Mitchell-Innes & Nash

Indirect Object · December 2, 2008 - January 10, 2009

534 W 26th Street
December 2, 2008 - January 10, 2009

Press Release

INDIRECT OBJECT

Matt Mullican
Cady Noland
Amanda Ross-Ho
Frances Stark

December 2, 2008 – January 10, 2009

Mitchell-Innes & Nash will present the group exhibition Indirect Object in their Chelsea gallery from December 2 through January 10. The exhibition will include recent work by Matt Mullican and Frances Stark, two sculptures by Cady Noland from the early 1990s, and several new works by Amanda Ross-Ho.

Each of the artists incorporates personal and cultural images and language into works that create individual vocabularies. Matt Mullican and Frances Stark work most directly with language itself. In Mullican's large wall pieces, grids of letters, numbers, and childlike pictures are combined with abstract forms to create a fictive cosmology. For Frances Stark, language is an essential part of her production as both medium and object. She uses prose, fragments of writing, typewritten letters, and images and tools of writing itself.

Amanda Ross-Ho's new works include a large cut-canvas piece, photographs, and drilled-sheetrock works covered with found photographs. She finds a visual chemistry between source imagery and the actual physical space of the artist's studio. Her framed "peg-board" pieces sit on the floor, creating a hybrid: a sculptural object with the qualities of a picture. Likewise in one of Cady Noland's sculptures, images and text are screen-printed over aluminum, creating a combination of direct image and reflection. For all these artists, images are subsumed into physical qualities of material, while material takes on cultural content.

Matt Mullican lives and works in New York and is represented by Tracy Williams Ltd. Cady Noland lives in New York. Frances Stark lives in Los Angeles and is represented by Marc Foxx in L.A. and CRG Gallery in New York. Amanda Ross-Ho lives and works in Los Angeles, where she is represented by Cherry & Martin. She is represented in New York by Mitchell-Innes & Nash.

Upcoming:
Christopher Miner: January – February, 2009: Chelsea

Listing Information:
Mitchell-Innes & Nash: 534 West 26th Street T: (212) 744-7400 www.miandn.com
Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat, 10am – 6pm

Press Contact:
Stacy Bolton Communications T: 212.721.5350 E: Emily@StacyBolton.com

Exhibition Artists

View Amanda Ross-Ho Artist Information

Exhibition Images

JOHN CHAMBERLAIN
Miracles
1964
Auto lacquer and metal flake on formica
12 1/2 by 12 1/2 in. 31.8 by 31.8 cm.


AMANDA ROSS-HO
"Leave Me Alone (Remix)" 2008
Lightjet print
46 1/8 by 44 in. 117.2 by 111.8 cm.


AMANDA ROSS-HO
"White Goddess # 17 (Abstract in the Round)," 2008
Painted, cut canvas
96 by 44 in.


AMANDA ROSS-HO
"Siam," 2008
Lightjet print
52 5/8 by 35 1/8 in. 133.7 by 89.2 cm.


Installation view


Installation view


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Installation view


AMANDA ROSS-HO
"New Seizure #1," 2008
Hand-drilled sheetrock, latex paint, found images, linen tape
96 by 48 in. 243.8 by 121.9 cm.


MATT MULLICAN
"Untitled (Learning from That Person's Work)," 2008
Ink on paper collage on bedsheet
96 by 66 in. 243.8 by 167.6 cm.


AMANDA ROSS-HO
"Untitled Textile #1 (B & W)," 2008
Hand-drilled sheetrock, latex paint, found images, linen tape
96 by 48 in. 243.8 by 121.9 cm.


FRANCES STARK
Image Proof
2007
Mixed media on wood panel
overall: 93 by 72 by 1 3/4 in. 236.2 by 182.9 by 4.4 cm.


FRANCES STARK
"An Unfolding Soft Secretary with Finials," 2005
Mass mailers, carbon paper, brads, linen tape, glassine and silk ribbon
53 by 38 1/2 in. 134.6 by 97.8 cm.


ALEXANDER CALDER
The Lookout
1957
Standing mobile, painted metal, rod and wire
52 5/8 by 42 1/4 by 12 1/4 in. 133.7 by 107.3 by 31.1 cm.


KENNETH NOLAND
Highlight
1961
Acrylic on canvas
69 by 68 5/8 in. 175.3 by 174.3 cm.


ALBERTO BURRI
Black Cretto
1974
Mixed media in artist's frame
1 7/8 by 3 1/2 in. 4.8 by 8.9 cm.


JEAN ARP
Torse-feuille
1963/82
Bronze
Height: 33 13/16 in. 85.9 cm.