Kyle Jenkins, Urban Geometry #328, 2011
Acrylic on canvas
36 x 30 inches

January 27 – May 5, 2012

The Ecole des Arts de Braine-l’Alleud in Belgium presents the exhibition  ”Colorific,” featuring the work of Greet Billet, Marc Chevalier, Cedric Christie, Krysten Cunningham, Cheryl Donegan, Javier Fernandez, Kyle Jenkins, localStyle, Pieter Laurens Mol, Roland Orépük, Paul Raguenes, Benjamin Rivière, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Léopoldine Roux, Ingrid Maria Sinibaldi, Tilman, Jan Maarten Voskuil, and Dan Walsh.

Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca

March 15 – May 30, 2012

A two-fold exhibition of MINUS SPACE-affiliated artists curated by Matthew Deleget & Emi Winter. The first part of the exhibition surveys recent editions and multiples by approximately 30 international artists. The second part features large-scale wall paintings and installations by artists Daniel Göttin (Switzerland), Lynne Harlow (USA), Russell Maltz (USA), and Jan van der Ploeg (Netherlands).

Daniel Göttin
Biblioteca Andrés Henestrosa
Porfirio Díaz 115, Centro
Oaxaca, México, CP 68000

Lynne Harlow
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca (MACO)
Macedonio Alcalá 202, Centro
Oaxaca, México, CP 68000

Russell Maltz
Museo de los Pintores Oaxaqueños (MUPO)
Independencia 607, Centro
Oaxaca, México, CP 68000

Jan van der Ploeg
Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca Juárez (IAGO)
Av. Juarez 222, Centro
Oaxaca, México, CP 68000

Editions & Multiples
Instituto de Artes Gráficas de Oaxaca Alcalá (IAGO)
Macedonio Alcalá No 507, Centro
Oaxaca, México, CP 68000

Participating Artists:
Josef Albers, Soledad Arias, Hartmut Böhm, Sharon Brant, Vicente Butron, Vincent Como, Mark Dagley, Julian Dashper, Linda Francis, Cris Gianakos, Daniel Göttin, Michelle Grabner, Lynne Harlow, Daniel G. Hill, Juan Raul Hoyos, Gilbert Hsiao, Kyle Jenkins, Steve Lambert, Vincent Longo, Stephen Maine, Rossana Martinez, Russell Maltz, Manfred Mohr, Victoria Munro, Rose Nolan, Carrie Pollack, Erik Saxon, Robert Swain, Tilman, Jan van der Ploeg, Patricia Zarate

Kyle Jenkins, Urban Geometry #298, 2010
Acrylic on linen
60 x 50 cm

April 23 – July 10, 2011

It’s with great pleasure we cordially invite you to join us at the opening of “MINUS / PLUS”, a group exhibition presenting reductive art from two generations.

Bodil Manz (1943), Leif Kath (1945), Kyle Jenkins (1974) og Michael Boelt Fischer (1975) have individual artistic practices which converge together within a shared methology of deconstructing and reconstructing geometry.

Despite different philisophical approaches the four artists investigate the basic consituents of art….surface, space, structure and form with a distinct and shared intuitive abstraction that incorporates both hard-edge and organic strategies.

Boelt and Jenkins sample, recycle and simplify imagery acquired from the internet, magasins, and urban culture, challenging the boundaries of their art work by introducing into the artistic realm concepts of philosophy, science, politics and social theory.

Their older collegues, Bodil Manz and Leif Kath have through their long and prestigeful carriers focused on the objective sensibility of the art work by constantly investigating and strengthening stringent simplicity.

“MINUS / PLUS” is not just a forceful show focusing on a certain genre, but also a presentation of two generations and their artistic investigations related by the driving force of adding and subtracting and the challenges posed in the enigma of aesthetics.

“Simplicity in form is not nessesarily the same as a simple experience”. Art Forum 1966

February 5 – March 12, 2011

MINUS SPACE is delighted to announce the exhibition Kyle Jenkins: Sunken Treasure. This is the Australian artist’s first solo exhibition in the United States and it will feature a new site-specific painting installation.

Working in a wide array of media, including painting, wall painting, works on paper, artist books, photography, film, and sound, Kyle has developed a distinct form of intuitive abstraction that incorporates both hard-edge and organic strategies. Informed by the geometric regularity of the urban environment, the artist’s core concern has been the integration of art and architecture over the past decade.

