Ronald Feldman Gallery

*Face Off* October 23 - November 27, 2004 Review in NY Arts Review in artforum.com, November 4, 2004. Review in New York Times, November 26, 2004
David Opdyke	Joe Wezorek
Frontier, 2003 plastic, styrofoam, metal, paper 2 3/4 x 3 1/8 x 1 1/4 inches	War President, 2004 large format inkjet print mosaic of President Bush comprised of 960 portraits of military service people killed in Iraq as of April 2004 Photos taken from the Washington Post website. 48 5/8 x 40 3/4 inches
Mark Newport	Jessica Craig-Martin
The Patriot, 2004 (detail) hand-knit acrylic yarn, buttons with wood hanger 79 x 23 x 6 inches	Untitled (Cheese Platter), 2004 c-print 11 x 14 inches
Chris Doyle	Richard Ross
Extraordinary Perceptual Dilemmas and the Madness of Climbing, 2004 watercolor on paper 49 1/8 x 83 1/8 inches	Untitled (Secret Service Interview Room (LA, CA), 2004 color photograph 26 1/4 x 25 3/4 inches
Alison Jackson	Suzanne McClelland
Communion, 2004 chromogenic print 24 X 20 inches	Well Hung, 2004 Women's National Basketball Association jerseys, silk, velvet, safety pins, ribbon, rope 127 x 145 inches overall
Ron Mueck	Pepon Osorio
Untitled (Baby), 2000 mixed media 10 1/4 x 4 3/4 x 2 1/8 inches	Untitled, 2003 (detail) 7 parts, each part is painted plaster with mirror, adhesive letters and found objects approximately 7 1/2 x 3 x 3 inches each
Rico Gatson	Mike Peter Smith
Beef, 2003 still from DVD, time 2:15 Public Service Announcement commissioned by Mos Def and Geffen Records Performance by Mos Def.	Bound Dog, 2004 blue foam, wood, paper mache, plastic, brass, string, paint 15 x 8 x 15 inches
Dan Ford	Sterling Ruby
Premonition, 2004 watercolor on paper 26 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches	Transient Bed of John, 2003 lambda print mounted on sintra 15 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches edition of 3
Pedro Cruz-Castro	Eric Heist
My Toy Soldiers, 2000 foam plaster, sculpy, piano mallets 14 1/2 x 19 x 9 1/2 inches	From Travel Agents (Dublin), 2004 graphite on paper 22 3/4 x 29 5/8 inches
John White Cerasulo	Edward S. Curtis
Untitled (Why White Man), 2004 watercolor on paper 37 1/4 x 25 1/8 inches (F)	Tobadzischini-Navaho (Close-up), 1904 photogravure on tissue, printed 1904-1930 17 x 14 inches
Dan Kainen	Bradley Arthur
L'Eminence Verte, 2004 unique lenticular image, felt, wood closed: 10 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches open: 20 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches	PREYS/Hymn, 2004 steel, paint 4 x 12 x 4 inches
Paper Rad	Yuken Teruya
Paper Rad, 2004 Baba vs. Baba, 2004 mixed media installation including works on paper; 2 channel DVD edition of 3	You-I, You-I, 2002 vegetable dye on silk 70 1/2 x 53 inches
James Duesing	Pascal Lievre
Tender Bodies, 2004 still from DVD, time 8:10	L/axe du mal/Axis of Evil, 2003 still from video, time, 5:45
John Ashcroft/The Art Mob	Four Walls Projects
Let the Eagle Soar/Blessed Are the Peace Makers, 2004 Composite of CNN/WBTV news clip of John Ashcroft performing his original composition Let the Eagle Soar at a North Carolina seminary, with a specially recorded response by the Art Mob choral group singing the hymn Blessed are the Peacemakers Edited by Elaine Angelopoulos and David Clarkson Technical assistance: Joe Barone, Andrew Coppola, Sarah Paulson, Emily Poole.	Power T's, 2004 130 artists designed T-shirts created to raise money for Democratic races.
Artists included in *Face Off*:
Art Mob with John Ashcroft Bradley Arthur John White Cerasulo George Catlin Jessica Craig-Martin Pedro Cruz-Castro Edward S. Curtis Chris Doyle James Deusing Dan Ford Four Walls Projects Rico Gatson Eric Heist Alison Jackson Dan Kainen Pascal Lievre	Ellen Levy Suzanne McClelland Bjorn Melhus Ron Mueck Mark Newport David Opdyke Pepon Osorio Paper Rad Richard Ross Sterling Ruby Tomas Ruller Mike Peter Smith Yuken Teruya Michael Waugh Joe Wezorek
Click here for a PDF version of the following Press Release.
For Immediate Release: October 8, 2004 FACE OFF Group Exhibition October 23 – November 27 The Feldman Gallery will present FACE OFF, a contemporary group exhibition that takes an unexpected approach to the current political moment. Timed to coincide with the national elections, FACE OFF responds to the growing atmosphere of anger and anxiety which has begun to define our lives, times, and political discourse. FACE OFF offers a varied presentation of individual concerns. Despsite the combative stance suggested by the title, the critiques presented in FACE OFF range from the oblique to the specific. What emerges is a meditation on various subjects in a wide variety of media, including textiles, watercolor, sculpture, audio, and video. The artworks express frustration, protest, humor, and concern for the future, and invite or provoke the viewers to a face off of their own. There will be a reception, October 23, 6 – 8. Gallery hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 10 – 6. Monday by appointment. For information contact Laura Muggeo (212) 226-3232 or laura@feldmangallery.com. Curated by Martina Batan, Sean Elwood, Marco Nocella, and Ronald Feldman.
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