The Communal Table

June 2014, curated by Björn Meyer-Ebrecht


Andy Cross, Marc Andre Robinson, Ellie Murphy, Marykate Maher, Lars Kremer, Ian Umlauf, Rico Gatson, Danielle Webb, Ben Pederson, Lynn Sullivan, Joy Curtis, and Letha Wilson

Communal Table was an exhibition of sculpture. My idea for the show was to bring together several sculptors who have been in my orbit for the past few years, and who have influenced my thinking about sculpture. The works by 12 artists, small or midsize in scale, were all presented on one big table in the (otherwise empty) studio. The table was my contribution to the show, continuing my interest in creating work that can be seen as both sculpture and utilitarian object. Communal Table was a group show in the truest sense, presenting the works in close proximity to each other, emphasizing relationships and references among the works.

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Hrag Vartanian: “The Story of 13 Artists Who Sat Down at a Communal Table”
Hyperallergic, May 30th, 2014

Björn Meyer-Ebrecht: “The Communal Table – Danielle Webb, Rico Gatson, Ian Umlauf, and MaryKate Maher”
Culturehall Feature Issue 115, December 2014

Communal Table, 2014
wood, hardware, acrylic enamel paint
31 1/2 x 120 x 160 in.
installation views







Individual works


Rico Gatson
Mystery Object #5, 2014
spray and latex paint on wood
dimensions variable


Foreground:
Joy Curtis
Untitled, 2014
Hydrocal, wire, and plexiglass mirror
9 x 9 x 7 in.
Back:
Marc Andre Robinson
Not yet titled, 2014
mixed media
53 x 35 x10 in.
Left:
Lynn Sullivan
Wrapped Ships, 2013
plaster, ship model sets
14 x 16 x 13 in.


Forground:
Letha Wilson
Grand Tetons Concrete Column, 2012
concrete, C-print
30 x 4.5 x 10 in.
Back:
MaryKate Maher
Brooklyn Rubble, 2014
mixed media
30 x 24 x 18 in.


Danielle Webb
Polyhaus (after ‘Siedlungshaus im Dessauer Bauhausstil’), 2012;
materials: Polytek Developments Corp. Moldmaking & Casting newsletter (issue No. 22 winter 1997/1998) and glue
7 x 7 x 4 in.


Ian Umlauf
Teparu: Endlessly (adapted), 2014
mixed Media
dimension variable


Andy Cross
Pyramid Painting, 2014
oil on canvas on 3 sided wooden pyramid
13 x 22 x 22 in.


Lynn Sullivan
Wrapped Ships, 2013
plaster, ship model sets
14 x 16 x 13 in.


Ellie Murphy
Untitled (Post), 2014
acrylic yarn, wood, metal, plasticine and plastic
50 x 30 x 25 in.


Lars Kremer
HIDE (broken mirror transient reflective), 2014
mixed media; dimensions variable