Artists: Lisa Alvarado, Yto Barrada, Bettina, Kamau Brathwaite, Heidi Bucher, Alexandru Chira, Thea Djordjadze, Andro Eradze, Stefanie Heinze, Karrabing Film Collective, Keto Logua, Brandon Ndife, Audrey Snyder
Exhibition title: It Remains An Open Horizon
Curated by: Marina Caron
Venue: LC Queisser, Tbilisi, Georgia
Date: July 9 – August 30, 2020
Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and LC Queisser
“The question of the contingency of the history of the present is critically important because this is what I want to say about the present—that it is the product of ‘many determinations’ but that it remains an open horizon, fundamentally unresolved, and in that sense open to ‘the play of contingency.’” – Stuart Hall, Through the Prism of an Intellectual Life
In the text above, Hall refers to the present as a space that is “fundamentally unresolved,” “an open horizon,” open to the unknowability of the future. This space is, of course, tied to the specificities of the past, but in resisting determinism by acknowledging the impossibility of certain predictions, Hall outlines the present as a space of resilience and hope.
The horizon calls to mind moments when the destinations we’ve dreamed of come into sight. It situates collective visions in material space and landscape. It Remains An Open Horizon brings together 13 artists working with atmosphere and landscape as a way to imagine the political potential of the present.
Thea Djordjadze, Gestenfehler, 2020, Wood, glass, paint, 105,5 × 123,5 × 33,5 cm, Courtesy of Sprüth Magers
Kamau Brathwaite, Excerpt from “X” of ConVERSations with Nathaniel Mackey, 1999, We Press & XCP: Cross-Cultural Poetics, Selection by Christopher Funkhouser, We Press
Kamau Brathwaite, Excerpt from “X” of ConVERSations with Nathaniel Mackey, 1999, We Press & XCP: Cross-Cultural Poetics, Selection by Christopher Funkhouser, We Press
Kamau Brathwaite, Excerpt from “X” of ConVERSations with Nathaniel Mackey, 1999, We Press & XCP: Cross-Cultural Poetics, Selection by Christopher Funkhouser, We Press
Kamau Brathwaite, Excerpt from “X” of ConVERSations with Nathaniel Mackey, 1999, We Press & XCP: Cross-Cultural Poetics, Selection by Christopher Funkhouser, We Press
Kamau Brathwaite, Excerpt from “X” of ConVERSations with Nathaniel Mackey, 1999, We Press & XCP: Cross-Cultural Poetics, Selection by Christopher Funkhouser, We Press
Kamau Brathwaite, Excerpt from “X” of ConVERSations with Nathaniel Mackey, 1999, We Press & XCP: Cross-Cultural Poetics, Selection by Christopher Funkhouser, We Press
Kamau Brathwaite, Excerpt from “X” of ConVERSations with Nathaniel Mackey, 1999, We Press & XCP: Cross-Cultural Poetics, Selection by Christopher Funkhouser, We Press
Kamau Brathwaite, Excerpt from “X” of ConVERSations with Nathaniel Mackey, 1999, We Press & XCP: Cross-Cultural Poetics, Selection by Christopher Funkhouser, We Press
Brandon Ndife, Sterilized Household Object, 2019, Urethane foam, Hydrocal, faucet, earth pigments, shrink wrap, 30,48 × 40,64 × 15,24 cm, Courtesy of Bureau
Yto Barrada, Velvet collage #2, 2019, Fabric mounted on board, 62,5 cm × 87 cm, each of 2, © Yto Barrada, courtesy Pace Gallery; Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Hamburg, Beirut; and Galerie Polaris, Paris, Photography by Christine Ann Jones, courtesy Pace Gallery