For Sunken Treasure, Kyle will present a new wall painting, new acrylic paintings on canvas, and a suite of new paintings on paper recently produced during a residency in Denmark. The title of the exhibition stems from an ongoing series of projects planned by the artist in which the architecture of the gallery space and the art works presented within it collapse into each other. About this idea, Kyle states, “Sunken treasure is something that is there and present at the bottom of the ocean, but at the same time, it is hidden from view by its position at the bottom of the sea. The work in this exhibition will function in the same way, with no separation between the paintings, the wall painting, and the gallery space.”

Kyle Jenkins (b. 1975, Dungog, New South Wales, Australia) has exhibited his work internationally for the past 15 years, including in Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States. Kyle’s work was included in our recent group exhibition MINUS SPACE, curated by Phong Bui, at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in New York in 2008-2009. His work is included in the collections of Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Qantas (both Australia), and Esbjerg Museum (Denmark), as well as countless private collections worldwide.

In addition to his artistic work, Kyle is Coordinator of the Visual Art Department and Senior Lecturer in Painting & Art Theory at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia. During his career, he has curated numerous exhibitions about contemporary reductive abstraction throughout Australia. He has also played pivotal roles in the development and leadership of countless artist-run projects in Australia, including CBD Gallery, SPHERE press, Project 11, MOP Projects, Sydney Non-Objective, Non-Objective Toowoomba, i.e. gallery, and Buttons and Zippers.

Kyle is also a member of the rock bands Bloodspots and Suicide Swans. He holds a PhD in Visual Art and Theory from the University of Sydney, Australia.

SUPPORT
This exhibition has been supported by The University of Southern Queensland, Faculty of Arts Research Committee. MINUS SPACE’s programming is made possible by the support of The Golden Rule Foundation, as well as individual donors. We thank you!

Installation view.

January 21 – March 5, 2011

October 6-30, 2010

Participating Artists:
Justin Andrews, Lynne Eastaway, Sophia Egarchos, Billy Gruner, Suzie Idiens, Kyle Jenkins, Andrew Leslie, Ruark Lewis, Adrian McDonald, Rachel Park, Giles Ryder, Ian Andrews, Masato Takasaka, Sydney Ball, Rolande Souliere & Mattys Gerber

Billy Gruner, Punk Painting – Sound Installation, 2010

October 15 – November 7, 2010

Curated by Billy Gruner of SNO in Sydney, Jan van der Ploeg of PS in Amsterdam and Tilman of CCNOA in Brussels.

UND 6 – INTERCONTINENTAL is a group show of international artists exhibiting at Schwartz Gallery working within what could broadly be described as non-objective contemporary art. Organised by artists-curators Tilman, Jan Van der Ploeg and Billy Gruner, it is an annual event that at its root remains an experimental developmental project; a yearly opportunity for convergence for related artists to present and view new work out of a greater array of activity. That activity may fall under the banner of Presentational Art (US), Super Formalism or Minimal Pop (EU) or, as it is defined in Australia, Post Formalism. The UND 6 INTERCONTINENTAL show has been coordinated by Tilman, Jan van der Ploeg and Billy Gruner working from the artist-run spaces they have established within a broad network. These include CCNOA in Brussels, PS in Amsterdam and SNO in Sydney respectively. Artists will have participated by presenting new work that they have themselves selected. This artist-driven approach taking place across a diverse and multiple network of artists engages traction with other interested artists, gallerists and collectors, outside of conventional systems.

Participating Artists:
Billy Gruner, Adrian Macdonald, Kyle Jenkins, Sarah Keighery, Andrew Leslie, Rachel Park, John Adair, Judith Duquemin, Justin Andrews, Ruark Lewis, Giles Ryder, Suzie Idiens, Lynne Eastaway, Sophia Egarchos, Jan van der Ploeg, Frank Ammerlaan, Marita Fraser, Michelle Grabner, Terry Haggerty, Alex Lawler , Geoff Lucas, Paul Morrison, Sean Shanahan,DJ Simpson, Tilman, Sebastian Wickeroth, Clemens Hollerer, Greet Billet, Ward Denys, Colombe Marcasiano, Ingrid Maria Sinibaldi,Tom Benson, Michael Duffy, Alma Tischler-Wood

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Julian Dashper in New Caledonia, July 2008

August 7 – September 4, 2010

MINUS SPACE is honored to announce the memorial exhibition Julian Dashper (1960-2009): It Is Life. The exhibition marks the one-year anniversary of the New Zealand artist’s death and it will feature a single work by Julian entitled Future Call, as well as written tributes to him by more than 70 artists internationally.

