EXPERIMENTING WITH MATERIALITY. TERRY ADKINS. SONIA GOMES. SENGA NENGUDI. CAROL RAMA

08 June - 30 August 2019

Description

Terry Adkins once described his method of repurposing found materials as "potential disclosure," a process in which the strategic arrangement of objects revealed latent historical or metaphorical associations. For its first exhibition in Zürich, Lévy Gorvy with Rumbler presents Experimenting with Materiality, a consideration of the ways that such gestures of recontextualization manifest in the multimedia work of Adkins, Sonia Gomes, Senga Nengudi, and Carol Rama - artists who, despite working in disparate contexts, found resonant approaches to materiality.
Using quotidian objects as their primary media, each of these artists cultivated a historically-charged practice examining ongoing dialogues pertaining to race, gender, and industry. Engaging parallel assemblage techniques, each artist`s work is rooted in deep spiritualism that allowed them to pursue an art that elevates the base substance of their media through its incorporation into a transcendent whole. Presenting seminal works by these artists, Experimenting with Materiality celebrates the innovation and complexity of their practices.