Artists: Israel Aten, Henry Codax, Lara Joy Evans, Les Krims, Vincent Szarek
Exhibition title: The last man on planet earth
Venue: ASHES/ASHES, New York, US
Date: June 2 – July 9, 2023
Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and ASHES/ASHES
Israel Aten (born 1986; Detroit, MI) lives and works in Detroit, MI. Aten graduated as Meisterschüler from Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany. Aten’s recent solo exhibitions include: New Jack City, Natalia Hug Galerie, Cologne, Germany; Israel Aten, What Pipeline, Detroit, MI; RADAR: Blast Valiant, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur and Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany. Aten’s recent group exhibitions include: In Absentia X: Property from a Private Collection, ASHES/ASHES, New York, NY; Birds of a Feather, Z33 House for Contemporary Art, Design & Architecture, Hasselt, Belgium; Jetzt! Junge Malerei in Deutschland, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Museum Wiesbaden, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Museum Gunzenhauser, and Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany.
Henry Codax (*no known biographical information exists for the artist). Codax’s recent solo exhibitions include: Everybody, Tucson, AZ; galerie lange + pult, Zürich, Switzerland; Martos Gallery, New York, NY; Shoot the Lobster / Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, NY.
Lara Joy Evans (born 1993; Los Angeles, CA) lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. Evans received a BA from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Evans’ recent solo exhibitions include: Empedocles, Final Hot Desert, Lund, NV; Arnhemse Uitnacht, Code Rood, Arnhem, The Netherlands; Primal_ditch_BP (before present), Galerija Miroslav Kraljevic, Zagreb, Croatia. Evans’ recent group exhibitions include: Dreams in Deixis, Tufenkian Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Earth Positive, Spas Setun, Moscow, Russia; Pineal Eye Infection, Seasons, Los Angeles, CA; Paradise on Mars, OJ Art Space; Istanbul, Turkey.
Les Krims (born 1942; Brooklyn, NY) lives and works in Buffalo, NY. Krims received a BFA from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY and an MFA from Pratt Insitute, Brooklyn, NY. Krims’ photographs are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; George Eastman House, Rochester, NY; National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, France; Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan; Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia, among others.
Vincent Szarek (born 1973; Westerly, RI) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Szarek received a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. Szarek’s recent solo exhibitions include: The hollow earth theory, galerie lange + pult, Zürich, Switzerland; Coca Cola Cowboy, Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria; Like a Rock, Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Szarek’s recent group exhibitions include: Shaped, galerie lange + pult, Zürich, Switzerland; Horses?, CHART, New York, NY; Definition, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX; Stéphane Dafflon, Vincent Szarek, Blair Thurman, Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, Austria. Szarek’s works are held in the collections of the Mercedes Benz Art Collection, Berlin, Germany and Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
The last man on planet earth, 2023, exhibition view, ASHES/ASHES, New York
The last man on planet earth, 2023, exhibition view, ASHES/ASHES, New York
The last man on planet earth, 2023, exhibition view, ASHES/ASHES, New York
Henry Codax, Untitled (Silver), 2014, acrylic on canvas, 84 x 84 in, 213.4 x 213.4 cm
Vincent Szarek, Mexico Blue UFO, 2023, urethane on fiberglass, 48 x 48 x 4 in, 121.9 x 121.9 x 10.2 cm
Henry Codax, Untitled (Silver), 2014, acrylic on canvas, 84 x 84 in, 213.4 x 213.4 cm
Lara Joy Evans, Embryonic Chamber No.02, 2023, oil on canvas in aluminum frame, 28 1/2 x 33 1/2 in, 72.4 x 85.1 cm
Israel Aten, Untitled, 2019, acrylic, pigments, and silver leaf on canvas,94 1/2 x 68 1/2 in, 240 x 174 cm
Henry Codax, Untitled (Silver), 2014, acrylic on canvas, 84 x 84 in, 213.4 x 213.4 cm
Vincent Szarek, Mexico Blue UFO, 2023, urethane on fiberglass, 48 x 48 x 4 in, 121.9 x 121.9 x 10.2 cm
Henry Codax, Untitled (Silver), 2014, acrylic on canvas, 84 x 84 in, 213.4 x 213.4 cm
Lara Joy Evans, Embryonic Chamber No.02, 2023, oil on canvas in aluminum frame, 28 1/2 x 33 1/2 in, 72.4 x 85.1 cm
Les Krims, Uranium Robot Contest, Buffalo, New York, 1976, 1976, vintage selenium toned contact print on Portriga Rapid paper, 11 x 14 in, 27.9 x 35.6 cm