Julian Dashper is one of the most significant reductive artists of his generation. He was one of MINUS SPACE’s earliest international collaborators and supporters, starting around the time of our inception in 2003. Julian has had a core presence in our project ever since. Renowned for his generosity to others, he was highly esteemed both as an artist and individual, and is dearly missed by his family, friends, and the community of artists. As evident in the written tributes to him by artists to be included in the exhibition, Julian’s practice extended well beyond the walls of his studio. He was a “husband, father, friend, partner, collaborator, teacher, mentor, and advocate”. His life and work directly impacted hundreds of artists and others around the globe. His influence and legacy will continue for many years to come.

For Julian Dashper (1960-2009): It Is Life, MINUS SPACE will present Julian’s work Future Call consisting of a single telephone installed in the gallery that is periodically called from New Zealand, which is 16 hours ahead of New York City, only to be left ringing and unanswered. Traditionally completed by Julian, Future Call will be performed throughout the exhibition by Julian’s wife, artist Marie Shannon.

In addition, more than 70 artists and other individuals from around the globe contributed texts to the exhibition, including personal notes, memories, anecdotes, criticism, correspondence, poems, and elegies:

Soledad Arias, Marcus Bering, Channa Boon, Ralf Brög, Henry Brown & Millicent Borges Accardi, Mary-Louise Browne, Vicente Butron, Melanie Crader & Mick Johnson, Christoph Dahlhausen, Kasarian Dane, Judy Darragh & Rosanna Albertini, Christopher Dean, Matthew Deleget & Rossana Martinez, Ali Duffey, Daniel Feingold, Linda Francis, Alicia Frankovich, Zipora Fried, Andrea Gaskin, Daniel Göttin & Gerda Maise, Michelle Grabner, Billy Gruner & Sarah Keighery, Vaughan Gunson, Jenny Halliday, Lynne Harlow, Miriam Harris, Gilbert Hsiao, William Hsu, Simon Ingram, Kyle Jenkins, Ian Jervis, Jeffrey Cortland Jones, James Juszczyk, Steve Karlik, Mark Kirby, WJM Kok, Keira Kotler, Elodie Lesourd, Stephen Little, Joshua Lux, MariaMaria, Jackie Meier, Moreno Miorelli, Dane Mitchell, Victoria Munro, Geoff Newton, John Nixon, Rose Nolan, Salvatore Panatteri, Carrie Patterson, Nathan Pohio, Gwynneth Porter, Mel Prest, Linda Roche, Layla Rudneva-Mackay, Rene Rusjan, Erik Saxon, Karen Schifano, Marie Shannon, Sandra Smith, Barbara Strathdee, Clary Stolte, Robert Swain, David Thomas, Mandy Thomsett-Taylor, Tilman, Jan van der Ploeg, Machiel van Soest, Erica van Zon, Jan Maarten Voskuil, Isha Welsh, Marcus Williams, Emi Winter, Rachael Wren, Patricia Zarate, and others.

Fittingly, Julian Dashper was born on February 29, 1960 (leap year day). During his career, he mounted more than 140 solo exhibitions of his work worldwide, including in New Zealand, Australia, Asia, Europe, and the United States. In 2001, he was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to be an artist in residence at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, TX. A 25-year retrospective of Julian’s work, entitled Midwestern Unlike You and Me, curated by Christopher Cook and David Raskin, traveled the United States during 2005-2006, making stops at the Sioux City Art Center, IA; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, NE; and Ulrich Museum of Art, KS. Julian’s work was included in our comprehensive group exhibition MINUS SPACE at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in NYC in 2008-2009. Julian died on July 30, 2009, and is survived by his wife Marie Shannon and their teenage son Leo.

SUPPORT
We would like to thank artists Marie Shannon, Victoria Munro, and Jan van der Ploeg for their tremendous assistance in organizing this exhibition. We would also like to thank all of the artists who contributed heartfelt texts to the show. MINUS SPACE’s programming is made possible by the generous support of The Golden Rule Foundation, as well as individual donors. We thank you!

