Anthropocene, Jul 26 – Aug 22, 2014

Past: 333 Broome St

Installation view, *Anthropocene*, Canada, New York, 2014

Artworks

Al Freeman,
Tool (Sawtooth) ,
2014,
84 × 21 × 3 in (213.36 × 53.34 × 7.62 cm)
New Jersey branches, manilla rope, drop cloth, gesso, oil paint

Nicole Cherubini,
Amarillo ,
2014,
20 × 18 × 4 in (50.8 × 45.72 × 10.16 cm)
Earthenware, pine, acrylic and spray paint

Meghan Petras,
Black Hands ,
2014,
37 × 27 in (93.98 × 68.58 cm)
Fabric paint on canvas

Stuart Lorimer,
Bright Band,
2014,
62 ½ × 63 ½ in (158.75 × 161.29 cm)
Oil on canvas

Alicia Gibson,
Counterintuitive,
2014,
60 × 46 in (152.40 × 116.84 cm)
Oil, mixed media on canvas

Alicia Gibson,
Feminist Narcissism,
2014,
60 × 46 in (152.40 × 116.84 cm)
Oil, mixed media on canvas

Peter Harkawik,
Fig Shuffle,
2014,
68 × 24 × 18 in (172.72 × 60.96 × 45.72 cm)
Mixed media

Nicole Cherubini,
Hepta Septa,
2014,
21 × 21 × 2 in (53.34 × 53.34 × 5.08 cm)

Chris Hood,
Interloper Day Glo,
2014,
70 × 54 in (177.80 × 137.16 cm)
Oil on canvas

Sarah Cromarty,
Jungle Whisper,
2014,
Dimensions variable
Matte board, sand, mirrors, oil paint, string, glass beads, wood panel

Elisabeth Kley,
Large Gold & Lime Three Part Bottle,
2012,
35 in (88.90 cm)
Glazed earthenware

Elisabeth Kley,
Large Green and Blue Three Part Lotus Bottle,
2012,
33 × 16 × 16 in (83.82 × 40.64 × 40.64 cm)
Glazed earthenware

Elisabeth Kley,
Large Red & Green Three Part Bottle,
2012,
35 in (88.90 cm)
Glazed earthenware

Sally Saul,
Little Hut,
2011,
7 × 11 × 7 in (17.78 × 27.94 × 17.78 cm)
Glazed ceramic

Bram Bogart,
Loretta,
2009,
12 × 14 in (30.48 × 35.56 cm)
Mixed media

Joyce Robins,
Low Cone,
2011,
10 in (25.40 cm)
Clay, glaze, paint

Stuart Lorimer,
Mackarel Sky,
2014,
49 ½ × 65 in (125.73 × 165.10 cm)
Oil, acrylic, ink, spray paint on canvas

Al Freeman,
Modern Stone Age,
2014,
71 × 60 × 4 ½ in (180.34 × 152.40 × 11.43 cm)
New Jersey branches, manila rope, drop cloth, gesso, oil paint

Nicole Cherubini,
O'Dome,
2014,
20 × 18 × 6 in (50.80 × 45.72 × 15.24 cm)
Earthenware, glaze, pine, oil paint

Joyce Robins,
Orange Blue Open Circle,
2004,
14 in (35.56 cm)
Clay, glaze, paint

Joyce Robins,
Multicolor Circle,
2011,
14 in (35.56 cm)
Clay, glaze, paint

Joyce Robins,
Pale Oval,
2004,
15 ½ × 9 in (39.37 × 22.86 cm)
Clay, glaze, paint

Elisabeth Kley,
Peacock,
2006,
6 × 9 ½ × 5 in (15.24 × 24.13 × 12.70 cm)
Glazed ceramic

Adrianne Rubenstein,
Pollination I,
2014,
24 × 36 in (60.96 × 91.44 cm)
Oil on canvas

Adrianne Rubenstein,
Pollination II,
2014,
26 × 36 in (66.04 × 91.44 cm)
Oil on canvas

Sally Saul,
Rachel Carson,
2013,
Dimensions variable
Glazed ceramic

Joyce Robins,
Red Green Open Circle,
2003,
14 in (35.56 cm)
Clay, glaze, paint

Nicole Cherubini,
Square Root of 4,
2014,
18 × 13 × 2 in (45.72 × 33.02 × 5.08 cm)
Teracotta, earthenware, pine, acrylic and spray paint

Sarah Cromarty,
The Search,
2014,
71 × 16 in (180.34 × 40.64 cm)
Matte board, cardboard, oil paint, wood panel, chains, silicon

Al Freeman,
Tool [Bow],
2014,
93 × 11 × 3 in (236.22 × 27.94 × 7.62 cm)
New Jersey branches, manilla rope, drop booth, gesso, oil paint

Sally Saul,
Traveling,
17 × 10 × 7 in (43.18 × 25.40 × 17.78 cm)
Glazed ceramic

Chris Hood,
Trying to get to Tijuana,
2014,
84 × 66 in (213.36 × 167.64 cm)
Oil on canvas

Meghan Petras,
White Pants,
2014,
39 × 18 in (99.06 × 45.72 cm)
Fabric paint on canvas

Press Release

CANADA is pleased to announce Anthropocene, a group exhibition featuring Bram Bogart, Nicole Cherubini, Sarah Cromarty, Al Freeman, Alicia Gibson, Peter Harkawik, Chris Hood, Elisabeth Kley, Stuart Lorimer, Meghan Petras, Joyce Robins, Adrianne Rubenstein and Sally Saul.

“Toast was a pointless invention from the Dark Ages. Toast was an implement of torture that caused all those subjected to it to regurgitate in verbal form the sins and crimes of their past lives. Toast was a ritual item devoured by fetishists in the belief that it would enhance their kinetic and sexual powers. Toast cannot be explained by any rational means.

Toast is me.

I am toast.”

― Margaret Atwood, Oryx and Crake

The Anthropocene Age started 3000 years ago with the fires and the animals. The picking and the eating. As humans turned the earth more habitable they left their impression on it, making it less real and more like where they came from. Drawing and mysticism, painting and color, pattern, decoration, sublimated messages, functionality redistributed as game. It turns out we were already living in a different era, like the Stone Age, but where icecaps are laced with chlorine, mountains have rivulets of Barbie, and the continents light up like fireflies at night.