CRACK OPEN THE SPACE EGG: a little 16 person show
THE DAY, TODAY, TO DATE: Moments Scrapped by Thomas Joseph12.05 2006
PAT GRAHAM & MELANIE STANDAGE: RETROSPECT (96 Gillespie Gallery)
REOPENS February 2 AT SPACE 1026, PHILADELPHIA
Screening of the Space 1026 Documentary by Ted Passon at 9pm.
Ted is showing a 20-minute cut of a work-in-progress experimental documentary about the artists and the studio space both known as Space 1026. The film is comprised of footage and interviews shot piecemeal over the Space’s nine year history. This short rough cut was done for a show that is now up at the Institute of Contemporary Art called “Locally Localized Gravity”. You can see it on a loop there or you can come out to Space 1026 tonight for a special screening of it. Look for cameos by Lightning Bolt, Calvin Johnson, and Randy Wiggims.
ENGAGING PHOTOGRAPHIC INSTALLATION IN
“PAT GRAHAM & MELANIE STANDAGE: RETROSPECT”
Jodi, Hazard Rock, 2001 by Melanie Standage
PHILADELPHIA, PA – One of the most endearing & engaging investigations of portraiture, travel, music and time in contemporary photography is on view in Pat Graham & Melanie Standage: Retrospect, at Space 1026, 1026 Arch Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia from January 5, 2006, through January 27, 2006.
The exhibition presents some of Graham & Standage’s best loved work in 3 separate installations and gives a compelling look at their trademark photographic styles & installation techniques.
One installation features approximately 1000 Polaroids, another a mesmerizing array of formats and film, over a hundred hand printed portraits & landscapes, while the final one is a table top display.
‘Past Perfect’ presents nearly 1000 instant pictures. While the photographs have their roots in snapshots, having been used as an informal sideline to their working lives as photographers, the rigor of the artists & their committment to documenting the culture around them transcends that heritage to create a remarkable narrative. It also gives intimate access to much of the subject matter – including portraits of many of the icons of modern independent music: eg. Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse), Ian Mackaye (Fugazi), Ted Leo, AIR, Royal Trux & Elliot Smith.
Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse) 2000
‘The Wildebeest’ is a dynamic assortment of over 100 black & white and colour photos covering numerous formats & film sizes. This series is a stream of consciousness, a photographic narrative of people & places and movement, of expectations versus memories, reality vs perception, collective memory and visual consumption. Again the content includes personal portraits of musicians and artists, as well as some of Graham’s well known live shots.
The final installation is the most recent, ‘A Forest’ is a tabletop array of portraits of trees in frames handmade from preserved wood, the tangible qualities of the frames reconciling the subject with its origins.
This duo is well known for their abilities in the darkroom, and the collection delivers some superb printing, both black & white and colour.
The exhibition as a whole has also attracted much attention: its composite parts have shown in London, Baltimore, Washington DC, Antwerp Belgium, and Portland Oregon.
” The fact that their (photos) include Sarah Cracknell of pop group St Etienne and Brett Anderson of Suede, that the nutter flying through the air of an Indiana motel room is Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse … add further spice to the ambience of this disarming collection.” – Sarah Kent, Time Out London, 2004
“This … exhibition captures the past seven years of the duo’s life with a candid honesty reminiscent of Nan Goldin’s warts-and-all spirit”
– Jessica Lack, the Guardian newspaper, UK
Bios
UK based artists Pat Graham & Melanie Standage co-direct north London art gallery 96 Gillespie – a gallery dedicated to encouraging a dialogue between UK & US artists and to being a significant venue for American artists in England.
http://www.96gillespie.com
Pat Graham is the photographer who best captured the live performances of America’s most loved & influential independent musicians during the 1990’s & early 00’s. During this period he toured endlessly with bands such as Modest Mouse, the Make Up, Tortoise and June of 44, across the USA and Europe.
His photos represent not just the bands but the scenes: the venues, audiences and instruments. He shows not only the public performances, but the behind-the-scenes back stages, tour vans, hotel rooms, studios & record labels, bringing a very intimate perspective to his work.
In 2001 he took the artist in residence position at the Grange Hall, in Wakefield Rhode Island. After which he moved his base to London, England. In 2003 Graham co-founded contemporary art gallery 96 Gillespie. He works & exhibits internationally, primarily in collaboration with his wife, photographer and designer Melanie Standage.
Pat’s photos can be found in the Experience Music Project Museum, Seattle WA, the Arlington Municipal Art Collection, Arlington VA, and in private collections around the world.
Melanie Standage is a British photographer who is known for portraits that cut against the grain of both commercial and fine art photographic conventions. Her often ironic and unexpected works highlight the normalcy of their subjects in a way that is incongruous with their surroundings. Standage uses this juxtaposition to explore notions of perception and constructed identity.
She has been working and exhibiting extensively with partner Pat Graham since 1999. They were artists in residence at the Grange Hall in Rhode Island in 2002. Her work has been included in numerous exhibitions in Europe, the U.S. and Canada.
She also has a significant career as a designer, leading large scale projects for English & European campaigns, including Philips, Nokia, Nokia Siemens, Argos, Woolworths, Thomas Cook, Waitrose, Albert Heijn, the Postbank (ING) and more.
The exhibition
Past Perfect is an exhibition of approx 1000 Polaroid photos taken between 1982 & 2006, but primarily over the years 1998- 2004. The photographers used a collection of Polaroid cameras, many old & requiring adaptation to conform to modern film stocks.