PRESS
Summer Group Shows, by Robert Shuster, Village Voice, August 25, 2010
Julian Dashper: It Is Life at MINUS SPACE, by Tana Mitchell, PROCESS Blog, August 18, 2010
Julian Dashper (1960-2009): It Is Life at MINUS SPACE, James Kalm Report, August 8, 2010
A Must-See, Artlog, August 7, 2010
Artlog’s Top Art & Culture Picks, Huffington Post, August 4, 2010
Be Prepared to Go With the Flow, by Adam Gifford, New Zealand Herald, July 31, 2010

Julian Dashper
‘Untitled (I’m Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue #10), 2010 (detail)
Acrylic paint on wall
Each dot 8mm in diameter placed 60cm apart

Opens July 9, 2010

Work by Julian Dashper, Victoria Munro, Kyle Jenkins and replica furtniture of Donald Judd

Location:
Attic Contemporary Art Space
264 Margaret Street, Toowoomba, Qld, 4350

Steven Parrino, Untitled, 1993

October 11, 2009 – January 3, 2010

The MAGASIN is starting its season with a portrait of the artist Olivier Mosset. The exhibition takes the form of a tribute, gathering works by different artists, but never showing Olivier Mossetʼs own work. The artists are of all generations, from Carl André to Stéphane Kropf including the famous group of artists 1m3 among the youngest. As a key figure of the artistic scene and part of a family with the same artistic sensitivity, Olivier Mosset keeps close links with them. He collects or swaps works with them. He has today gathered an important collection, most of which was offered to the Musée des beaux-arts de La Chaux-de-Fonds. Other works are to be found at the MAMCO in Geneva, the Consortium in Dijon and in Tucson.

The exhibition aims at drawing a portrait of the artist through a series of rooms organized around different specific subjects. A first room will introduce his roots, with Chardinʼs engravings (given each year by his grandfather to his colleagues), or Gregoire Müllerʼs portrait. Another one will highlight portraits of Olivier Mosset with Steven Parrinoʼs photographs of him and acrylic paintings by Walter Steding. Another room will reveal quotations, borrowings and copies (from Hugo Pernet in particular). The following rooms will show monochrome paintings, floor-based works, and the indestructible link between Olivier Mosset and the bikers world.

Participating Artists:
Donald Alberti, Carl André, Ian Annul, Janine Antoni, Matthew Antezzo, John Armleder, Art Club 2000, Richard Artschwager, Olivier Babin, Fia Backström, Donald Baechler, Francis Baudevin, Jérôme Beauvarlet, Lisa Beck, Ford Beckman, Joseph Beuys, Alexandre Bianchini, Mike Bidlo, Dike Blair, Philippe Bodenmann, Serge Bramly, Gavin Brown, Neil Campbell, François Chessex, Robert Colescott, Collectif 1m3, Michael Corris, Mark Dagley, Jamie Dalglish, Ricardo De Olivera, Steve Di Benedetto, Alain Dister, John Dogg, George Dupin, Gretchen Faust, Helmut Federle, Sylvie Fleury, Roland Flexner, Christian Floquet, Catherine Eyde, Jonathan Genkins, Fritz Glarner, Janine Gordon, Christophe Gossweiler, Dan Graham, Amy Granat, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Bill Gruner, Wang Guangyi, Raymond Hains, Marcia Hafif, Isabel Halley / Joanna Avillez, Peter Halley, Stephane Huitmere, Nicole Hassler, Drew Heitzler, IFP, Alain Jacquet, Kyle Jenkins, Michael Jenkins, Kim Jones, Donald Judd, Allan Kaprow, Ben Kinmont, Yves Klein, Serge Kliaving, Jeff Koons, W.J.M. Kok, Joseph Kosuth, Frank Kozik, Stéphane Kropf, Alix Lambert, L/B, Bertrand Lavier, Louise Lawler, Louise Lawler/Sherrie Levine, Ange Leccia, Serge Lemoine, Lépicié dʼaprès Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Renée Levi, Sherrie Levine, Sol LeWitt, Russel Maltz, Christian Marclay, Jackie McAllister, Matthew McCaslin, Allan McCollum, Mathieu Mercier, Haley Mellin, Tom Merrick, Jonathan Monk, Elena Montesinos, Valentine Mosset, Grégoire Müller, Chuck Nanney, John Nixon, Cady Noland, Eric Oppenheim, Dimitry Orlac, Elisabeth Oser, Virginia Overton, Steven Parrino, Laurie Parsons, Nicolas Pasche, Yan Pei-Ming, Luciano Perna, Hugo Pernet, Gilles Porret, Philip J. Reilly, Delphine Reist, Bettina Rheims, David Robbins, Christian Robert-Tissot, Walter Robinson, Gerwald Rockenschaub, David Row, Claude Rutault, Lisa Ruyter, Frederic Sanchez, Adrian Schiess, Peter Schuyff, Michael Scott, Donald Sheridan, Tara Sinn, Howard Smith, Keith Sonnier, Walter Steding, Frank Stella, Valentina Stieger, Rudolf Stingel, Vincent Szarek, Blair Thurman, Jean Tinguely, John Tremblay, Li Trincere, Allan Uglow, Günter Umberg, Lily van der Stokker, Jean-Thomas Vannotti, Ben Vautier, Not Vital, Joan Wallace, Wallace & Donohue, Dan Walsh, Joan Waltemath, Andy Warhol, Stephen Westfall, Larry Weiner, Peter Young, Michael Zahn.

