Tobias Spichtig: Good OK Great Fantastic Perfect Grand Thank You
September 9, 2021–January 9, 2022
Rosemary Mayer: Ways of Attaching
September 9, 2021–January 9, 2022
Ways of Attaching is the first institutional survey exhibition of American artist Rosemary Mayer (1943–2014). The exhibition provides an overview of the artist’s work, moving from early conceptual experiments of the late 1960s through to textile sculptures and drawings made in the early 1970s, before focusing on propositional and durational performances and temporary monuments made from 1977–1982. Highlighting Mayer’s formal interest in draping, knotting and tethering, the exhibition focuses on the artist’s process of constructing real and imagined networks and constellations, in which friends and historical figures feature in expressions of affinity and attachment.
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Rosemary Mayer (1943–2014) was a prolific artist involved in the New York art scene beginning in the late 1960s. Best known for her large-scale sculptures using fabric as the primary material, she also created works on paper, artist books and outdoor installations exploring themes of temporality, history and biography. She was additionally a writer, art critic and translator. Mayer was a founding member of A.I.R. Gallery, the first cooperative gallery for women in the U.S. and had one of the earliest shows there. During the 1970s and 1980s, her work was also shown at many New York alternative art spaces, including The Clocktower, Sculpture Center and Franklin Furnace, and in university galleries throughout the country. In 1982, her translation of the diary of Mannerist artist Jacopo da Pontormo was published along with a catalogue of her work. Recent exhibitions of Mayer’s work have taken place at Southfirst, Brooklyn (2016), Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia (2017), ChertLüdde, Berlin (2020) and Gordon Robichaux, New York (2021). Her work was included in the exhibition Bizarre Silks, Private Imaginings and Narrative Facts, etc., curated by Nick Mauss at Kunsthalle Basel (2020).
Rosemary Mayer: Ways of Attaching is organized in partnership with Ludwig Forum, Aachen; Lenbachhaus, Munich; and Spike Island, Bristol, where the exhibition will travel in 2022. The exhibition is organized in collaboration with Marie and Max Warsh of the Estate of Rosemary Mayer. This exhibition is made possible through support from the Terra Foundation for American Art. Additional support is provided by the Robert Lehman Foundation; ChertLüdde, Berlin and Gordon Robichaux, New York.
On the occasion of the exhibition, two books will be published: a catalogue of the exhibition, featuring new essays and scholarly contributions to Mayer’s practice planned for publication in May 2022, and a book of correspondence between Mayer and her sister, Bernadette Mayer, published in December 2021.
This exhibition is organized by Laura McLean-Ferris, Chief Curator, with Alison Coplan, Curator.
Tobias Spichtig: Good OK Great Fantastic Perfect Grand Thank You
September 09, 2021–January 09, 2022
Good OK Great Fantastic Perfect Grand Thank You is the first institutional solo exhibition in the US by Tobias Spichtig (b. 1982, Sempach, Switzerland). The exhibition features new paintings on mirrored walls, partially obstructed by a glut of pre-used, empty retail display cases from shuttered stores. Two of the artist’s humanoid sculptures—hollow, elongated figures made from garments—preside over the scene.
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Tobias Spichtig lives and works in Berlin and Zürich. He has had recent solo exhibitions at Kaleidoscope, Spazio Maiocchi, Milan (2020); Centre d’art contemporain - la synagogue de Delme, Delme (2019); SALTS, Basel (2019); and Museum Folkwang, Essen (2019). His work was recently included in group exhibitions at Forde, Geneva (2021); Le Commun, Geneva (2021); Berghain, Berlin (2020); Avant-Garde Institute, Warsaw (2020); Fellbach Small Sculpture Triennial 2019, Fellbach (2019); and Volksbühne, Berlin (2019).
This exhibition is made possible in part through the generous support of the Tobias Spichtig Exhibition Circle, with special thanks to Mato Perić.
This exhibition is organized by Laura McLean-Ferris, Chief Curator, and Alison Coplan, Curator.
SI Programming is made possible in part with public funds from Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council; the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the New York State Legislature; and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Main sponsors include LUMA Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and Friends of SI. The exhibitions are made possible in part by the Swiss Institute Annual Exhibition Fund with leadership support provided by the LUMA Foundation, Max and Monique Burger, the Garcia Family Foundation, the Kevin Wendle Foundation, the Freedman Family Foundation and Ghislaine Brenninkmeijer. SI gratefully acknowledges Swiss Re as SI ONSITE Partner, Vitra as Design Partner, Crozier Fine Arts as Preferred Shipping Art Logistics Partner, and SWISS as Travel Partner.
Critical operating support has been provided to SI in 2020-21 as part of a collective fundraising effort. We thank the following supporters: The David Teiger Foundation, The Willem De Kooning Foundation, The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, The Destina Foundation, The Stavros Niarchos Foundation, The Cy Twombly Foundation, The Henry Luce Foundation, The Fox Aarons Foundation, The David Rockefeller Fund, The Arison Arts Foundation, The Blavatnik Family Foundation, The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, The Robert Lehman Foundation, The Jill and Peter Kraus Foundation, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation and The Richard Pousette-Dart Foundation.