Yto Barrada, Velvet collage #3, 2019, Fabric mounted on board, 91,4 x 67,3 cm, © Yto Barrada, courtesy Pace Gallery; Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Hamburg, Beirut; and Galerie Polaris, Paris, Photography by Christine Ann Jones, courtesy Pace Gallery
Yto Barrada, Velvet collage #4, 2019, Fabric mounted on board, 79,1 x 76,5 cm, © Yto Barrada, courtesy Pace Gallery; Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Hamburg, Beirut; and Galerie Polaris, Paris, Photography by Christine Ann Jones, courtesy Pace Gallery
Karrabing Film Collective, Wutharr, Saltwater Dreams, 2016, 28:53 min, Courtesy of Karrabing Film Collective
Heidi Bucher, “Blätzli” Floorpiece from “Herrenzimmer” Winterthur, 1979, Latex and textile, 71 x 48 cm (unframed), Courtesy ALMA ZEVI and The Estate of Heidi Bucher
Heidi Bucher, “Blätzli” Floorpiece from “Herrenzimmer” Winterthur, 1979, Latex and textile, 69 x 47 cm (unframed), Courtesy ALMA ZEVI and The Estate of Heidi Bucher
Lisa Alvarado, Traditional Object 26, 2018, Acrylic, fabric, wood, 240 × 240 cm
Stefanie Heinze, Small tongues + loose change, 2020, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 80 cm
Alexandru Chira, The Mirror for the Sower, part of Alexandru Chira’s monument De-signs towards the sky to bring rain and rainbows (1994 – 2004) in Tauseni, Romania, Courtesy of Delmes & Zander
Alexandru Chira, The Mirror for the Sower, part of Alexandru Chira’s monument De-signs towards the sky to bring rain and rainbows (1994 – 2004) in Tauseni, Romania, Courtesy of Delmes & Zander
Alexandru Chira, Tele-Poem (Study), 1988, Oil and pencil on canvas, 109,5 x 67 cm, Courtesy of Delmes & Zander
Alexandru Chira, Untitled, 1986, Oil and pencil on canvas, 106,5 x 106,5 cm, Courtesy of Delmes & Zander
Bettina, 1,000 Photos of Structured Relativity, c. 1980 (exact date unknown), Silver gelatin print, paper, pencil, Booklet; 8 x 4.5 in (each page), Unique, Courtesy of the artist
Bettina, 1,000 Photos of Structured Relativity, c. 1980 (exact date unknown), Silver gelatin print, paper, pencil, Booklet; 8 x 4.5 in (each page), Unique, Courtesy of the artist
Bettina, 1,000 Photos of Structured Relativity, c. 1980 (exact date unknown), Silver gelatin print, paper, pencil, Booklet; 8 x 4.5 in (each page), Unique, Courtesy of the artist
Audrey Snyder, CAMPAGNA/CAMPANA/CAMPO, Originally prepared for Rural Design Week 2019, San Potito Sannitico, IT, Awarded First prize for “systematic design objects”, Courtesy of the artist
Audrey Snyder, CAMPAGNA/CAMPANA/CAMPO, Originally prepared for Rural Design Week 2019, San Potito Sannitico, IT, Awarded First prize for “systematic design objects”, Courtesy of the artist
Audrey Snyder, CAMPAGNA/CAMPANA/CAMPO, Originally prepared for Rural Design Week 2019, San Potito Sannitico, IT, Awarded First prize for “systematic design objects”, Courtesy of the artist
Audrey Snyder, CAMPAGNA/CAMPANA/CAMPO, Originally prepared for Rural Design Week 2019, San Potito Sannitico, IT, Awarded First prize for “systematic design objects”, Courtesy of the artist
Audrey Snyder, CAMPAGNA/CAMPANA/CAMPO, Originally prepared for Rural Design Week 2019, San Potito Sannitico, IT, Awarded First prize for “systematic design objects”, Courtesy of the artist
Keto Logua, Bisexual and Radially Symmetric, 2018/2020, Alumid, 20 × 20 × 11 cm
Lisa Alvarado, Flowers are our only garments, 2020, Sand, flowers, 35 X 35 cm
Andro Eradze, All Hands Bury the Dead, 2019, Full HD, 13:41 min, Commissioned by Kunsthalle Tbilisi, Georgia, Courtesy of the artist