Work by Jan van der Ploeg

June 20 – August 1, 2009
Opening: June 20, 2009, 2pm

Curated by Victoria Munro, participating artists include Andrew Barber, Julian Dashper, Matthew Deleget, Daniel Gottin, Kyle Jenkins, Lucy McMillan, Dane Mitcehll, Jan van der Ploeg & Tilman.

‘We Go Far….And Way Back.’, is a group painting show comprised of artists with shared work philosophies and exhibition histories. ‘We Go Far…., refers to not only the distances geographically between the artists but also the integral nature of travel in their practice. …..’And Way Back.’ – each of the nine artists here including the show curator have directed/founded and exhibited in variations of the ‘artist run space’. They have ‘bed hopped’ between countries and each other’s galleries, creating a constantly shifting informal collective.

Andrew Barber is a practicing artist, based in Auckland, New Zealand, with a record of involvement in artist-run spaces – formerly as director of Room103 from 2004 – 2007 and currently as a founding member of Gambia Castle, a new art space in Auckland run by a collective of artists and writers. In 2007 He was invited to join the Starkwhite stable of artists.

Julian Dashper was born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1960. He has been exhibiting regularly throughout New Zealand since 1980, Australia and Europe since 1992 and across America since 2001. In 2001 Dashper was based as an artist in residence at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas (www.chinati.org) funded by a senior Fulbright fellowship. Dashper’s work from the last 25 years has recently been the subject of a major touring retrospective in America, curated by Christopher Cook and David Raskin.

Matthew Deleget (Brooklyn, USA) is an abstract painter, curator, and writer. He has exhibited his work nationally and internationally, including solo and group exhibitions in Europe, Asia, and Australia. He is a member of American Abstract Artists and the Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation’s Artist Advisory Committee. Matthew has received awards from the American Academy of Arts & Letters, Brooklyn Arts Council, and The Golden Rule Foundation, and his work has been reviewed in The New York Times, Flash Art, Artnet Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and Basler Zeitung, among others. He is the director of Minus Space in Brooklyn, NY.

Daniel Göttin lives & works in Basel (Switzerland) Göttin’s works are site-related installations and all-over drawings made of industrial materials. The real space with its own qualities has a strong influence on his artistic concept and practice; it becomes an integral part of the installation. Artwork and real space appear as transformed entities, both exist simultaneously in time and size. Each new spatial situation provides a new experience of perception. The creative manipulation of simple functional material can translate the act of looking into the art of seeing, transforming the place itself into an experience of perception. Göttin’s practice includes wall drawings and spatial interventions. He is the founder of Hebel, an artist-run exhibition space in Basel (CH).

Kyle Jenkins lives and works in Toowoomba, Australia, where he is the coordinator of Visual Arts at the University of Southern Queensland. Through the spatial expectations of architecture as well as traditional developments of abstraction his work fluctuates within and between the act of habitation and the creation of imagined space which produces work positioned within canvas and wall paintings (soft and hard edge geometry), architectural models, drawings, photographs, films and objects. He is currently i.e. gallery, director, Toowoomba, Australia and was also a board member of Sydney Non-Objective (S.N.O) from 2004 – 2007

Lucy McMillan is a New Zealand visual artist who currently lives and works in Berlin. She is the current recipient of a Culturia artist residency in Berlin. She is the co-editor of art publication SOAP.

Dane Mitchell lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand. Mitchell is currently living in Berlin completing a one-year residency in the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Programme. He is the first New Zealand artist to be awarded a place in this internationally renowned program since it’s beginning in 1968. He joins a line up of DAAD artists that includes: Carl Andre, Daniel Buren, Douglas Gordon, Dan Graham, Damien Hirst, Ilya Kabakov, On Kawara, Nam June Paik, Bridget Riley, Pippilotti Rist, Lawrence Weiner and Rachel Whiteread.

Jan van der Ploeg lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He exhibits internationally, often completing large-scale wallpaintings as well as works on canvas. Van der Ploeg’s wallpaintings exist of different layers of paint, as a result of which a soft and smooth texture arises, comparable to his paintings on canvas. He has developed his own color-vocabulary, existing of black, white and contrasting tones as pink, purple and orange. He is also the artistic director of PS gallery in Amsterdam (NL) 1999-2009.

