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KELLY AKASHI
Cultivator (Cored), 2021
Hand-blown glass, comb red marble, bronze, flame-worked borosilicate, plaster, walnut pedestal
8 x 8 x 13 in; 20.3 x 20.3 x 33 cm (marble hand)
42 x 23 1/2 x 23 1/2 in; 106.7 x 59.7 x 59.7 cm (overall)
Courtesy the artist and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York.
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JCG17554
ALMA ALLEN
Not Yet Titled, 2022
Bronze
33 1/8 x 38 1/4 x 36 1/4 inches
84 x 97 x 92 cm
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JCG17551
RICHARD VAN BUREN
Adelaide, 1970/2023
Polyester resin, dry pigments, fiberglass and rock salt
80 x 33 1/2 x 8 inches
203.2 x 85.1 x 20.3 cm
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Photo: Christopher Burke Studio
JCG17649
KATHY BUTTERLY
Gem, 2024
porcelain, earthenware, glaze
8 1/4 x 5 5/8 x 6 1/4 in
21 x 14.3 x 15.9 cm
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Photo: Alan Wiener
JCG17586
SARAH CHARLESWORTH
Flower Lamp, 2002
Cibachrome with lacquered wood frame
28 1/2 x 23 in
72.4 x 58.4 cm
Edition of 8 plus 2 artist's proofs
(JCG17577)
© The Estate of Sarah Charlesworth.
Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York.
Photo: Steven Probert
ANN CRAVEN
Moon (Through the Branches, NYC), 2022, 2022
Oil on canvas
60 x 48 in
152.4 x 121.9 cm
Courtesy the Artist and Karma
© Ann Craven
JCG17813
ABRAHAM CRUZVILLEGAS
Autorretrato ciego bebiendo burbujitas sin denominación de origen controlado, rumiando la deliciosa pizza Margherita que hicieron Ana y Ale, después de haber jugado a la tiendita y haber salido a aplaudir a los cuerpos médicos en la emergencia sanitaria, después de tres semanas de confinamiento, escuchando ‘Shake, Rattle and Roll’ en la versión de Santo y Johnny Farina, muy conmovido, intentando leer otra vez el hermoso poema de James Longenbach ‘Forever’, 2020
Wicker acrylic paint on newspaper clippings, cardboard, photographs, drawings, postcards, envelopes, tickets, vouchers, letters, drawings, posters, flyers, cards, recipes, napkins and steel pins on wall. Installation of 196 pieces.
70 7/8 x 110 1/4 in
180 x 280 cm
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JCG17572
N. DASH
TH_24, 2024
Earth, acrylic, silkscreen ink, string,
styrofoam, jute
39 x 68 in.
99.1 x 172.7 cm
Courtesy of N.Dash and Mehdi Chouakri Berlin
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JCG17367
MOYRA DAVEY
Ferns, 2023
Pigment print
10 x 8 in
25.4 x 20.3 cm
Edition 3 of 5 + 2 AP
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JCG17583
LEONARDO DREW
Number 393D, 2024
Wood, paint, and calcium carbonate on paper
34 ¾ x 34 ¾ x 9 in. (88.3 x 88.3 x 22.9 cm)
Framed: 38 x 38 x 10 ⅞ in. (96.5 x 96.5 x 27.6 cm)
Courtesy the Artist and Galerie Lelong & Co., New York.
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JCG17744
BRACHA ETTINGER
Annunciation - Birthing - Pieta n.2, 2017-2021
Oil on canvas
9 7/8 x 9 7/8 in (25 x 25 cm)
Framed: 12 3/8 x 12 3/8 x 2 in (31.4 x 31.4 x 5.1 cm)
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Photo: Matthew Herrmann
JCG17739
ROCHELLE FEINSTEIN
Someone Else’s Hand, Someone Else’s Name, Something for Everyone, 1990–1993
Joss paper, notepaper, laser prints, oil on linen
Triptych, each: 42 × 42 in. (106.68 × 106.68 cm)
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Photo: Gregory Carideo
JCG17424
LATOYA RUBY FRAZIER
Self-Portrait with Shea and Her Daughter, Zion, in the Bedroom Mirror, Newton, Mississippi, 2017 - 2019
Gelatin silver print
30 x 40 in
76.2 x 101.6 cm (unframed)
34 x 44 in
86.4 x 111.8 cm (framed)
Edition 3 of 5 + 2AP
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JCG17580.3
REGGIE BURROWS HODGES
Mom and Me: Dark Pass, 2019
Acrylic and pastel on canvas
26 7/8 x 22
Courtesy of the artist and Karma
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JCG17546
GARY HUME
Ladderback Chair, 2016
Enamel paint on aluminum
81 3/4 x 50 1/2 in
207.6 x 128.3 cm
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Photo: Matthew Herrmann
JCG17507
LUCHITA HURTADO
Untitled, c. 1970's
Signed on face
Crayon on paper
11 x 14 inches (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Framed Dimensions: 14 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches (37.5 x 45.1 cm)
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JCG17802
LOTUS L. KANG
Mesoderm (Flora II), 2024
Photogram, photographic paper, darkroom chemicals, tanned and unfixed film (continually sensitive), cast aluminum anchovies, spherical magnets
48 x 40 in
121.9 x 101.6 cm
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JCG17558
CLEMENTINE KEITH-ROACH
all sides endlessness earth sky as one no sound no stir, 2023
terracotta urn, plaster, resin clay, acrylic paint
20 7/8 x 18 1/2 x 15 in
53 x 47 x 38 cm
Courtesy of James Cohan
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Photo: Damian Griffiths
JCG17368
ANTONIA KUO
Nocturne II, 2024
Unique chemical painting on light-sensitive silver gelatin paper, cast aluminum and ceramic sculptural relief, powder coated aluminum in aluminum frame
81 x 58 1/2 in.
