Artists Space

Nicole-Antonia Spagnola: Anti-Genesis

February 4 – April 23, 2022

A color photograph of three wooden cafe chairs with green cushions. One chair is stacked upside down on another on the left, and two pillows with black backs and sequined gold-silver fronts are placed between the chair
Nicole-Antonia Spagnola, Untitled, 2022. Raw Power, Raw Power; Kollettivo, Lotta per il potere; Antigenesi, Una donna non e’ merda; Negazione, Tutti Pazzi; RAF Punk, Contro la pace Contro la guerra; Peggio Punx, Scemo. 8mm to MP4 transfer (color, sound), monitors, chairs. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color photograph of three wooden cafe chairs with green cushions. One chair is stacked upside down on another on the left, and two pillows with black backs and sequined gold-silver fronts are placed between the chair's upturned legs. Another pillow rests on the cushion of the chair on the right.]

Los Angeles-based artist Nicole-Antonia Spagnola will make her New York debut with Anti-Genesis, an exhibition of new multi-media works. The series takes as its starting point a selection of re-filmed YouTube videos of Italian hardcore songs affiliated with the 1980s Milanese squat Virus. Like Warhol screen tests, these single-take 8mm films of the songs and their album covers become documents of both their low-fi nature and crude distribution. Spagnola further amalgamates these handheld re-recordings by digitizing them back to video, rejoining the image with a ripped audio file, and presenting them as an ensemble on flat-screen monitors blithely resting on cafe chairs throughout the gallery.

