Posing Exhibition
Curated by Andrea Cote and Joelle Jensen
September 18 - November 11, 2007
Abrons Art Center, New York, NY

The exhibition "Posing" stemmed from studio conversations between Joelle Jensen and I, as far back as 2003. We were each visually investigating the vernaculars of poses, notions of time and the psychology embedded in certain postures. We were also both reading Craig Owens' essay, "Posing," and in it found a foundation for the concepts we were exploring. We started to look around at our contemporaries' artwork and found both analogous and strikingly different approaches to representing and re-presenting the figure. From here our curatorial project took shape to include an exhibition, a catalog and a panel discussion.

Posing maps a territory that spans from historical portraiture to flicker.com. The works in the exhibition challenge traditional portraiture by incorporating appropriated imagery, constructed tableaux, candid snapshots, and surveillance. Utilizing mimicry, repetition, and imitation, various approaches to the act of posing are examined. Through frozen moments and acts of homage, the artists in this exhibition either reveal or circumvent the relationships - and inherent power structures - between artist, model, viewer, history, culture and media.

Artists in Exhibition: Yi Chen, Nikhil Chopra, Kate Clark, Alex Forman, Yoshio Itagaki, Chris Kaczmareck, Valerie LaMontagne, and Amy Talluto

Panel Discussion: "New Positions" Sept 25, 2007
Panelists: Rebecca Scheider, Titia Hulst, Valerie Lamontagne