Brock Enright
dal 24/10/2009 al 5/12/2009
Segnalato da
24/10/2009
Brock Enright
Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York
Satellite Son. The artist presents a series of assemblages culled from the obsessive mining of his art and personal history. The sculptural facets within each plinth of the show are considered to be in a transitory state representing a trajectory of past, present and future. Enright concedes his work to be in a constant state of flux, and by placing an object on view he essentially pauses or freezes the works.
Nicelle Beauchene Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new sculpture by
Brock Enright. For Satellite Son, Enright presents a series of assemblages culled from
the obsessive mining of his art and personal history. These collections, presented
throughout the gallery on low pedestals, contain elements and ephemera amassed from
his performances, props and locales.
Alluding to curio collections of the early 16th and 17th century scientists, Enright
anachronistically juxtaposes seemingly unrelated objects and phenomena in order to
institute interconnectedness. Rather than defying aesthetic orders and values as in work
past, this new series reveals the artists’ control on both his world and his practice through
the undefined categorical boundaries he establishes in each piece. In a way that
combines the formal austerity of constructivism with the theatrics of the sublime,
Enright’s tessellations create a platform to merge documentation and fantasy.
The sculptural facets within each plinth of Satellite Son are considered to be in a
transitory state representing a trajectory of past, present and future. Enright concedes his
work to be in a constant state of flux, and by placing an object on view he essentially
pauses or freezes the works. While in still placement, yet maintaining their kinetic
integrity, the individual and collective components create an active site into which the
viewer is invited. Acting as catalysts, these objects collide psychological traumas with
contemporary myths.
Brock Enright graduated in 2001 with an MFA from Columbia University. Enright has
shown internationally in exhibitions at Vilma Gold, London; ZKM, Germany; Mass
MoCA, North Adams, MA; The Moore Space, Miami; COMA, Berlin; PERFORMA 07;
The Royal Academy of Art, London; P.S. 1, New York; White Flag Projects, St. Louis;
and Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York. Enright lives and works in New York City.
Opening reception sunday, October 25, 6-8pm
Performance at 7pm
Nicelle Beauchene Gallery
21 Orchard Street, New York, NY 10002
Gallery hours: wednesday-sunday 12 - 6 pm