For Immediate Release A Colony for Them March 16 May 18, 2014 Opening Saturday, March 15, 6-8pm Open Monday, May 12 during Frieze New York Artists Space Exhibitions 38 Greene Street 3rd Floor Artists Space is pleased to present s first exhibition in a US institution, a new commission produced by and for Artists Space. In A Colony for Them Pulitzer stages a labyrinthine series of adjoining rooms, prescribing a continuous course of movement for the viewer. This partitioning of Artists Space a space that in recent years has emphasized architectural openness and flexibility as a counterpoint to previous states of infrastructural solidity will regulate the viewers' sight lines and limit eye contact. The walls of each room will bear the imagery produced by a number of graphic artists illustrations commissioned by Pulitzer depicting immersive, horror-vacui compositions that evoke fin de siècle symbolism and the interiority it privileges. This artistic product colony extends from a dispersed community of artists whose occultish imagery commonly circulates in sub-cultures of music, literature and gaming. The room sequence suggests an immersive viewing experience. Along its partitions, a dystopic science-fictional plot written by author Jeff Nagy will drift from room to room. While Nagy s fragmented prose occasionally suggests the invested path choices of virtual world gaming, the immersion presented here is technologically, theatrically, and sensually impoverished.
A Colony for Them dwells on the state of exile, distinct from an immersive notion of the artist, or indeed art itself as a social function. How is a community conditioned by visibility? What constitutes a community that meets virtually only by lines of sight, or is avowedly avoiding eye contact? A Colony for Them takes this avoidance as a position, not as a negative, rather to affirm the image as the ground from which no consensus can be reached where only the force of vision determines the course of action. (born 1984, New Hampshire) has had solo exhibitions at Lars Friedrich, Berlin; Real Fine Arts, New York; Sotoso, Brussels; and participated in group exhibitions including House of Gaga, Mexico City; Greene Naftali Gallery, New York; Mathew, Berlin; and The Emily Harvey Foundation, New York. Pulitzer graduated in 2006 from Rhode Island School of Design. He lives and works in New York. This exhibition is supported by the Exhibition Supporters Circle: Shane Akeroyd, Candy & Michael Barasch, Eleanor Cayre, Collective Native Informant, Bill Cournoyer, Lars Friedrich, House of Gaga, Greene Naftali, Allison & Warren Kanders, David Kordansky, Barbara & Howard Morse, Bernardo Nadal-Ginard & Laura Steinberg, Rob Teeters & Bruce Sherman, Thea Westreich & Ethan Wagner, and the Friends of Artists Space. With special thanks to Real Fine Arts. Additional support from The New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
Untitled, 2012 Vinyl adhesive installation Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, Rome Courtesy the artist, Real Fine Arts, New York, and Federico Vavassori, Milan Photo: Giorgio Benni
Nine Scarlet Eclipses for Them, 2013, exhibition detail Plastic ear gauge with rubber o ring, plastic foil Courtesy the artist & Lars Friedrich, Berlin Photo: Simon Vogel
Untitled, 2012 Vinyl adhesive installation Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, Rome Courtesy the artist, Real Fine Arts, New York, and Federico Vavassori, Milan Photo: Giorgio Benni
Untitled, 2012 Ink and correction fluid on paper with King Dude s Tonight s Special Death 12 LP 12 x 12 inches Courtesy Sotoso, Brussels Photo: Hans-Christian Lotz
NYT, 2013 Installation view, Freak Out, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013 Inkjet print on adhesive vinyl, acrylic glass, tactical laser sights, novelty suction cup tripods, handcrafted aluminum mounts, 1 ear gauges, miscellaneous hardware and lighting equipment, mesh laundry bags, and artisanal pickles Dimensions variable Courtesy of the artist and Greene Naftali, New York Photo: Jason Mandella