Suddenly There, Discovery of the Find

Nov. 26, 2013 - Jan. 11, 2014

Garis & Hahn Gallery, New York, NY

Group exhibition Curated by Eileen Jeng and Tamas Veszi Garis & Hahn is pleased to present Suddenly, There: Discovery of the Find, a group exhibition focused on the creative process and its unexpected outcomes. Suddenly, There will feature drawings, paintings, photographs, sculptures, videos, and installations, from 1974 to 2013, by 21 New York-based artists.


Works Shown

Artists Talks

2008, installation

Actors unfamiliar with the work and language of contemporary art are asked to spontaneously present the works of well known artists as their own. The improvised talks are set up as a video database where viewers can choose from the eighteen three-minute long discs. While dexterous in their presentational abilities, the actors deliver information that is suspect, relying on popular pre- and mis-conceptions of art and face value descriptors of the images presented. Although the tone of the performances ranges from comic to sincere to insightful, this work reveals the "artists talk" to be a convention bound genre, but also illuminates the relativity and occasional pretension of accepted canon. The actors' struggle reminds us of the limitation of any attempt to explain visual art with language.