7/15/2015 Josephine Pryde at Wattis (Contemporary Art Daily)

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JosephinePrydeatWattis
July14th,2015
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Artist:JosephinePryde

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Venue:Wattis,SanFrancisco

ExhibitionTitle:LapsesinThinkingbythePersonIAm

Curatedby:JamieStevens

Date:May5August1,2015

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MottahedanProjects
Dubai,UnitedArabEmirates

FrancescaPia
Zrich,Switzerland

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Berlin,Germany

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TimothyTaylor
London,UnitedKingdom

RachelUffner
NewYork,UnitedStates

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CampoliPresti
London,UnitedKingdom

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ImagescourtesyofWattis,SanFrancisco SprthMagers
Berlin,Germany
PressRelease:

TheCCAWattisInstituteforContemporaryArtsinSanFranciscowillpresentanexhibitionof
newworkbytheUKborn,BerlinandLondonbasedartistJosephinePryde(b.1967)May5
throughAugust1,2015.Theexhibitionisfreeandopentothepublic.

Prydesdualpracticesofphotographyandsculpturewillbeshowcasedinthisfirstsolo
presentationofherworkinanAmericaninstitution.Makinguseofthetechnicalandiconic
potentialofphotographyinitsvariousforms,Prydecreatesvisuallyarrestingandconceptually
preciseimagesthatplayupontherelationshipbetweentwodominanthistoricalusesofthe
camera:scientificanalysisandartisticendeavor.LapsesinThinkingbythePersonIAmwill
traveltoICAPhiladelphiainSeptember2015.

Prydesexhibitionswhichoftenfeaturesculpturalformsaswellasphotographyconnect
andflattensignifiersfrompolitical,popcultural,andarthistoricaldiscourses.In2011,for
instance,PrydeproducedItsNotMyBody,aseriesofdigitallyretouchedscansofafetusthat
superimposedanMRIscanontodesertlikelandscapesandintroducedpsychedeliccolors,
constructingfinalimagesthatwerestylisticallyfluentwithcertaintendenciespresentin
fashionphotography.Spatialrelationsbetweenworksarecarefullyconfiguredtocreate
allegorical,sometimesquasinarrativeinstallationsinwhichthecomplexnetworkofartwork, OldenburgerKunstverein
artist,exhibition,andinstitutionisforegroundedandperformed. Oldenburg,Germany
AtthecenterofPrydesexhibitionatCCAWattisInstituteisanewinstallationthattakesinto
considerationtheriseofinteractiveorrelationalartworksaskeysymboliceventsinthe
activitiesofculturalinstitutions,revisingtheroleofaudiencefromthatofviewershipto
experiencedrivenexchange.Afullyfunctioningrideonmodeltrainwilltravelalongapoint
topointtrack,installedinthemaingallery,whereitwillpassaseriesofframedphotographs
alongitsroute.

Thetrain,afreightlocomotiveintheUnionPacificlivery,pullingtwoboxcars,iscoveredin
thepatinaofminiaturizedgraffitiittakespassengersonabriefjourneythroughtheexhibition
atapproximately2milesperhour.Trainsbombedbygraffitiartists(inAmerica,doneso
withthethreatoffelonycharges)conjureanimagethatisbothaglobalizedurbantruismand
anemblemoftheshiftingdestinyofthegraffitiartist:afigureoflawlessselfexpressionbut
alsoaproponentofadisciplinenowcelebratedbycorporateexecutivesandurbanplanners.

ThetrainisshownalongsidePrydesnewphotographicseries,whichfeatureshandstouching,
andincontactwith,variousmaterials:theirownchest,atablet,aphone,atouchsensitivelamp
base.Thebodiesinthesephotographsarealwaysfaceless,andthephotographerusestight
anglesinwhichhandsexpress,author,control,andanimateaccordingtoslightdeviationsin
movement. KoppeAstner
Glasgow,UnitedKingdom
Theserelentlesscloseupsofhandstherewillbeabout20photographsonviewcreatea
semioticbodylanguagebetweentheworks,agesturalcodethatisdefinedbyhapticcontrol,
perhapsanattemptbyPrydetoconsidertheconsequencesofthemasstransferaltowardfinger
basedinteractivitywithtouchscreendevices.Theseworksalsoaddressclassicfeminist
critiquesofbodylanguage(thesocializeddifferencesofbehaviorbetweenmenandwomen)
andreferencethemanyworksmadebywomenartiststhatdeployimageryofhands:asymbol
ofdomesticlabor,idealizedfemininity,craft,andselfimage.

ThisexhibitionatCCAWattisInstituteforContemporaryArtscoincideswithaperiodof

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criticalacclaimforPryde,withherworkfeaturedonthefrontcoverofArtforum(April2012),
herinclusioninthemajorgroupexhibitionNewPhotographyattheMuseumofModernArt
(2013),andTheEnjoymentofPhotography(2015),amonographicbookonherphotography
recentlypublishedbyJRPRingierincollaborationwithKunsthalleBernandKunstvereinfr
dieRheinlandeundWestfalen,Dsseldorf.

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