The transformative work of feminist artists operating in Soho and the East End and the various methods of processing through image, form and text as realized by these and the larger group of participating artists frames this sprawling, visual poem on mediation and remediation.
For the Rachel Comey Soho location, opening on June 10th, photographs, jewelry, books, prints, videos and sculpture will be featured within Comey’s most recent collection. Artists include: Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili, Mónica Félix, Lilah Friedland, Tamar Siegfried Rosa Halpern, Anya Kielar, Miranda Lichtenstein, Judy Noe, Julie Pochron, Gwen Smith, Anita Steckel, Sara VanDerBeek and Yelena Yemchuk. Ephemera and Posters by Joyce Kozloff and Joan Semmel as well the estate of Anita Steckel will also be presented. New Soft Network Editions with Gwen Smith Black Woman Project, Joyce Kozloff and Joan Semmel as well as others will be launched at the event.
Two short films will be screened at the event: Martha Edelheit’s 1977 film, Hats, Bottles, and Bones: A Portrait of Sari Dienes (22 minutes) and Carolee Schneemann’s 1995 film Interior Scroll – The Cave 1975-1995 (7:31 min.)
Following the film there will be a brief discussion. Participants include Rachel Churner, Director, Carolee Schneemann Foundation; Martha Edelheit, Artist; Lilah Friedland, Artist; and Barbara Pollitt, Curator, Sari Dienes Foundation.
Mónica Félix
Romance Tropical (RGB)
UV printed photograph on Plexiglas
Edition of 3
Tamar Siegfried Rosa Halpern
Living By Fiction (Side B)
UV ink on Plexiglas with wood frame
Tamar Siegfried Rosa Halpern
MOODY BITCHES. I PEE ON YOU!! WAS OUT ON A WALK IN THE CATSKILLS
SUMMER 2020 / MEMORIES OF INJUSTICES CAME TO MIND/ INJUSTICES
EXPERIENCED IN MY PAST DUE TO POSSESSING A CUNT. THERE ARE TIMES TO
LET LOOSE ALL THE FIRE POWER ONE HAS. MY WHOLE LIFE I HAVE BEEN
MISGENDERED.. THOUGHT IT MEANT I WAS UNATTRACTIVE. BUILT PART OF MY
IDENTITY ON IT AND FOUND FREEDOM. AT SOME POINT I REALIZED THE OUTSIDE
WAS MIRRORING THE INSIDE. GENDER SLIPPAGE., 2021
Stained Plexiglas, light, atmosphere, transformation, magic, leap of faith, pee, wood, grass, accidents of creation, UV pigment, maple wood, metal screws, anger, frustration
Tamar Siegfried Rosa Halpern
VIVIENNE. VOICES AND SILENCE. WORK BEGAN AS A PHOTOGRAPH OF MY
BEAUTIFUL PANTS, DESIGNED BY VIVIENNE WESTWOOD. BEEN THINKING ABOUT
VOICES AND SILENCE, WORDS BRING US TOGETHER, SILENCE SEPARATES US.
THOUGHT A POTENTIAL TITLE COULD BE VIVIENNE., 2020
Armor, performance, light, high heels, time, wind, UV ink on Plexiglas, discipline, open space left for dialogue, and unintentionality, persistence with wooden Frame
Anya Kielar
Gem Cuff, 2021
Metal base, repurposed beads, paper clay, copper leaf
Miranda Lichtenstein
Danse Serpentine (doubled and refracted), 2010
HD video loop, silent
Julie Pochron
Felt in the Moment, 2020
C-print
Edition of 5 plus II AP
Gwen Smith
Toni Morrison, 2019
Archival pigment print on 100% Cotton rag Canson paper. Painting No. 46 From The Black Woman Project (Vol. 1). Includes 4 x 6 inches archival print from April 14th, 2019. Signed.
Edition of 10 plus II AP
Gwen Smith
Maya Angelou, 2019
Archival pigment print on 100% Cotton rag Canson paper. Painting No. 22 From The Black Woman Project (Vol. 1). Includes 4 x 6 inches archival print from April 6th, 2020. Signed.
Edition of 10 plus II AP
Gwen Smith
The Black Woman Project with Soft Network
Cotton scarf
Edition of 20
Gwen Smith
The Black Woman Project Vol. 1 & 2, 2020
This special edition for Soft Network and Rachel Comey comes with a unique print of Untitled No. 12
240 pages (each Vol.), Section sewn hardcover, black and white offset printing
Edition of 10
Anita Steckel
Duchamp Series (Rrose Sélavy), 1998
Pencil and photo collage
Yelena Yemchuk
Untitled no. 9, 2021
Collage