IN THE BEGINNING / END STATES

May 15 — June 21, 2014
Cory Arcangel
Alice Aycock
Ross Bleckner
Iran do Espírito Santo
Anthony McCall
Adam McEwen
Aleksandra Mir
Taryn Simon
Keith Sonnier
PRESS RELEASE

NEW YORK — Sgorbati Projects is pleased to present In The Beginning / End-States a group exhibition based loosely around physical processes associated with the birth and death of stars. The exhibition explores the psychological and emotional impact of artworks that, through concept or formal material qualities, hint at larger, elemental phenomena. 

Fields such as astronomy, cosmology, and theoretical physics have advanced an understanding of the universe that is incongruous with everyday human observation—our terrestrial experiences limit our perception of the universe we inhabit. Artworks in the exhibition comment directly on our cognitive relationship with these forces or manipulate mass, density, color, light, and space to render for the viewer a transportive experience.

The exhibition includes compelling works in diverse media by Cory Arcangel, Alice Aycock, Ross Bleckner, Iran do Espírito Santo, Anthony McCall, Adam McEwen, Aleksandra Mir, Taryn Simon, and Keith Sonnier.

In The Beginning / End-States was curated in collaboration with Thomas Arnold.

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EXHIBITION ARTWORKS
Cory Arcangel 'Photoshop CS: 30 by 40 inches, 300 DPI, RGB, square pixels, default gradient 'Blue, Red, Yellow', mousedown y=3500 x=10180, mouseup y=3500 x=10500', 2013 30 x 40 Inches c-print unique
Cory Arcangel
Photoshop CS: 30 by 40 inches, 300 DPI, RGB, square pixels, default gradient 'Blue, Red, Yellow', mousedown y=3500 x=10180, mouseup y=3500 x=10500, 2013
30 x 40 Inches
c-print
unique
Keith Sonnier 'Perforated Shelf IV', 1990 58 x 31 x 6 Inches Plate glass, aluminum, neon (red, yellow, blue)
Keith Sonnier
Perforated Shelf IV,1990
58 x 31 x 6 Inches
Plate glass, aluminum, neon (red, yellow, blue)
Aleksandra Mir 'The Dream and The Promise', 2008 17 x 13.5 Inches paper collage on board
Aleksandra Mir
The Dream and The Promise, 2008
17 x 13.5 Inches
paper collage on board
Alice Aycock 'Things Pass By in the Night: Murmuration 4 (from the continuing series On the Starry Night)', 2009 60 x 60 Inches Ink, gouache, and colored pencil on paper
Alice Aycock
Things Pass By in the Night: Murmuration 4 (from the continuing series On the Starry Night), 2009
60 x 60 Inches
Ink, gouache, and colored pencil on paper
Iran do Espírito Santo 'Untitled (Keyhole)', 2004 17.5 x 7.9 x 7.9 Inches stainless steel
Iran do Espírito Santo
Untitled (Keyhole), 2004
17.5 x 7.9 x 7.9 Inches
stainless steel
Ross Bleckner 'Untitled', 2014 60 x 60 Inches oil on linen
Ross Bleckner
Untitled, 2014
60 x 60 Inches
oil on linen
Anthony McCall 'Between You and I : Stills at two-minute intervals', 2006 14 x 11 Inches (each) suite of 18 Xeroxographic carbon prints on paper
Anthony McCall
Between You and I : Stills at two-minute intervals, 2006
14 x 11 Inches (each)
suite of 18 Xeroxographic carbon prints on paper
Adam McEwen 'Soy Sauce', 2012 5.75 x 2.5 x 2.5 Inches graphite edition of 20
Adam McEwen
Soy Sauce, 2012
5.75 x 2.5 x 2.5 Inches
graphite
edition of 20
Taryn Simon 'Black Square XIV, The Average Color of The Universe. Two scientists at Johns Hopkins University computed the average response of the human eye to all the optical wavelengths of light in the local volume of the Universe. The result—assuming an observer sees all light in the Universe simultaneously and in a static state—was a beigeish white, with a hexidecimal RGB value of #FFF8E7.', 2013 Archival inkjet print 31 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches edition of 5
Taryn Simon
Black Square XIV, The Average Color of The Universe. Two scientists at Johns Hopkins University computed the average response of the human eye to all the optical wavelengths of light in the local volume of the Universe. The result—assuming an observer sees all light in the Universe simultaneously and in a static state—was a beigeish white, with a hexidecimal RGB value of #FFF8E7., 2013
31 1/2 x 31 1/2 inches
edition of 5