Artist | Columbia MFA Class of 23&24
(Full Artist List: Robbie Rodgers, Erica Enriquez, Meaghan Elyse Lueck, Anna-Ting Möller, Sasha Fishman + Earth Ængel, Candela Bado, Conor Dowdle, Andie Carver, Kevin Cobb, Kai Oh, Ian Ha, Cecilia Caldiera, Calvin Kim, Garrett Ball, Merry Sun, Sofya Shpurova, Jeffrey Halstead, Youngmin Park, Taekyung (TK), JOHANNA, Valeria Guillén, Amadeo Morelos Favela, Amadeo Morelos Favela, Julian Zehnder, Alison Nguyen, Jing Harren, Paul Rho, Yiwei Lu, Alana DeVito, Vivian Vivas, Sang Min Lee, Chloe (Chuqiao) Li, Klara (Zhiqian) Wang, Christopher M Torres, Motohiro Takeda, Shuai Yang, Roxana Kadyrova, Char Jeré, Albert Samreth, Tayler Sean Harrison, Benjamin Salesse, Laurena Finéus, Kristian Kragelund, Nicholas Farhi, Aristotle Forrester, Elisheva Gavra, Steven Stallings)
Curators | Aidan Ford Chisholm, Farren Fei Yuan
On View | 11am-5pm, Aug.4th-Aug.25 (Wed-Sat)
Reception | 5pm-8pm, Aug.4th
Address | TheBLANC Gallery
15 E 40th ST, 2nd FL, New York, NY 10016
About the Exhibition
in medias res—latin for “into the middle of things”—presents the work of artists from the 2023 and 2024 cohorts of the Columbia MFA Visual and Sound Arts programs.
Erica Enriquez, Peels, 2023,Banana peels, cotton thread,48” x 36” x 2”
The group show comprises an open-ended conversation among works that is fragmentary in essence, inviting viewers into the midst of action without preamble or conclusion. Affording a window into the artists’ oeuvres during this specific period in their careers, in medias res evokes a particular moment in space and time with works that reflect the social currents of today. Albeit each coming from a distinct vantage point, the fifty participating artists come together in inviting viewers to question established narratives, reconsider artistic conventions, and imagine alternative futurities.
Chloe (Chuqiao) Li, Is Barbarism With A Human Face Our Fate?, 2021
Inkjet print (Masks: Photo-transfer on handmade paper), 36” x 45”
in medias res is curated by Aidan Chisholm and Farren Fei Yuan. It will be on view at theBLANC Art Space from 4th to 25th August 2023.
Cecilia Caldiera, Comma After the sun: part 1, 2023, Comma After the sun: part 2, 2023, Comma After the sun: part 3, 2023, Cardboard cassette box, glass, mulberry paper, encaustic medium, rivets, plastic, steel, steel, glass, and cardboard, 4” x 6” each