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Pat Place
'Street Markings 2011-2016'

October 27 - December 11, 2016

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Artist

Pat Place

Born in Chicago in 1953; Lives and works in New York City

Education

Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL, BFA

Solo Exhibitions

2016
Pat Place: Street Markings 2011-2016, 33 Orchard, New York

2014
Pat Place: Skies 2008-2014, 33 Orchard, New York

2008
Pat Place: The End, 1981 - Infinity, Jane Kim / Thrust Projects, New York

Group Exhibitions

2016
Paradise: underground culture in NYC 1978-84, at Steven Harvey Fine Art, New York

2015
Animals and Artists, Julie Keyes Art at Mark Borghi, New York
Fertility, 33 Orchard, New York

2014
Summer Sang in Me, AMP Art Market, Provincetown, MA

2013
No Wave Salon Exhibition, AI Earthling Gallery, Woodstock, New York

2012
Open for the Stones, Vol. 2, Harper’s Bookstore, East Hampton, New York
1st Annual Holiday Salon Exhibition, ILLE Arts, Amagansett, New York
The Family Show, ILLE Arts, Amagansett, New York

2011
Open For The Stones, Vol. 1, Julie Keyes Art Projects, New York

2010
Who are you close to, Jane Kim / Thrust Projects, New York

2008
Happy Vacation, Jane Kim / Thrust Projects, New York
No Wave, Post Punk, Underground New York 1976-80, KS Art, New York

 

Lead Guitarist and co-founder of The Contortions, and founding member
of The Bush Tetras

Singles and EPs
1996            Page 18, The Bush Tetras, Tim/Kerr Records
1982            Rituals, The Bush Tetras, Stiff Records
1981            Things That Go Boom in the Night, The Bush Tetras, Fetish Records
1980            Too Many Creeps, The Bush Tetras 99 Records

Albums
2010             Happy, The Bush Tetras, ROIR Records
2007            Very Very Happy, The Bush Tetras, ROIR Records
1997            Beauty Lies, The Bush Tetras, Polygram Records
1996            Tetrafied: Previously Released Recordings, The Bush Tetras, Thirsty Ear Records
1995            Boom In The Night, The Bush Tetras, ROIR Records
1981            White Cannibal, Live In New York, The Contortions, ROIR Records
1979            Buy, The Contortions, ZE Records
1979             No New York, The Contortions, Antilles Records


 


 

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Jane Kim is delighted to announce Pat Place's exhibition "Street Markings 2011-2016," opening Thursday, October 27, 2016 from 6-8 pm at 33 Orchard.

In 2011 Pat Place started photographing markings for drilling sites on the streets and sidewalks of New York and Los Angeles with her iPhone camera. Often marked in florescent pinks, greens, and yellows, some as geometric forms, the images inspired Place as a connection to painting. Place continues to shoot streets, capturing paint marks, leaves, nails embedded in cement, gum, dirt and trash. The result is an astonishing collection of photographs, printed without digital enhancing technology.

Place's artistic process remains simple as part of her strategy to make her work relevant to popular culture. She uses whatever camera is available (usually her phone), and creates pairings and groupings of 4 x 6 inch prints. The placement of photos together is like her paintbrush to the canvas. Scouring through her archive of thousands of photos, she realized the tonalities of color and texture that emerged are surprisingly similar to formal references to the history of Abstract painting from the 40's to today. The markings also contain the element of time as they document new construction and changes happening to New York.

Pat Place is a musician and visual artist who was one of the founding members of The Contortions and Bush Tetras. She continues to play with the Bush Tetras. She is currently participating in "Paradise: underground culture in NYC 1978-84," at Steven Harvey Fine Art, New York (through November 14). "Street Markings 2011-2011" is Place's second one person exhibition at 33 Orchard.

33 Orchard is located at 33b Orchard Street between Hester and Canal Streets in the Lower East Side. The gallery hours are Wednesday to Sunday from 12 - 6 pm. For question or images, please contact Jane Kim at office@33orchard.com or +1 347 278 1500.

 

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