Artist: Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford
Exhibition title: League of Nations
Curated by: Greg Lunceford
Venue: Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, US
Date: June 2 – August 29, 2021
Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Chicago Cultural Center
Throughout the underpinning of modernist design, aspirations of efficiency and comfort have galvanized visions of what might be possible in the future. Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford revisits these foundations, seeking fractures, little failures on the surface that reveal the invisible workflow and the breakdown of functionalism. Inspired by the history of the 1927 architectural competition in Geneva, which asked architects to submit plans for the creation of the Palace of Nations, Hulsebos-Spofford points to the unsettled quandaries and contradictions between classical design, and modernist functionalism. Repeating classical sculptural figures remind us of copy-and-paste multiple errors that reference the history of the gipsoteca galleries. We are reminded of the function of our phones, and its attachments to work and labor dependency, as its surface naturally distresses our jeans and its haptic vibrations alarming the torso. Behind all of these references, we are presented with a global constellation of history and technological decay.
The exhibition is curated by Greg Lunceford with an introduction written by Gibran Villalobos.
League of Nations is made possible with support from the Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Chicago, Indiana University Northwest, the Illinois Arts Council and the United Nations Library and Archive.
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, League of Nations, 2021, exhibition view, Chicago Cultural Center
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, League Archive 1-9, 2021, archival inkjet prints on Hahnemühle paper, 9 framed prints, 30”x24”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, League Archive 1-9, 2021, archival inkjet prints on Hahnemühle paper, 9 framed prints, 30”x24”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, League Archive 1-9, 2021, archival inkjet prints on Hahnemühle paper, 9 framed prints, 30”x24”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, League Archive 1-9, 2021, archival inkjet prints on Hahnemühle paper, 9 framed prints, 30”x24”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, League Archive 1-9, 2021, archival inkjet prints on Hahnemühle paper, 9 framed prints, 30”x24”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, League Archive 1-9, 2021, archival inkjet prints on Hahnemühle paper, 9 framed prints, 30”x24”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, League Archive 1-9, 2021, archival inkjet prints on Hahnemühle paper, 9 framed prints, 30”x24”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, League Archive 1-9, 2021, archival inkjet prints on Hahnemühle paper, 9 framed prints, 30”x24”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, League Archive 1-9, 2021, archival inkjet prints on Hahnemühle paper, 9 framed prints, 30”x24”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, Garden Gipsoteca: Hercules, 2019, marble, resin, pigment, urethane foam, steel, wood, 84”x36”x24”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, Garden Gipsoteca: Hercules, 2019, marble, resin, pigment, urethane foam, steel, wood, 84”x36”x24”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, Hyperlexia: and they have scant strength; everyone is better off remaining still, prone; anyway, it is dark, 2021, steel, vinyl, cardboard, thread, adhesive, 30’x 12’ x5’
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, Hyperlexia: and they have scant strength; everyone is better off remaining still, prone; anyway, it is dark, 2021, steel, vinyl, cardboard, thread, adhesive, 30’x 12’ x5’
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, Hyperlexia: and they have scant strength; everyone is better off remaining still, prone; anyway, it is dark, 2021, steel, vinyl, cardboard, thread, adhesive, 30’x 12’ x5’
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, Hyperlexia: and they have scant strength; everyone is better off remaining still, prone; anyway, it is dark, 2021, steel, vinyl, cardboard, thread, adhesive, 30’x 12’ x5’
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, Hyperlexia: and they have scant strength; everyone is better off remaining still, prone; anyway, it is dark, 2021, steel, vinyl, cardboard, thread, adhesive, 30’x 12’ x5’
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, Hyperlexia: Hover, 2021, foam, resin, rubber, wood, 50”x38”x30”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, Hyperlexia: Moka, 2020, aluminum, resin, foam, fiberglass, 41”x40”x14”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, Hyperlexia: Solicitude, 2021, foam, pigment, wood, 48”x36”x36”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, Hyperlexia: Solicitude, 2021, foam, pigment, wood, 48”x36”x36”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, Hyperlexia: Stonewash, 2021, plastic, foam, oil stick, 48”x40”x36”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, Hyperlexia: Venus, 2021, marble, resin, foam, fiberglass, 40×30”x24”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, League of Nations, 2021, exhibition view, Chicago Cultural Center
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, League of Nations, 2021, exhibition view, Chicago Cultural Center
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, League of Nations, 2021, exhibition view, Chicago Cultural Center
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, League of Nations, 2021, exhibition view, Chicago Cultural Center
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, League of Nations, 2021, exhibition view, Chicago Cultural Center
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, League of Nations, 2021, exhibition view, Chicago Cultural Center
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, League of Nations, 2021, exhibition view, Chicago Cultural Center
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, League of Nations: Thin Cities, 2021, aluminum, plastic, foam, fabric, hardware, 220” x 154” x22”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, League of Nations: Thin Cities, 2021, aluminum, plastic, foam, fabric, hardware, 220” x 154” x22”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, League of Nations: Thin Cities, 2021, aluminum, plastic, foam, fabric, hardware, 220” x 154” x22”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, League of Nations: Thin Cities, 2021, aluminum, plastic, foam, fabric, hardware, 220” x 154” x22”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, League of Nations: Thin Cities, 2021, aluminum, plastic, foam, fabric, hardware, 220” x 154” x22”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, League of Nations: Thin Cities, 2021, aluminum, plastic, foam, fabric, hardware, 220” x 154” x22”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, League of Nations: Thin Cities, 2021, aluminum, plastic, foam, fabric, hardware, 220” x 154” x22”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, Mr. Coffee, 2019, sand blasting sand, resin, urethane foam, steel, hardware, wood, 68”x48”x24”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, Mr. Coffee, 2019, sand blasting sand, resin, urethane foam, steel, hardware, wood, 68”x48”x24”
Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford, League of Nations, 2021, exhibition view, Chicago Cultural Center