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Artists Space Annual Edition Portfolio 2014

A halved potato with the letters "BC" is captured on a white ground. In the foreground, "BC" is stamped several times in black paint.
Bernadette Corporation, Poor BC, 2011/2013, Color inkjet print 10 x 13 ½ in 25,4 x 34,7 cm, Signed and Numbered Certificate. [A halved potato with the letters "BC" is captured on a white ground. In the foreground, "BC" is stamped several times in black paint.]

Bernadette Corporation, founded in 1994, based in New York. Recent exhibitions include Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna (2011); Galerie NEU, Berlin (2010); Greene Naftali, New York (2010); and Whitechapel Gallery, London (2004). In 2012, Bernadette Corporation were the subject of the retrospective 2000 Wasted Years at Artists Space, New York and the ICA, London. The group has also published three books: The Complete Poem (Walther König, 2011); Eine Pinot Grigio, Bitte (Sternberg Press, 2007); and Reena Spaulings (Semiotext(e), 2005).

A line drawing of an ashtray containing a book of matches with "WHY PICTURES NOW" written on the front.
Louise Lawler, Why Pictures Now (traced); Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, Sometimes Silver or Gold, 1981/2013, Archival pigment print with hand painted gouache in multiple colors, 3 x 6 in / 7,6 x 15,2 cm (image size), 10 x 8 in / 25,4 x 20 cm (paper size), Signed and Numbered [A line drawing of an ashtray containing a book of matches with "WHY PICTURES NOW" written on the front.]

Louise Lawler (b. 1947) lives and works in New York. Recent solo exhibitions include Museum Ludwig, Cologne (2013); Metro Pictures, New York (2011). She has been featured in three Whitney Biennials (1991, 2000 and 2008) and her work is held in numerous public collections including the Guggenheim Museum, New York; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; and Kunsthalle Hamburg. Lawler exhibited at Artists Space in the early years of its founding, as part of _____, Louise Lawler, Adrian Piper and Cindy Sherman are participating in an exhibition organized by Janelle Reiring at Artists Space in 1978, and in 1984 in The Fairy Tale: Politics, Desire and Everyday Life. A version of Why Pictures Now (traced) appeared also in the October 2013 issue of Artforum, as part of a featured portfolio by the artist.

A doubled arrow points to the top left corner of the image. In the bottom left, a diagonal yellow stripe outlined with red lines is overlaid with curving text that reads "WITH A SHIFT SIMULTANEOUS REALITIES COLLIDE"
Lawrence Weiner. WITH A SHIFT, 2013, Silkscreen on archival box, 24 ½ x 20 ½ x 1 ½ in 62 x 52 x 4 cm, Signed and Numbered. [A doubled arrow points to the top left corner of the image. In the bottom left, a diagonal yellow stripe outlined with red lines is overlaid with curving text that reads "WITH A SHIFT SIMULTANEOUS REALITIES COLLIDE"]

Lawrence Weiner (b. 1942) lives and works in New York and Amsterdam. Recent solo exhibitions include Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam and Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain (both 2013); the Jewish Museum, New York (2012); and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (2010). In 2007 he was the subject of a major retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; MOCA, Los Angeles; and K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf.

Assorted animals, including tropical fish, birds, reptiles, a cat, dog, and rabbit are drawn in black marker on yellow paper.
Gedi Sibony Animal Scramble, 2013, Archival inkjet print, 14 1/4 x 13 1/2 in / 36,2 x 34,3 cm (image size), 24 x 20 in / 61 x 51 cm (paper size), Signed and Numbered [Assorted animals, including tropical fish, birds, reptiles, a cat, dog, and rabbit are drawn in black marker on yellow paper.]

Gedi Sibony (b. 1973) lives and works in New York. Recent solo exhibitions include Greene Naftali, New York and Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, Dublin (both 2013); Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna and Galerie Neu, Berlin (both 2012); Culturgest, Lisbon (2011); The Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis and Gladstone Gallery, Brussels (both 2009). His work was included in the 6th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art and the 2006 Whitney Biennial. In 2012 he curated In the Still Epiphany at the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis.

Gift cards features Applebee
Cory Arcangel, $10 Applebee’s Gift Card, 2013, Plastic gift card with $10 value, 2 x 3 in 5 x 7,6 cm, Signed and Numbered [Gift cards features Applebee's branded logo of a red apple. Verso of the card shows the apple design with an American flag and says "THANK YOU"]

Cory Arcangel (b. 1978) lives and works in Brooklyn. Recent solo exhibitions include DHC/ART, Montreal (2013); Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh (2012); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2011); and Barbican Art Gallery, London (2011). Recent performances have been presented at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (2013), and the Western Front, Vancouver (2012). His work is held in public collections at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Washington D.C.; The Tate, London; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; and Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich. His official portfolio website and portal is located at: http://www.coryarcangel.com