Tilman is a Visual Artist who lives and works in Brussels (B) and New York NY (USA). As well as his own international art practice he is artistic director & chief curator of CCNOA center for contemporary non-objective art Brussels (BE) since 2003, and Co-founder and artistic director of H29 Brussels (B) 2005 – 2008.

Victoria Munro was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1975. She has spent the last thirteen years working between Auckland, New Zealand and New York. During this time she has exhibited her own photographic and sculptural work internationally and curated/co-curated exhibitions in New Zealand, Australia and Europe. Munro was co-director of rm3 and rm212 gallery from 1998-2002. She is the co-editor of art publication SOAP.

Installation view through storefront window

May 29 – June 12, 2009

Participating Artists:
Brian Scales, Inverted Topologies (Justin Andrews, Kyle Jenkins, Danny Lacy, Masato Takasaka), Suzie Attiwill, and Warren Taylor

Installation in cafe space

Exhibition in cafe space continues until May 2009.

(Boiler Room exhibition closed on January 26, 2009.)  

MINUS SPACE
Curated by Phong Bui
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
A Museum of Modern Art Affiliate
Long Island City, NY  

The exhibition is curated by artist, Brooklyn Rail publisher, and P.S.1. Curatorial Advisor Phong Bui, and includes the work of 54 artists from 14 countries. The exhibition marks MINUS SPACE’s 5th anniversary.

Participating Artists
Soledad Arias, Shinsuke Aso, Marcus Bering, Hartmut Böhm, Richard Bottwin, Sharon Brant, Michael Brennan, Henry Brown, Vicente Butron, Bibi Calderaro, Melanie Crader, Mark Dagley, Julian Dashper, Christopher Dean, Matthew Deleget, Lynne Eastaway, Gabriele Evertz, Daniel Feingold, Kevin Finklea, Linda Francis, Zipora Fried, Daniel Göttin, Julio Grinblatt, Billy Gruner, Terry Haggerty, Lynne Harlow, Gilbert Hsiao, Andrew Huston, Simon Ingram, Inverted Topology, Kyle Jenkins, Mick Johnson, Steve Karlik, Sarah Keighery, Andrew Leslie, Daniel Levine, Sylvan Lionni, Lotte Lyon, Gerhard Mantz, Rossana Martinez, Juan Matos Capote, Douglas Melini, Manfred Mohr, Salvatore Panatteri, Dirk Rathke, Karen Schifano, Analia Segal, Edward Shalala, Tilman, Li-Trincere, Jan van der Ploeg, Don Voisine, Douglas Witmer & Michael Zahn

Ongoing Performance
Bibi Calderaro: PRESENT
Thursdays, 1-4pm, and Saturdays, 12-3pm, in the P.S.1 Cafe

Gerold Miller, Julian Daspher, Daniel Göttin (l to r)

Tilman & Kyle Jenkins (l to r)

Justin Andrews, Ian Anüll, Julian Daspher, Stephen Bram,
Marco Fusinato, Victoria Munro, Matthew Deleget (l to r)

January 17 – February 21, 2009

A ten year survey of PS in Amsterdam, founded by artist Jan van der Ploeg.  The work shown in Groningen includes three new installations by Kyle Jenkins, Gerold Miller, and Daniel Göttin, as well as the work of 26 other international artists.

Participating Artists: Justin Andrews, Ian Anüll, Karina Bisch, Stephen Bram, Lars Breuer, Jessica Centner, DAG, Julian Dashper, Matthew Deleget, Gunther Förch, Sebastian Freytag, Marco Fusinato, Daniel Göttin, Michelle Grabner, Terry Haggerty, Kent Hanssen, Kyle Jenkins, Ben Judd, Jean Luc Manz, Gerold Miller, Paul Morrison, Guido Münch, Victoria Munro, John Nixon, Max Presneill, Marie Shannon, D.J. Simpson, Michal Skoda, & Tilman.

Exhibition poster

October 19, 2008 – May 4, 2009

MINUS SPACE is delighted to announce our exhibition at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, an affiliate of The Museum of Modern Art in New York. P.S.1 is one of the oldest and largest non-profit arts centers in the United States solely devoted to contemporary art.

The exhibition is curated by artist, Brooklyn Rail publisher, and P.S.1. Curatorial Advisor Phong Bui, and includes the work of 54 artists from 14 countries. The exhibition marks MINUS SPACE’s 5th anniversary.

