Eleven Rivington currently has on view a four-person exhibit featuring Olivier Babin, Nick Cave, Denise Kupferschmidt, and Robert Medvedz. The theme of the show is simple - each artist was to create works using only black and white. The results, like the artists themselves, are interesting and diverse.
French artist Olivier Babin who normally works with painted bronzes, neon works, painting and performance, presents sculptures and two canvases. Chicago-based Nick Cave, a performance artist and fabric sculptor best-known for his soundsuits, created a tall, elaborate suit especially for the show. New York City-based Robert Medvedz, originally from Pennsylvania and a graduate of RISD, offers two large-scale, pop paintings. And New Jersey-native, Mass Art alum, Brooklyn-based Denise Kupferschmidt presents abstract drawings and painted objects. As the press release states, "The show's simple premise presents four markedly different artists working in varied subjects, mediums, and approaches, offering dissonance and frisson held in check by a basic visual tenet — the clarity of objects, works, and ideas without color." Learn more at elevenrivington.com. Through February 13th.
Denise Kupferschmidt, Column, 2010
Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2009
Olivier Babin, Bad News Travels Fast, 2008
Olivier Babin, Flat Empire, Iron State, 2010
Robert Medvedz, Good Grief, 2008
Robert Medvedz, Split Black Ribbon, 2007
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