Marianne Vitale
dal 10/11/2014 al 19/12/2014
Segnalato da
10/11/2014
Marianne Vitale
Zach Feuer Gallery (new location), New York
Nine Worthies.The exhibition is comprised of a group of various sized and shaped crossings, individually welded to steel plates endowing them with a commanding vertical direction. Some feature more bolts and mechanical trappings than others.
Zach Feuer Gallery is pleased to present Nine Worthies, new sculptures by Marianne Vitale.
Following Vitale’s trajectory of repurposing materials from America’s industrial infrastructure, for
this presentation she mines once-functionary units from railroad track yards and transfers them to
a new positioning, a new context. Decommissioned transport apparatus erected as totems.
Each of the cast manganese steel structures, referred to as “common crossings” in the railroad
industry, were fabricated decades ago, designed to ensure the wheel of a train crosses the gap in
the rail without dropping into that gap. Treated with explosive shock hardening to increase service
life, they were laid down horizontally across America bearing the brunt of millions of tons of cargo
sliding over them.
The exhibition is comprised of a group of various sized and shaped crossings, individually welded to
steel plates endowing them with a commanding vertical direction. Some feature more bolts and
mechanical trappings than others. Some sleek, others more brutal and menacing. Several dominate
the room with stances over 12 feet high.
To note, Common Crossings, an exhibit of sculptures from the same series, is atop Chelsea’s High
Line, as part of Cecilia Alemani’s curated show Archeo. The works stand above 24th Street at 10th
Avenue through March 2015.
Marianne Vitale (b. 1973) graduated from the School of Visual Arts, New York in 1996. Recent
projects include a solo exhibition at The Contemporary Austin, Texas (2013); works featured on
Chelsea’s High Line, New York (2014); and commissions for Frieze New York and Performa, NY
(2013). Her works have been exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, White Columns,
the Brooklyn Museum, Anthology Film Archives, San Francisco Art Institute; and international
venues such as Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria; Le Confort Moderne, France; Tensta Konsthall,
Sweden; UKS, Norway; and Contemporary Art Center of Vilnius, Lithuania. Upcoming projects
include an exhibition with The Aldrich Museum, Connecticut (2016). New publications include
These Things Are Hard To Say, Yogurt Boys Press, New York; Lost Marbles, Editions Lutanie, Paris;
and Train Wreck, Kitto San, New York (all 2014).
Image: Marianne Vitale, Common Crossing, 2014
Opening: November 11, 2014
Zach Feuer Gallery
548 West 22nd Street
New York, NY 10011
Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10-6