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A color photograph of three wooden cafe chairs with green cushions next to a metal elevator door. One chair is stacked upside down on another on the left, and two pillows with black backs and sequined gold-silver fronts are placed between the chair
Nicole-Antonia Spagnola, Untitled, 2022. Raw Power, Raw Power; Kollettivo, Lotta per il potere; Antigenesi, Una donna non e’ merda; Negazione, Tutti Pazzi; RAF Punk, Contro la pace Contro la guerra; Peggio Punx, Scemo. 8mm to MP4 transfer (color, sound), monitors, chairs. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color photograph of three wooden cafe chairs with green cushions next to a metal elevator door. One chair is stacked upside down on another on the left, and two pillows with black backs and sequined gold-silver fronts are placed between the chair's upturned legs. Another pillow rests on the cushion of the chair on the right.]
A color photograph of two wooden cafe chairs with green cushions in a gallery space with a dark metal column. A television screen with a cord extending down to an outlet in the floor rests upon each chair.
Nicole-Antonia Spagnola, Untitled, 2022. Raw Power, Raw Power; Kollettivo, Lotta per il potere; Antigenesi, Una donna non e’ merda; Negazione, Tutti Pazzi; RAF Punk, Contro la pace Contro la guerra; Peggio Punx, Scemo. 8mm to MP4 transfer (color, sound), monitors, chairs. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color photograph of two wooden cafe chairs with green cushions in a gallery space with a dark metal column. A television screen with a cord extending down to an outlet in the floor rests upon each chair.]
A color installation photograph of five chairs spread out in a gallery space bisected by two dark columns. The chairs have tv screens resting on their green cushions.
Nicole-Antonia Spagnola, Untitled, 2022. Raw Power, Raw Power; Kollettivo, Lotta per il potere; Antigenesi, Una donna non e’ merda; Negazione, Tutti Pazzi; RAF Punk, Contro la pace Contro la guerra; Peggio Punx, Scemo. 8mm to MP4 transfer (color, sound), monitors, chairs. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color installation photograph of five chairs spread out in a gallery space bisected by two dark columns. The chairs have tv screens resting on their green cushions.]
A color installation photograph of two wooden cafe chairs with green cushions in a gallery space with a column on the left. Resting on the chairs are two television monitors with cords that extend to outlets on the ground.
Nicole-Antonia Spagnola, Untitled, 2022. Raw Power, Raw Power; Kollettivo, Lotta per il potere; Antigenesi, Una donna non e’ merda; Negazione, Tutti Pazzi; RAF Punk, Contro la pace Contro la guerra; Peggio Punx, Scemo. 8mm to MP4 transfer (color, sound), monitors, chairs. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color installation photograph of two wooden cafe chairs with green cushions in a gallery space with a column on the left. Resting on the chairs are two television monitors with cords that extend to outlets on the ground.]
A color photograph of two wooden cafe chairs with green cushions in a gallery space. A television screen with a cord extending down to an outlet in the floor rests upon each chair.
Nicole-Antonia Spagnola, Untitled, 2022. Raw Power, Raw Power; Kollettivo, Lotta per il potere; Antigenesi, Una donna non e’ merda; Negazione, Tutti Pazzi; RAF Punk, Contro la pace Contro la guerra; Peggio Punx, Scemo. 8mm to MP4 transfer (color, sound), monitors, chairs. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color photograph of two wooden cafe chairs with green cushions in a gallery space. A television screen with a cord extending down to an outlet in the floor rests upon each chair.]
A color photograph of a wooden cafe chair with a green cushion in a gallery space. The chair is placed in front of a small seam in the wall. A television screen rests on top of the chair.
Nicole-Antonia Spagnola, Untitled, 2022. Raw Power, Raw Power; Kollettivo, Lotta per il potere; Antigenesi, Una donna non e’ merda; Negazione, Tutti Pazzi; RAF Punk, Contro la pace Contro la guerra; Peggio Punx, Scemo. 8mm to MP4 transfer (color, sound), monitors, chairs. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color photograph of a wooden cafe chair with a green cushion in a gallery space. The chair is placed in front of a small seam in the wall. A television screen rests on top of the chair.]
A color photograph of two wooden cafe chairs with green cushions in a gallery space. A television screen with a cord extending down to an outlet in the floor rests upon the chair closest to the camera. A pillow with black backing and a gold-silver sequined front rests on the chair in the background.
Nicole-Antonia Spagnola, Untitled, 2022. Raw Power, Raw Power; Kollettivo, Lotta per il potere; Antigenesi, Una donna non e’ merda; Negazione, Tutti Pazzi; RAF Punk, Contro la pace Contro la guerra; Peggio Punx, Scemo. 8mm to MP4 transfer (color, sound), monitors, chairs. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color photograph of two wooden cafe chairs with green cushions in a gallery space. A television screen with a cord extending down to an outlet in the floor rests upon the chair closest to the camera. A pillow with black backing and a gold-silver sequined front rests on the chair in the background.]
A color photograph of two wooden cafe chairs with green cushions in a gallery space. A television screen with a cord extending down to an outlet in the floor rests upon each chair.
Nicole-Antonia Spagnola, Untitled, 2022. Raw Power, Raw Power; Kollettivo, Lotta per il potere; Antigenesi, Una donna non e’ merda; Negazione, Tutti Pazzi; RAF Punk, Contro la pace Contro la guerra; Peggio Punx, Scemo. 8mm to MP4 transfer (color, sound), monitors, chairs. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color photograph of two wooden cafe chairs with green cushions in a gallery space. A television screen with a cord extending down to an outlet in the floor rests upon each chair.]
A color photograph of three chairs spread out in a gallery space with three dark columns. A television screen rests on each of the chairs.
Nicole-Antonia Spagnola, Untitled, 2022. Raw Power, Raw Power; Kollettivo, Lotta per il potere; Antigenesi, Una donna non e’ merda; Negazione, Tutti Pazzi; RAF Punk, Contro la pace Contro la guerra; Peggio Punx, Scemo. 8mm to MP4 transfer (color, sound), monitors, chairs. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color photograph of three chairs spread out in a gallery space with three dark columns. A television screen rests on each of the chairs.]
A color photograph of a wooden cafe chair with green cushion in a gallery space. The chair is placed up against the wall and a set of doors is visible in the background. A television screen rests atop the chair with a cord extending down to an outlet on the ground.
Nicole-Antonia Spagnola, Untitled, 2022. Raw Power, Raw Power; Kollettivo, Lotta per il potere; Antigenesi, Una donna non e’ merda; Negazione, Tutti Pazzi; RAF Punk, Contro la pace Contro la guerra; Peggio Punx, Scemo. 8mm to MP4 transfer (color, sound), monitors, chairs. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color photograph of a wooden cafe chair with green cushion in a gallery space. The chair is placed up against the wall and a set of doors is visible in the background. A television screen rests atop the chair with a cord extending down to an outlet on the ground.]
A color photograph of a wooden cafe chair with a green cushion in a gallery space. A television screen rests on top of the chair.
Nicole-Antonia Spagnola, Untitled, 2022. Raw Power, Raw Power; Kollettivo, Lotta per il potere; Antigenesi, Una donna non e’ merda; Negazione, Tutti Pazzi; RAF Punk, Contro la pace Contro la guerra; Peggio Punx, Scemo. 8mm to MP4 transfer (color, sound), monitors, chairs. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color photograph of a wooden cafe chair with a green cushion in a gallery space. A television screen rests on top of the chair.]

Bailey, Paige K. "Nicole-Antonia Spagnola." Topical Cream. March 22, 2022. Online.

Nicole-Antonia Spagnola is an artist from Los Angeles. Recent exhibitions include Italian Hardcore at Commercial Street, Los Angeles (2021) and Paradis, Maison R&C, Marseille, France (2021, curated by Marie Angeletti). Spagnola is a contributing member of the bands P22 (with Sofia Arreguin, Justin Tenney, and Taylor Thompson) and Purity (with Bedros Yeretzian and Justin Tenney).

Exhibition Support for Anti-Genesis is provided by Valeria Napoleone.

Program support is provided by Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, The Andy Warhol Foundation, The Cowles Charitable Trust, The Cy Twombly Foundation, The David Teiger Foundation, The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, Imperfect Family Foundation, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, The Stavros Niarchos Foundation, The Willem de Kooning Foundation, The Fox Aarons Foundation, Herman Goldman Foundation, The Destina Foundation, The Luce Foundation, May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Arison Arts Foundation, The David Rockefeller Fund, The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, The Jill and Peter Kraus Foundation, The Richard Pousette-Dart Foundation.