Artists Space

Emerging Curator Series:
Log Cabin

January 18 – February 26, 2005

Log Cabin features diverse artistic strategies that examine the impact of neo-conservatism on queer representations in America.

Artists: Monica Abend, Andy Alexander, Cass Bird, Nayland Blake, Gregg Bordowitz, AA Bronson, Dave Burns, Jimmie Durham, Ken Gonzales-Day, Glen Fogel, Christy Gast, K8 Hardy, Jonathan Horowitz, Matt Keegan, Benjamin Kress, Terrence Koh, Glenn Ligon, Matt Lipps, Lovett/Codagnone, Monica Majoli, Wardell Milan, Slava Mogutin, Jenny Perlin, Paul Pfeiffer, Dean Sameshima, Matt Saunders, Julia Scher, Allison Smith, Marc Swanson, Scott Treleaven, Mark Verabioff, Kelley Walker, and Fritz Welch.

Photographic portrait of a youthful figure leaning against a white brick wall. They wear a partially unbuttoned, blue and black plaid shirt and a trucker hat. Large black text emblazoned across the front of the hat reads, "I LOOK JUST LIKE MY DADDY." A miniature gun token has been attached to the hat, to the left of the text. The figure stares ahead, the right side of their face illuminated by daylight.
Cass Bird, I Look Like My Daddy, 2004. C-print, 30 x 40 inches. Courtesy the artist. [Photographic portrait of a youthful figure leaning against a white brick wall. They wear a partially unbuttoned, blue and black plaid shirt and a trucker hat. Large black text emblazoned across the front of the hat reads, "I LOOK JUST LIKE MY DADDY." A miniature gun token has been attached to the hat, to the left of the text. The figure stares ahead, the right side of their face illuminated by daylight.]

Main Space

Opening Reception
Tuesday, January 18, 6 - 8pm

Through explorations of alienation and social ghettoization, to neo-conservative tendencies within the queer community, Log Cabin stimulates dialogue about the shift in queer vernaculars provoked by the current political climate.

Curated by Jeffrey Uslip as part of the Emerging Curators Series.

January 22, 2005

Log Cabin:
Lovett/Codagnone
Performance
7pm

February 5, 2005

Log Cabin:
Sexual Politics, Now
Talk
5:30 - 8pm

Several photographs and TV monitors installed along the length of a white wall in a gallery space. Black vinyl text on the wall
Log Cabin. Installation view, Artists Space, 2005. [Several photographs and TV monitors installed along the length of a white wall in a gallery space. Black vinyl text on the wall's far right side reads, "LOG CABIN" and lists a series of artists. Six photographs are installed to the left of the wall vinyl and depict portraits of clothed and nude figures. A yellow composition on a wooden panel is installed directly above the line of photographs. Three TV monitors are installed on the wall to the left of the photograhs.]
Several sculptures and 2D works installed in a gallery space with wooden flooring. Two walls emerge on the left and right sides of the image, creating a doorway through which another area of the gallery is visible. The wall on the left is painted black, while all other walls are painted white. Several photographs—including two picturing nude figures bound in rope—and works on paper hang on either wall. In the far gallery space, three sculptures sit on the floor and a single TV monitor is installed on the farthest wall.
Log Cabin. Installation view, Artists Space, 2005. [Several sculptures and 2D works installed in a gallery space with wooden flooring. Two walls emerge on the left and right sides of the image, creating a doorway through which another area of the gallery is visible. The wall on the left is painted black, while all other walls are painted white. Several photographs—including two picturing nude figures bound in rope—and works on paper hang on either wall. In the far gallery space, three sculptures sit on the floor and a single TV monitor is installed on the farthest wall.]
Several sculptures, video works, and other artworks installed in a gallery space with wooden flooring. A large sculpture on the image
Log Cabin. Installation view, Artists Space, 2005. [Several sculptures, video works, and other artworks installed in a gallery space with wooden flooring. A large sculpture on the image's right side is composed of a series of wooden rifles gathered to form two, pole-like structures, between which a quilt-like blanket is wrapped around a supporting pole. To the left of this sculpture, a second, long structure composed of a series of white tiles runs diagonally across the gallery floor, forming a long line. Several TV monitors and 2D works are installed on the gallery walls behind the two sculptures.]
Multiple small, rectangular collages hung in two rows on a gallery wall. The collages are displayed in black frames and feature images of people as well as text fragments. Most are black and white or contain minimal color.
Log Cabin. Installation view, Artists Space, 2005. [Multiple small, rectangular collages hung in two rows on a gallery wall. The collages are displayed in black frames and feature images of people as well as text fragments. Most are black and white or contain minimal color.]
Several sculptures, paintings, video works, and photographs installed in a gallery space with wooden flooring. A sculpture consisting of a white panel affixed to a wooden board upon which two striped rocks rest is installed on the ground. A TV monitor is installed in the room
Log Cabin. Installation view, Artists Space, 2005. [Several sculptures, paintings, video works, and photographs installed in a gallery space with wooden flooring. A sculpture consisting of a white panel affixed to a wooden board upon which two striped rocks rest is installed on the ground. A TV monitor is installed in the room's corner directly behind the sculpture. The portion of the wall directly behind the TV monitor has been covered with a grid of poster-like images. Three color photographs and two paintings with muted purple and gray tones frame the monitor on its left and right sides.]

Log Cabin Exhibition Handout

Log Cabin Exhibition Announcement

Log Cabin Press Release

    Two men wearing identical white shirts and blue jeans crouch outdoors at night. The figure on the right grasps two tree branches with both hands. His pants have been dropped to the ground and he sticks his bare rear out. The second figure on the left is fully clothed and crouches behind the other figure, shining a flashlight at his rear end.
    Dave Burns, SEACH FOR TRUTH, 2003. Digital photograph, archival light jet print. Courtesy the artist. [Two men wearing identical white shirts and blue jeans crouch outdoors at night. The figure on the right grasps two tree branches with both hands. His pants have been dropped to the ground and he sticks his bare rear out. The second figure on the left is fully clothed and crouches behind the other figure, shining a flashlight at his rear end.]