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Incelesbian: Nicole Eisenman

Past exhibition
February 20 - March 28, 2020
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Nicole Eisenman Fearful Symmetry, 2019 Paper pulp drawing Paper dimensions: 40 x 30 in (101.6 x 76.2 cm) Framed dimensions: 44 3/4 x 34 3/4 x 2 1/2 in (113.7 x 88.3 x 6.3 cm)
Nicole Eisenman
Fearful Symmetry, 2019
Paper pulp drawing
Paper dimensions:
40 x 30 in
(101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Framed dimensions:
44 3/4 x 34 3/4 x 2 1/2 in
(113.7 x 88.3 x 6.3 cm)

Nicole Eisenman’s fourth exhibition at Anton Kern Gallery presents 24 paper pulp drawings from a body of new works created in collaboration with renowned Dieu Donné workshop in Brooklyn. Dieu Donné is a non-for-profit institution that has long served the artist community through a collaborative approach to creating artworks using the process of hand papermaking.

 

The term paper pulp drawing doesn’t describe the full range of the process. These flat images are hybrids of drawing, painting and sculpting. Each work was painted with pigmented linen pulp directly into a cotton substrate during the papermaking process. Eisenman manipulated their materials in free-flowing skeins, painting with liquid pigment into the surface of the wet paper pulp while draining and drying, creating an image that is inseparable from its support. In addition, the artist added the occasional collage element to the surfaces.

 

Eisenman’s images are instantly legible and serve quite a punch, and it comes as no surprise to hear the artist refer to this body of work as “posters.” The immediacy of the image, the relationship between image and text, the contemporaneity of the subject matter, and Eisenman’s profound sense of humor demonstrate this point. Their inspiration evidently includes the language of movie posters, advertisements, the drawings of William  Blake, and internet memes. Like posters, these works convey complex and oftentimes humorous thoughts through a simple image and concise phrase. Regardless of the intricacies of the paper pulp process, Eisenman has created images of crystal-clear immediacy and impact that push past any temporary promotion of an idea or event into the realm of more nuanced reflection.

 

Concurrently with the exhibition Incelesbian , Dieu Donné and Anton Kern Gallery are publishing a catalog of the complete set of Nicole Eisenman paper pulp works created over the past two years. The fully illustrated, 92-page book will include a text by Matt Longabucco.

 

Eisenman’s work was prominently featured in the Venice Biennale, the Whitney Biennial (both 2019), and in the decennial Skulptur Projekte Münster in Münster, Germany (2017). Recent solo exhibitions include Baden Baden Baden at Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden Baden, Germany (2018); Dark Light at Secession, Vienna, Austria (2017); a mid-career retrospective, Al-Ugh-Ories at the New Museum, New York (2016); and their traveling survey exhibition, Dear Nemesis, Nicole Eisenman 1993–2013 at The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (2015), The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (2014), and the Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis (2014). The upcoming solo exhibition STURM UND DRANG will open in late February 2020 at the Contemporary Austin in Austin, Texas. Eisenman is the 2018 recipient of the Suzanne Deal Booth/FLAG Art Foundation Prize, a 2015 MacArthur Foundation fellow, and winner of the 2013 Carnegie Prize. Their work is featured in the permanent collections of the Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; SF MOMA, San Francisco; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, among others.

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Installation Views
  • Nicole Eisenman's paper pulp's hung on the third floor of the gallery.
  • Nicole Eisenman's paper pulp's hung on the third floor of the gallery. Four works shown.
  • Nicole Eisenman's paper pulp's hung on the third floor of the gallery.
  • Nicole Eisenman's paper pulp's hung on the third floor of the gallery. Winter Poster and Snow Poster featured here.
  • Nicole Eisenman's paper pulp's hung on the third floor of the gallery. An additional three pulp drawings shown.
  • Nicole Eisenman's paper pulp's hung on the third floor of the gallery. Wide angle image of the whole floor. Many works shown.
  • Nicole Eisenman's paper pulp's hung on the third floor of the gallery. Three pulp drawings featuring portraits shown here.
  • Nicole Eisenman's paper pulp's hung on the third floor of the gallery. Angled shot of many of Nicole's drawings.
Works
  • Nicole Eisenman Sinatra Mug Shot, 2019
    Nicole Eisenman
    Sinatra Mug Shot, 2019
  • Nicole Eisenman Monster Movie, 2020
    Nicole Eisenman
    Monster Movie, 2020
  • Nicole Eisenman Nu Species 4 Erth 2, 2019
    Nicole Eisenman
    Nu Species 4 Erth 2, 2019
  • Nicole Eisenman Nu Species 4 Erth 2, 2020
    Nicole Eisenman
    Nu Species 4 Erth 2, 2020
  • Nicole Eisenman Snow Poster, 2019
    Nicole Eisenman
    Snow Poster, 2019
  • Nicole Eisenman Untitled, 2019
    Nicole Eisenman
    Untitled, 2019
  • Nicole Eisenman Winter Poster, 2020
    Nicole Eisenman
    Winter Poster, 2020
  • Nicole Eisenman Mad Cat Poster, 2018
    Nicole Eisenman
    Mad Cat Poster, 2018
  • Nicole Eisenman Fearful Symmetry, 2019
    Nicole Eisenman
    Fearful Symmetry, 2019
  • Nicole Eisenman Firefly, 2020
    Nicole Eisenman
    Firefly, 2020
  • Nicole Eisenman Drunk Girl, 2019
    Nicole Eisenman
    Drunk Girl, 2019
  • Nicole Eisenman Apfelbaum, 2019
    Nicole Eisenman
    Apfelbaum, 2019
  • Nicole Eisenman The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 2019
    Nicole Eisenman
    The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 2019
  • Nicole Eisenman The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 2020
    Nicole Eisenman
    The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 2020
  • Nicole Eisenman Fem Poster, 2019
    Nicole Eisenman
    Fem Poster, 2019
  • Nicole Eisenman Movie Poster, 2020
    Nicole Eisenman
    Movie Poster, 2020
  • Nicole Eisenman Incelesbian, 2019
    Nicole Eisenman
    Incelesbian, 2019
  • Nicole Eisenman Ginger Bath, 2019
    Nicole Eisenman
    Ginger Bath, 2019
  • Nicole Eisenman Fuck Me You, 2020
    Nicole Eisenman
    Fuck Me You, 2020
  • Nicole Eisenman Nicole Sarah Sarah Nicole, 2019
    Nicole Eisenman
    Nicole Sarah Sarah Nicole, 2019
  • Nicole Eisenman Basic Straight, 2020
    Nicole Eisenman
    Basic Straight, 2020
  • Nicole Eisenman Anal Poster, 2020
    Nicole Eisenman
    Anal Poster, 2020
  • Nicole Eisenman Meditation Poster, 2020
    Nicole Eisenman
    Meditation Poster, 2020
  • Nicole Eisenman Villian, 2019
    Nicole Eisenman
    Villian, 2019
  • Nicole Eisenman Meditation Poster II (green), 2018
    Nicole Eisenman
    Meditation Poster II (green), 2018
  • Nicole Eisenman Untitled, 2019
    Nicole Eisenman
    Untitled, 2019
  • Nicole Eisenman Popo Poster, 2019
    Nicole Eisenman
    Popo Poster, 2019
  • Nicole Eisenman Yellow Head Number 1, 2018
    Nicole Eisenman
    Yellow Head Number 1, 2018
Publications
  • Nicole Eisenman

    Nicole Eisenman

    Incelesbian 2020
    Softcover 84 pages
    Publisher: Anton Kern Gallery, New York
    Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.5 inches
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