205.7 x 148.6 cm
Courtesy of the artist, James Cohan, and Chapter NY
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Photo: Dan Bradica
JCG17552
MERNET LARSEN
Weight Lifter, 1999
Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
102 x 46 in.
259.1 x 116.8 cm
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Photo: Phoebe d'Heurle
JCG8170
HEIDI LAU
Celadon Clouds, 2024
Glazed Ceramic
11 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.
29.2 x 26.7 x 8.9 cm
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JCG17647
JUNE LEAF
The Cradle, 1994
Acrylic on canvas, wire
44 1/2 x 56 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.
113 x 142.9 x 3.8 cm
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JCG17544
YASUE MAETAKE
点火 [tenka], 2022
stained and polymer coated found tree branches, casted aluminum, forged and polished found brass, gold leaf, pigmented lobster’s tail shell casted with polyester resin
22 x 23 x 10 in
55.9 x 58.4 x 25.4 cm
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JCG17806
WALLEN MAPONDERA
Dhoiri n°28, 2023
Egg carton cutouts, waxed thread and dust on canvas
42 1/2 x 36 1/4 in
108 x 92.1 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Mitterrand
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Photo: Aurélien Mole
JCG17462
TERESA MARGOLLES
Fuentes de Frutas / Fruit Bowls, 2020
Two ceramic bowls made with a mixture of clay and Chilean tailings
Photograph of one of the tailings from an artisanal mine in Inca de Oro, Atacama desert, Chile.
Ceramic objects: Circle 17.25 x 17 in (44 x 43 cm); Oval 17.5 x 14.75 in (44 x 37 cm)
Photograph: 40 x 120 cm unframed
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Photo: Matthew Herrmann
JCG11303
TUAN ANDREW NGUYEN
Field Afire, 2024
Stainless steel with bomb metal, brass artillery shell, aluminum, paracord, bells tuned to 432Hz
78 3/4 x 86 5/8 in.
200 x 220 cm
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Photo: Dan Bradica
JCG17655
GABRIEL OROZCO
Untitled, 2019
Tempera and gold leaf on canvas
47 1/4 x 47 1/4 in
120 x 120 cm
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JCG17559
HOWARDENA PINDELL
Untitled (Space Frame), 1968
Signed and dated, verso
Acrylic and pastel on canvas
42 1/4 x 66 1/2 in
107.3 x 168.9 cm
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JCG17648
MARIANNA PINEDA
Eve Celebrant: Sereghetti I, 1986
Bronze
27 x 8 x 18 in
68.6 x 20.3 x 45.7 cm
Edition of 5
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JCG17795
GARNETT PUETT
Forged Dance, Subconscious Dark Matter (1), 2019
Wax, forged steel
Overall: 72 x 20 x 20 in / 182.9 x 50.8 x 50.8 cm
Virtine: 36 x 20 x 20 in / 91.4 x 50.8 x 50.8 cm
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Photo: Dan Bradica
JCG17733
RONNY QUEVEDO
measures of a dream deferred (north and south look the same from the equator), 2022
Pattern paper on unstretched muslin
89 x 44 7/8 in. (226.1 x 114 cm)
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JCG17735
MAJA RUZNIC
MOM, 2024
Oil on linen
14 x 11 in
35.6 x 27.9 cm
Courtesy the Artist and Karma
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JCG17549
JOAN SEMMEL
Untitled, 1979
Signed and dated on recto
Oil crayon and collage on paper
30 1/8 x 20 1/8 in.
