MoMA PS1 presents Samara Golden: The Flat Side of the Knife
26/12/2014.
[NYC] USA
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA.
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA.
Los Angeles - based artist Samara Golden (American, b. 1973) creates immersive installations that explore what she calls the sixth dimension, where a multitude of pasts, presents, and futures exist concurrently. For The Flat Side of the Knife , Golden present s her largest installation to date, filling the double - height of MoMA PS1’s Duplex Gallery with staircases, beds, couches, lamps, musical instruments, video, and sound.
Samara Golden: The Flat Side of the Knife. Image courtesy of MoMA PS1.
Detail. Samara Golden: The Flat Side of the Knife. Image courtesy of MoMA PS1.
Samara Golden: The Flat Side of the Knife. Image courtesy of MoMA PS1.
Samara Golden: The Flat Side of the Knife. Image courtesy of MoMA PS1.
Samara Golden: The Flat Side of the Knife. Image courtesy of MoMA PS1.
Samara Golden: The Flat Side of the Knife. Image courtesy of MoMA PS1.
Samara Golden. Rape of the Mirror, 2011. Installation view. Night Gallery, Los Angeles. Photo courtesy the artist/MoMA.
Samara Golden. Mass Murder, 2014. Installation view. Night Gallery, Los Angeles. Photo courtesy the artist/MoMA.
Samara Golden. Bad Brains. 2012. Installation view. Frieze Art Fair, New York. Photo courtesy the artist.
Installation shots from Samara Golden’s, The Flat Side of the Knife. Come check out this amazing site-specific installation in Duplex Gallery, now on view through August 30, 2015.
The Flat Side of the Knife combines physical spaces with illusory spaces that appear on ly in mirrors, reflecting what the artist refers to as “layers of consciousness,” akin to psychological and psychedelic spaces in the mind. Her use of mirrors in conjunction with sculptural elements made from a silvery insulation board, known as Rmax or Th ermax, allows the illusion of space to expand in multiple directions; creating imaginary depth below the gallery floor, for instance, or suggesting adjacent rooms that do not actually exist. Interrogating the nature of perceptual experience and its relatio n to belief, Golden’s multi - dimensional installation deal s with the conflict between opposing forces and perspectives, such as optimism and pessimism, or tragedy and tranquility, which continuously compete for our attention.
The Flat Side of the Knife mark s Golden’s first solo museum exhibition. She received her MFA from Columbia University and has exhibited her work at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA); Sculpture Center, New York; Night Gallery, Los Angeles; CANADA, New York; Cardi Black Box, Milan; Loyal Gallery, Stockholm; and Galerie Crevecoeur, Paris; among others. Most recently, Golden’s work was featured in the 2014 Hammer Museum Biennial, Made in L.A.
Samara Golden: The Flat Side of the Knife is organized by Mia Locks, Curatorial Associate, MoMA PS1.
When.- on view through August 30, 2015.
Where.- MoMA PS1. 22-25 Jackson Ave. at the intersection of 46th Ave.. Long Island City, NY 11101. USA.
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SAMARA GOLDEN
Samara Golden (American, b. 1973) received her MFA from Columbia University in 2009 and has exhibited her work widely, including at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA); Sculpture Center, New York; Night Gallery, Los Angeles; CANADA, New York ; Cardi Black Box, Milan; Loyal Gallery, Stockholm; and Galerie Crevecoeur, Paris; among others. Most recently, Golden’s work was featured in the 2014 Hammer Museum Biennial, Made in L.A.