We greatly thank curator Phong Bui and the remarkable staff at P.S.1, the participating artists and their galleries, and our generous donors, whose financial support made this exhibition possible.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Soledad Arias, Shinsuke Aso, Marcus Bering, Hartmut Böhm, Richard Bottwin, Sharon Brant, Michael Brennan, Henry Brown, Vicente Butron, Bibi Calderaro, Melanie Crader, Mark Dagley, Julian Dashper, Christopher Dean, Matthew Deleget, Lynne Eastaway, Gabriele Evertz, Daniel Feingold, Kevin Finklea, Linda Francis, Zipora Fried, Daniel Göttin, Julio Grinblatt, Billy Gruner, Terry Haggerty, Lynne Harlow, Gilbert Hsiao, Andrew Huston, Simon Ingram, Inverted Topology, Kyle Jenkins, Mick Johnson, Steve Karlik, Sarah Keighery, Andrew Leslie, Daniel Levine, Sylvan Lionni, Lotte Lyon, Gerhard Mantz, Rossana Martinez, Juan Matos Capote, Douglas Melini, Manfred Mohr, Salvatore Panatteri, Dirk Rathke, Karen Schifano, Analia Segal, Edward Shalala, Tilman, Li-Trincere, Jan van der Ploeg, Don Voisine, Douglas Witmer & Michael Zahn

ONGOING PERFORMANCE
Bibi Calderaro: PRESENT
Thursdays, 1-4pm, and Saturdays, 12-3pm, in the P.S.1 Cafe

INTERVIEW
MINUS SPACE: The Art of Reduction, by Phong Bui
P.S.1 Newspaper, Fall/Winter 2008

PRESS
Drunkard’s Walk vs. PMU, Ethan Ham blog, December 18, 2008
MINUS SPACE at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center / MoMA, Abstract Contemporary Art Blog, December 18, 2008
Top Ten 2008, by Jerry Saltz, Artnet Magazine, December 15, 2008 (MINUS SPACE is cited in #10)
The Year in Art: The Top Nine Shows (and One Event), by Jerry Saltz, New York Magazine, December 7, 2008 (MINUS SPACE is cited in #10)
Michael Brennan at 210 Gallery and P.S.1, by Paul Corio, November 16, 2008
Interview with Simon Ingram / MINUS SPACE exhibition at P.S.1, New York, Vernissage TV, November 10, 2008
MINUS SPACE, by Eva Lake, November 10, 2008
MINUS SPACE at P.S.1, The James Kalm Report, November 2, 2008
Update, Henri Art Magazine, November 1, 2008
Reductive Art at P.S.1, by Jon Meyer, October 25, 2008

GALLERY CREDITS
Hartmut Böhm courtesy of Bartha Contemporary, London, UK
Richard Bottwin courtesy of Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
Sharon Brant courtesy of Elizabeth Moore Fine Art, New York, NY
Melanie Crader courtesy of Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX
Mark Dagley courtesy of Abaton Garage, Jersey City, NJ
Julian Dashper courtesy of Esso Gallery, New York, NY
Matthew Deleget courtesy of Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX
Gabriele Evertz courtesy of Ober Gallery, Kent, CT
Daniel Feingold courtesy of Gabinete de Arte Raquel Arnaud, Sao Paolo, Brazil
Kevin Finklea courtesy of Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY; Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Daniel Göttin courtesy of Hebel_121, Basel, Switzerland
Julio Grinblatt courtesy of Ruth Benzacar Galeria de Arte, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Galeria Baro-Cruz, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Laura Marsiaj Arte Contemporanea, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Terry Haggerty courtesy of Andreas Grimm Gallery, New York, NY
Lynne Harlow courtesy of Cade Tompkins Editions, Providence, RI
Gilbert Hsiao courtesy of Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX
Andrew Huston courtesy of Elizabeth Moore Fine Art, New York, NY
Simon Ingram courtesy of Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Mick Johnson courtesy of Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX
Steve Karlik courtesy of Anita Schwartz Galeria de Arte, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Andrew Leslie courtesy of Annandale Galleries, Sydney, Australia; John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Sylvan Lionni courtesy of Freight + Volume, New York, NY
Lotte Lyon courtesy of Aoyama Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
Rossana Martinez courtesy of Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX
Manfred Mohr courtesy of Bitforms Gallery, New York, NY
Dirk Rathke courtesy of Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX
Analia Segal courtesy of DPM Gallery, Miami, FL; Guayaquil, Ecuador
Tilman courtesy of CCNOA center for contemporary non-objective art, Brussels, Belgium
Jan van der Ploeg courtesy of Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Don Voisine courtesy of Abaton Garage, Jersey City, NJ; McKenzie Fine Art, New York, NY
Michael Zahn courtesy of Eleven Rivington, New York, NY

