Jill Spector – Presents, Presense, Presenxse

Jill Spector – Presents, Presense, Presenxse 9th June – 17th July 2010 Opening bbq 5th June 2 - 6 American artist Jill Spector (born 1976 in Pennsylvania, USA) makes sculptures and wall pieces, which are put together from different materials and elements. Chicken wire, plaster, pillows, fabric, found objects, photographs and their photocopies make up these wondrous figures, which appear to be continuously changing like masked or costumed dancers, protagonists of endless possible stories. The viewer also plays his part in this game: Spector’s pieces are rarely solid and the consciously placed openings allow insight into the inner life of the sculptures. The visitor is therefore lead to move around the work in order to inspect every hole, niche and alcove. At the same time these differentiate the figures from classical sculpture where lots of the artist’s influences are rooted. Jill Spector’s statement that movement is the building block of every gesture supports the performative aspect of her otherwise static works. Every creative process is documented photographically by Spector. The resulting images become pieces in their own right, studies for possible future works or are integrated into the sculptures. Presents, Presense, Presenxse shows three new sculptures and two new wall pieces. It is the artist’s second collaboration with BolteLang after showing together at this year’s INDEPENDENT show in New York at the beginning of the year. Jill Spector is exhibiting in Switzerland for the first time. She has previously shown in exhibitions at the Design Center, Los Angeles (2009), Kunsthaus Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum (2008) and the Pinakothek der Moderne und Nationaltheater, Munich (2007). The exhibition runs from 9th June – 17th July 2010. For further information and images, please contact: t +41 (0) 44 273 00 10 Anna Bolte : [email protected] Chaja Lang : [email protected]

BolteLang Jill Spector Born 1976 in York, Pennsylvania, USA Lives and works in Los Angeles, USA. Education 2005 MFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, USA 1998 BFA, Syracuse University, School of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse, NY, USA Solo Exhibitions 2010 BolteLang, Zurich, Switzerland INDEPENDENT, solo presentation with BolteLang, New York, USA 2007 Sculpture In Around: A Believe In, Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels, Belgium 2005 One Arm Too Many, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA,

USA 2004 Sculpture & A Hat, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, USA Partner, Platform, Perfect, Posture, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, USA 2003 Wearing Outfit, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, USA Group Exhibitions 2009 Other Arrangements, ‘DIY’, organised by Diana Thater and Helen Varola, Pacific Design

Center, Los Angeles, USA OPERA, Five Thirty Three, Los Angeles, USA Light & Wire, Circus Gallery, Los Angeles, USA 2008 Life? Biomorphic Forms In Sculpture, curated by Peter Pakesch and Karin Bucher, Kunsthaus

Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria Fabricated Artifictions and Other Costumed-Based Works, Highways Performance Space at the 18th

St. Arts Center, Santa Monica, USA Fault Line, Light & Wire Gallery, Los Angeles, USA The Skat Players, curated by Sarah McCrory, Vilma Gold, London, UK Betwixt and Between, ACME, Los Angeles, USA 2007 …drawing, stretching, and fainting in coils…, curated by Diana Thater, FestSpiel+2007,

Pinakothek der Moderen und Nationaltheater, Munich, Germany Modern Lovers, The Glendale College Art Gallery, Glendale College, Glendale, CA, USA Radio Danièle, cursted by Christopher Williams and John Kelsey, Radio LoRa in collaboration

with Kunsthalle Zürich, Switzerland and Città Del Capo Radio Metropolitana in collaboration with GAM Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy

2006 Many, Many Guys and Girls. All Real Beauties, Circus of Books, Los Angeles, USA JSA Show, Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, USA 2005 Supersonic, Los Angeles Design Center, Los Angeles, USA Top Drawer, P.S. 122, New York, USA 2004 Ink, Noose, & the Sea: Bret Nicely, Jill Spector, & Dawson Weber, Art Center College of Design,

Pasadena, CA, USA Performances & Screenings 2007 Performance/Film/Video, Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles, USA 2005 At 7pm If You Know the Words Sing Along, a performance work by Corrina Peipon, for Celine

and Julie Go Boating, Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, USA 2004 Show Down, curated by Kimberli Meyer and Fritz Haeg, costumes for a sculptural performance

by Liz Larner, MAK Center at the Schindler House, Los Angeles, USA Ink, Noose, & the Sea, musical performance and screening in collaboration with Bret Nicely and

Dawson Weber, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, USA Five Dance Constructions and Some Other Things, choreography by Simone Forti, staged in

conjunction with A Minimal Future? Art as Object 1958 – 1968, MOCA, Los Angeles, USA

Press & Publications 2008 The Skat Players at Vilma Gold, Rebecca Geldard, Timeout London, 20 March Life? Biomorphic Forms In Sculpture, curated by Peter Pakesch and Karin Bucher, exhibition

catalogue, Kunsthaus Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria …drawing, stretching, and fainting in coils…, curated by Diana Thater, exhibition catalogue,

FestSpiel+2007, Pinakothek der Moderen und Nationaltheater, Munich, Germany 2007 Orte der Kunst bei Festspiel Plus, Markus Müller-Preuss, Abendzeitung, 30 June Alles dreht sich um Alice. Festspiel+: Arbeiten von Diana Thater und Kollegen, TZ, 28 June Alice lässt grüssen, Simone Dattenberger, Müncher Merkur, 28 June Collections Kunsthaus Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria

Installation Views

Presents, Presense, Presenxse Jill Spector

9 June – 17 July 2010

Installation view Presents, Presense, Presenxse


Untitled (Collage), 2010 B/w photocopy, inkjet print, bearded wheat, 43 x 28 x 25 cm

Chorus 2/3, 2010 Wood, wire, papier-maché, plaster, paint, colour photocopy, aluminium, fabric, inkjet print, pillows,

candle holder, bearded wheat, 127 x 61 x 61 cm

Chorus 1/3, 2010 Wood, wire, papier-maché, plaster, paint, colour photocopy, b/w photocopy, aluminium, fabric, inkjet

print, pillows, 127 x 61 x 61 cm

Touch Me Happy Night Queen #2, 2006 Collage, die cut glove insert, fabric, steel wire, light jet print, 81.3 x 66 x 2.5 cm

Sculpture Wears the Pants: A Common Mixture, 2010 Wire, plaster, papier-maché, wood, fabric, cardboard, paint, b/w photocopy, acetate, steel frame, bearded

wheat, sticker, pillow, painted gel, 106.7 x 78.7 x 71.1 cm

Untitled (Triptych 1), 2010 Colour photocopies on wood, 78.5 x 55.5 cm

Leg Piece, 2007/2010 Colour photocopies, b/w inkjet prints, colour inkjet prints, chicken wire, paper, fabric, plaster, wood,

paint, 220 x 182 x 100 cm

Other Arrangements, 2009 3 poster set made of b/w and colour photocopies, ed. of 25 + 3 AP, 58 x 28 cm

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