Artists Space

A Strategy Hinted At:
New Conceptual Artists

September 7 – October 26, 1996

In the Main Gallery, Artists Space presents A Strategy Hinted At, with new conceptual works by eight artists: Steve Carter, Brigitte Engler, Aki Fujiyoshi, Neil Goldberg, Benita-Immanuel Grosser, Orit Raff, Mike Sale, and Michael Zahn.

A room divided by a glass partition. On the righthand side, the walls are blue with a wooden floor, and a square artwork painted with stripes hangs on the wall. On the lefthand side, the floor is light blue and covered with dark blue mats placed at even intervals. A white, folded towel is placed on each of the mats.
Benita-Immanuel Grosser, Participating, at the same time, 1996. [A room divided by a glass partition. On the righthand side, the walls are blue with a wooden floor, and a square artwork painted with stripes hangs on the wall. On the lefthand side, the floor is light blue and covered with dark blue mats placed at even intervals. A white, folded towel is placed on each of the mats.]

In the past few years, young artists have established themselves as renegade conceptual artists by producing bodies of work in which conventional logic is set aside for correspondences of a different sort. Their art is unpredictable as to medium, with any one body of work including artworks made of found objects, fabricated things, photographs, or commercial graphics. Similarly, much of the work appears ambivalent as to intent. Is it epistemological, philosophical, or merely quirky? The touch is light; a strategy may be hinted at, but faintly.

September 28, 1996

A conversation with the artists of A Strategy Hinted At
Conversation
2-4pm

October 5, 1996

Neo-Conceptual Video
Video Screening
6-8pm

A wall with pink pieces of paper arranged in long columns, floor to ceiling. In front of the wall there is a single white pole, and a metal stepladder.
Neil Goldberg, Fortune 500 Dream Fax Project, 1996. [A wall with pink pieces of paper arranged in long columns, floor to ceiling. In front of the wall there is a single white pole, and a metal stepladder.]
A pink piece of paper with the typed text "Dream Fax Transmission Sheet" positioned at its top edge. Underneath, there is a handwritten account of the artist
Neil Goldberg, Fortune 500 Dream Fax Project, 1996. [A pink piece of paper with the typed text "Dream Fax Transmission Sheet" positioned at its top edge. Underneath, there is a handwritten account of the artist's dream from 3/26/96.]
Five works depicting wood patterns in various tones are arranged in a horizontal line on a white wall.
A Strategy Hinted At. Installation view, Artists Space, 1996. [Five works depicting wood patterns in various tones are arranged in a horizontal line on a white wall.]
A gallery space with a seat made from a wooden block in the center. On one wall, five artworks hang in a horizontal line. Several perpendicular walls emerge from the gallery wall to the right of the space. The perpendicular walls are arranged such that they create small booths, with a square hole in each wall.
A Strategy Hinted At. Installation view, Artists Space, 1997. [A gallery space with a seat made from a wooden block in the center. On one wall, five artworks hang in a horizontal line. Several perpendicular walls emerge from the gallery wall to the right of the space. The perpendicular walls are arranged such that they create small booths, with a square hole in each wall.]

A STRATEGY HINTED AT Curator Essay

    A gray cross made from wire on a white background, with a small, red square held in the center.
    Steve Carter, Tile Series (detail), 1994. [A gray cross made from wire on a white background, with a small, red square held in the center.]