Steve Reinke
== is a work by New York based artist Matt Keegan and features newly commissioned essays, interviews between artists and editioned works. It consists of a book and five multiples by internationally known artists such as Liz Deschenes, Nikolas Gambaroff, James Richards, Kay Rosen and Erika Vogt.
The ten critical texts regarding the five artists are from:
– Sarah Charlesworth and Carter Mull for Liz Deschenes
– Chris Kraus and Nora Schultz for Nikolas Gambaroff
– Ed Atkins and Steve Reinke for James Richards
– Alejandro Cesarco and Cary Leibowitz for Kay Rosen
– Math Bass and John Miller for Erika Vogt
The publication includes interviews by:
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Although it looks like it, == is not the catalogue of an exhibition. It is exactly the opposite, it is an independent project, conceived ahead of an exhibition. In fact, Matt Keegan has devised an exhibition from the publication, rather than the traditional reverse. Even more, an unlimited number of venues may be produced. Emphasizing the wall as a page, each one provides a temporary container for ==’s various parts, allowing Matt Keegan to act as the protagonist for the fictive curatorial project.
A publication is a time capsule & transmitter from here to there, from you to me.
Working from this basic statement: how has your work changed since your 2012 or 2015 contribution to ==?
This question and timeline could be rephrased as: How has your life & work changed in the wake of Brexit, Trump’s presidency, and the move to the right in Europe. (The majority of contributors are based in the US and this prompt is not intended to romanticize Obama’s presidency or deny repressive administrations that have come before).
It is not necessary to root your response in the 1st person, ...
Part essay, part memoir, part ode, part user’s manual, part picture, part word, part eulogy, part elegy, part complaint.
