Exhibition

Serious Play: Translating Form, Subverting Meaning

27 Jun 2019 – 18 Aug 2019

Regular hours

Thursday
11:00 – 18:00
Friday
11:00 – 18:00
Saturday
11:00 – 18:00
Sunday
11:00 – 18:00
Wednesday
11:00 – 18:00

Cost of entry

FREE

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BRIC

New York
New York, United States

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An exhibition devoted to the exploration of the forms of childhood play that encourage experimentation, chance, failure, and humor as a process in contemporary art.

About

Serious Play: Translating Form, Subverting Meaning is devoted to an exploration of forms of play as a process in contemporary art. Traditionally seen as an activity of childhood, for enjoyment and recreation rather than for serious or practical purpose, play is also at the heart of artistic practice. Processes and values that inform play – making, taking apart and crafting back together, transforming space, and improvising – can be equally applied to the process of artistic creation in the studio. Serious intent, however, defines artists engaging in the realm of play.

Artists Chris Bogia, Damien Davis , Kat Chamberlin, and Ronny Quevedo provide tools to embolden the viewer through the act of play to think differently about issues of gender, race, and class. For Amanda Valdez and Julien Gardair, play with the materiality of paint and cloth instructs an awareness of the mutability of shapes and ideas. For all six artists, embracing the forms of childhood play that encourage experimentation, chance, failure, and humor provides a roadmap into better ways of being in the world.

CuratorsToggle

Elizabeth Ferrer

Jenny Gerow

Exhibiting artistsToggle

Kat Chamberlin

Damien Davis

Julien Gardair

Ronny Quevedo

Chris Bogia

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