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Poster & Flash Animation: Level Design Studio

August 20 — September 13, 2008

Organized by CCNOA and curated by Tilman, the exhibition includes artists Justin Andrews (AUS), John Beech (UK/USA), Kjell Bjorgeengen (N), Helen Calder (NZ), Julian Dashper (NZ), Matthew Deleget (USA), Alexandra Dementieva (RUS/B) & Aernoudt Jacobs (B), Ward Denys (B), Billy Gruner (AUS), Andre Hemer (NZ), Clemens Hollerer (A), Andrew Huston (UK/USA), Simon Ingram (NZ), Kyle Jenkins (AUS), Klaas Kloosterboer (Nl), Pippa Makgill (NZ), Rossana Martinez (USA), Simon Morris (NZ), Rose Nolan (AUS), Miranda Parkes (NZ), Léopoldine Roux (F/B), Esther Stocker (I), Tilman (D/B), Emmanuelle Villard (F/B), Dan Walsh (USA), Tamara Zahaykevich (USA), Beat Zoderer (CH).

Image by Ward Denys

August 31 — September 14, 2008

Organized by Billy Gruner (AUS), Tilman (D/B) & Jan van der Ploeg (NL) in cooperation with CCNOA Brussels (B). Participating artists include: Julian Dashper (NZ), Koen Delaere (NL), Ward Denys (B), Sacha Goerg (CH/B), Michelle Grabner (USA), Billy Gruner (AUS), Ro Hagers ((NL), Kyle Jenkins (AUS), Sarah Keigherty (AUS), Andrew Leslie (AUS), Gerold Miller (D), Leopoldine Roux (F/B), Ton Schuttelaar (NL), Ingrid-Maria Sinibaldi (F), Michal Skoda (CZ), John Tallman (USA), Tilman (D/B), Jan van der Ploeg (NL), Machiel van Soest (NL), Pieter Vermeersch (B), Jan Maarten Voskuil (NL) & Lars Wolter (D).

August 24 —September 7, 2008

Gallery Le Petit Port in Leiden presents the international group show Leiden Assemblage No. 1. Guest curators and artists Billy Gruner (AUS) and Jan Maarten Voskuil gathered an international group of artists to integrate their work as a ‘social assemblage’ in a surround mural by Daniel Gottin (CH). This Swiss artist known for his spatial interventions, often with tape, made a design especially for the front room or window space from Le Petit Port. Invited artists are aside Gottin and the curators Daniel Argyle (AUS), Jasper van der Graaf, Kyle Jenkins (AUS), Andrew Leslie (AUS), Tilman (B), Thomas Wildner, Guido Winkler and Giles Ryder (AUS). They are all working in the ‘Modernist’ field of non objective art. This is an area nowadays often to be described as a decorative quoting or individual appropriation of former visual appearances without the original ideological social concepts. In the Leiden assemblage some of this ideology will be revived. By nature of the space, the window gallery is a prominent part of the street, the show will direct itself to virtual everybody passing by; bringing back in memory the ideal social cultural participation. More important, the group concept drives the artists to modestly submit into a Gesamtkunstwerk.

Installation view with work by Billy Gruner

July 26 — August 16, 2008

Partcipating artists include Daniel Argyle, Billy Gruner, Kyle Jenkins & Tilman.

Upside Down features eleven artists affiliated with Sydney Non Objective (SNO), Australia. The exhibition includes work in a variety of media exploring a broad range of conceptual and formal concerns. Many of the artists are exhibiting in the United States for the first time.

Participating artists:
Justin Andrews, Vicente Butron, Lynne Eastaway, Anthony Farrell, Kate Fulton, Billy Gruner, Kyle Jenkins, Sarah Keighery, Andrew Leslie, John Nixon & Salvatore Panatteri

Sydney Non Objective (SNO), an artist run non-profit organization, is dedicated to the investigation of non-objective art, abstraction, and other concrete and post-conceptual concerns in Australia and beyond. SNO opened its first project space in 2004 and for the past four years has presented exhibitions of established and emerging artists side-by-side, allowing for a broader perspective on non-objective art in both contemporary and art historical terms. SNO is a located in the Sydney’s Marrickville neighborhood.

TEXTS
Post-Formalism is Recent Australia Art, Artist Notes, by Billy Gruner
Myopia (part 1), by Danny Lacy