheilaʼs best friend Margaux feared that she was the spider. Margaux urged Sheila not to be rash and smear her against the wall. Even the best intentions can sometimes end in disaster, but spiders, like ideas, are not exactly breakable.
If you throw a spider out the window, presumably to get away from it, does it break? Yes? No? Maybe. A spider being very light would flutter to the ground, coasting if not swinging from its silk. Do spiders think or are their instincts thoughtful? The protection offered by an exoskeleton is like the form and material of an artwork. The insides—how many cells from end to end?—are inneffable. The artists in this exhibition have a personal narrative driving their creative process. Their forms are succinct, timeless, playful, humorous and delightful. If the spider falls out the window (bear in mind weʼretalking 5th floor walk up here) and makes it to the ground, it would walk away.
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