76.5 x 51.1 cm
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Photo: Phoebe d'Heurle
JCG17745
ERIN SHIRREFF
Spatial Moto, 2023
Dye sublimation prints on aluminum, latex paint
Framed dimensions: 49 1/4 x 41 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches (125.1 x 104.8 x 14.6 cm)
Edition 5 of 5
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JCG17748
ROSE B. SIMPSON
Of Matter 1, 2023
Steel, ceramic, wood, grout, hide, and twine
70 1/4 x 18 1/2 x 24 in
178.4 x 47 x 61 cm
Courtesy of the artist, Jessica Silverman, San Francisco and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
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Photo: Addison Doty
JCG17370
MICHELLE STUART
Petroglyph, Three Rivers, New Mexico, 1978
Earth, graphite, muslin-mounted paper, photographs by artist from 1978, assembled in 2010
32 3/4 x 38 3/4 in (framed)
83.2 x 98.4 cm (framed)
Courtesy the Artist and Galerie Lelong & Co., New York
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JCG17535
ANTONIO TARSIS
Untitled (Weaving Brick), 2023
Guarany Fósforos de Segurança matchbox balsa wood and paper
38 5/8 x 37 1/4 x 2 in
98.1 x 94.6 x 5.1 cm
JCG17548
SARA VANDERBEEK
Lace Interlace (Memory Work), 2024
UV Print on Plexiglas, Aluminum, Zinc Plated Steel, Diebond
48 1/4 x 36 1/4 in
122.6 x 92.1 cm
Unique + 1 AP
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JCG17650
WILLA WASSERMAN
Apple tree gemel, 2023
Oil on patinated bronze
80 x 18 in
203 x 46 cm
84 x 21.75 x 1.5 in (framed)
213 x 55 x 4 cm (framed)
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Photo: Dario Lasagni
JCG17740
EMMI WHITEHORSE
Rincon Marquez at Night, 1987
Signed and dated, verso
Mixed media on canvas
32 x 48 in.
81.3 x 121.9 cm
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Photo: Matthew Herrmann
JCG17732
YU-WEN WU
Intentions (s9), 2024
Gilded tea leaves, red string
87 x 45 in
221 x 114.3 cm
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Photo: Phoebe d'Heurle
JCG17565
James Cohan is pleased to present Mother Lode: Material and Memory, organized by Abigail Ross Goodman, Molly Epstein, and Ellen Langan, on view from June 21 through July 26, 2024, at 48 and 52 Walker Street. The gallery will host an opening reception on Friday, June 21 from 6-8 PM.
“Mother lode” is a term used to indicate the primary vein of a valuable resource, or, more colloquially, to point to the real or imagined origin of something of great import or abundance. Plumbing the possibilities of this linguistic trope, this exhibition brings together more than forty artistic practices, choreographed in chapters as a collective cohabitation that offers myriad ruminations on beginnings. The artists included deploy both memory and material as generative forces, probing ideas of land as Mother Earth, the bonds of mother and child, the physical accumulation of experience, and the tending nature of ongoing diaristic pursuits. From the development of personal mythologies to processes laid bare through the cycles of extraction and regeneration, the works in this exhibition span form and medium, dating from the late 1960s to the present day. They capture the universality of lineage that unfurls in the activities of making and the inherent truths discovered in process.
The exhibition posits the questions: How do artists engage with their own origins, their own “primary vein”? How does the accretion of material experimentation in itself birth an unfolding story as told by the artist’s hand? How do artistic practices pay homage to the notions of care, both physical and emotional, of this abundant material world and the humans who mingle with and mine from it?
Mother Lode: Material and Memory features work by Kelly Akashi, Alma Allen, Mark Bradford, Richard Van Buren, Kathy Butterly, Sarah Charlesworth, Ann Craven, Abraham Cruzvillegas, N. Dash, Moyra Davey, Leonardo Drew, Bracha Ettinger, Rochelle Feinstein, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Nancy Graves, Luchita Hurtado, Reggie Burrows Hodges, Gary Hume, Lotus L. Kang, Clementine Keith-Roach, Antonia Kuo, Mernet Larsen, Heidi Lau, June Leaf, Yasue Maetake, Wallen Mapondera, Teresa Margolles, Nick Mauss, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Gabriel Orozco, Julia Phillips, Howardena Pindell, Marianna Pineda, Garnett Puett, Ronny Quevedo, Maja Ruznic, Grace Schwindt, Joan Semmel, Erin Shirreff, Rose B. Simpson, Michelle Stuart, Antonio Tarsis, Sara VanDerBeek, Willa Wasserman, Emmi Whitehorse, and Yu-Wen Wu.