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13/4/2012

Adam Schreiber

Linda Pace Foundation, San Antonio

The Linda Pace Foundation presents an exhibition of new photographs, Flanagan – Tiravanija, by Chicago-based artist Adam Schreiber. Using collections, warehouses, and archives as his subject matter, Schreiber’s work examines the effects of time, history, and physical context on our civilization’s evolving understanding of particular objects. Throughout his career, Schreiber has documented a range of cultural artifacts, sometimes pictured on display and sometimes in storage.

For his project at the Linda Pace Foundation, Schreiber was granted unprecedented access to the CAMPstreet penthouse residence of late philanthropist, collector, and artist Linda Pace. Over several days in July of 2011, Schreiber worked at Ms. Pace’s penthouse, photographing the art collection within its domestic, gallery, and hybrid architectural settings. Examining the relationships between objects and architecture under shifting daylight conditions, he calls attention to the collection in its unique setting.

The exhibition title, Flanagan – Tiravanija, indicates an index of contemporary art or artists, yet the images reveal complex mechanisms of display. Treating the domestic and gallery spaces of the penthouse as a unified container, Schreiber’s images further heighten the fluid nature of the space, which was designed in consultation with Ms. Pace as a home for living with and viewing contemporary art. By manipulating the framing and focus of scenes with his view-camera, Schreiber demonstrates the mutable nature of context and meaning. In some images, he strategically reveals signs of his presence. In a diptych featuring a painting by celebrated German artist Gerhard Richter, he includes a draped view-camera in one image, signaling the experience of viewing at a remove. The photographic project comes full circle with the presentation of the images within the space in which they were made, exposing the theatrics of display at their site.

In conjunction with his exhibition, Schreiber has selected works from the collection of the Linda Pace Foundation to be viewed in resonance with Flanagan – Tiravanija. Artworks by Thomas Demand, Iran do Espirito Santo, Michel Francois, Byron Kim, Catherine Opie, James Welling and others are installed in rooms adjacent to Schreiber’s photographic project.

Opening 14 april

Linda Pace Foundation
112 W. Rische 210 San Antonio
by appointment
admission free

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