This dialogue which happened to be present in all previous dialogues
Ivan Cheng, Libby Rothfeld, sgp, Vijay Masharani and Alli Melanson
Alyssa Davis Gallery, curated by Jonas Albro, Liza Lacroix, and Sigourney Schultz
New York City
9.09.2021 - 31.10.2021
This dialogue which happened to be present in all previous dialogues is an exhibition featuring works by Alli Melanson, Ivan Cheng, Libby Rothfeld, sgp, and Vijay Masharani presented at Alyssa Davis Gallery. Each of these works observes a threshold of transition. Typically such words in gallery settings are fraught with drama, and are erudite, non-alarmist ways of referencing rapid societal change. In this setting these transitions can be modest, or they can be unprecedented, but they are joined together through a sense of calm observation and dispassionate insight which prevails in these pieces. It is important to note that these are not judgements of the aesthetics of each work, which are varied and often decidedly not dispassionate or calm, but intimations of a frame of mind shared by the artists. These works perform, record, access, engage, document, and entrap, embalming the viewer within the gallery space. This dialogue which happened to be present in all other dialogues is a network into which the viewer enters and is caught in a space of tension and nostalgia.
Text by Jonas Albro
- Ultimate Escape Artist. 2021. Digital video. 2 min 37 sec.
- The Real Trick (ft. Lode, ft. Alyssa Davis Gallery). 2021. Digital video. 2 min 51 sec.