The exhibition functions as a diary of the lives of these 2 working photographers, providing informal portraits of artists, musicians & friends; as well as landscapes, urban scenes, animals, flowers, colour theory, architecture & more. The series is displayed in theme driven panels, delivering a compelling visual experience that engages the viewer on a physical & emotional level.
Pat & Melanie have been communicating & inspiring each other in this series since 1997. Together they have used the format to record fragments of time within a disposable culture. The exhibition brings together a bit of everything: Pat’s touring photos from the USA & Europe; Melanie’s street series ‘Small breed dogs of London & other places’; live shots from rock shows & parties; family events; skies; on the side at any photoshoot.
The installation itself comprises hundreds of individual art pieces that stand as a definitive ‘whole’. the artists have created modular displays that comprise a mix & match approach to art making.
Content themes pop culture icons . portraits . skyscapes . friends . family . architecture . parties . small breed dog . bassett hounds . food . cityscapes . touring . rock shows . flowers . landscapes . self portraits.
Musicians included Air . Modest Mouse . Fugazi . Quickspace . the Shins June of 44 . Sea & cake . the Makeup . Royal Trux . Tortoise . the Evens . Ted Leo . the Pharmacists . Geoff Farina . French Toast . Part Chimp . Cass Mccombs . Elliot Smith . Jenny Toomey . Judah Bauer . Brett Anderson (Suede) . Penny Rimbaud . Les Savy Fav . Sarah Cracknell (St Etienne) . At the drive in, & more
Past Perfect has previously shown at
‘Transformer Gallery’, Washington DC Oct/Nov 2005
’96 Gillespie’ Gallery, London July/Aug 2004
The Wildebeest is an allegorical photo installation that chases the themes of time, visual consumption, identity, movement, travel, growth, the difference between real & perceived experience, cultural icons, friends & highways.
The photographic narrative uses a perspective, through-the-lens, to tell its tale.
The focal point emanates from Highbury in north London but follows the couple across the highwys & bi-ways of America & western Europe as well as backwards through recent history (personal, cultural, political).
True to form Graham/Standage deliver a density of images(all handprinted in their basement). Coarsing round the gallery the installation overwhelms the viewer with images of their lives.
The Wildebeest has previously shown at
’96 Gillespie Gallery’, London July/Aug 2005
‘ Cultuur Centrum Luchtbal, Antwerp Belgium, Nov 2005 – Jan 2006
‘A Forest’ is an photographic installation featuring photos of trees presented on a tabletop in frames made of recycled wood by Wisconsin craftsman Ken Collins.
The title is taken from a Cure song on the album ‘Seventeen Seconds’. The song ‘A Forest’ is a pop gothic journey through a dream, where Robert Smith chases an elusive woman/apparition through the trees.
Graham & Standage’s ‘A Forest’ is a decorative installation featuring portraits of trees often obscured by foreground objects or overlayed elements. In their interpretation the forest itself becomes the object of desire, the object of mythicism & denial.
12.05 2006
After Party: From the West coast of the East
Visionary deer glimpse the future in the facets of a glittering stone. Burnt out freaks linger in the dawn’s early rays. Fantasy characters are held captive amongst conceived decay. A simultaneous longing and dread for the inevitable future song. The weighting of universal truths versus the universes gravity.
In the month of May, Pittsburgh artists fill Space1026 with painting, sculpture, photography, video, screen prints, and taxidermy.
Artists include, Matt Barton, Jim Lingo, Jesse Jamaica McLean, Thad Kellstadt, Josh Tonies, Jesse Hulcher, ladyboy, Jae Ruberto And Josh Bonnett.
12.05 2006
IT’S A LONG WALK HOME
Juan Angel Chavez, Michael Genovese, Cody Hudson
November 3 – November 26, 2006
Reception: Friday, November 3 : 7-11 pm
12.05 2006
Jayson Musson Too Black For BET
Too Black for BET
“Episode 2:
The Black Boy George
October 6th, October 28th, 2006
Reception with the artist:
Friday, October 6th, 7-11pm
12.05 2006
96 Gillespie Gallery – staging
*Pat Graham *is the photographer who best captured the live performances of America’s most loved & influential independent musicians during the 1990’s & early 00’s. His photos represent not just the bands but the scenes; the venues, audiences and instruments. He shows not only the public perfomances, but the behind-the-scenes; back stages, tour vans,hotel rooms, studios & record labels, bringing a very intimate perspective to his work.
Graham began shooting in high-school in Milwaukee, WI, but soon relocated to Washington DC where he worked extensively in and around the local & national music industry for over 10 years. During this period he toured endlessly with bands such as Modest Mouse, the Make Up, Tortoise & June of 44 across the USA and Europe.
His photos have been published in magazines including Rolling Stone, Spin Magazine ,Art Forum, NME, Dazed & Confused, Raygun, the Village Voice, the Washington Post, Washington City Paper, the Guardian, Punk Life, Punk Planet, Copper Press, Time Out,VICE, Tokion, Swindle, Guitar World, and the Chicago Reader; as well as books ‘Dance of Days’, ‘Cinderella’s Big Score’, Fodor’s ‘Rock & Roll Travel Guide’, and the Dischord Illustrated Catalogue.
In 2000 he moved his base to London, England. He co-founded contemporary art gallery, 96 Gillespie; a not for profit gallery dedicated to exhibiting American artists alongside their English counterparts in the UK. He works & exhibits internationally,frequently in collaboration with his wife, photograher/designer Melanie Standage.
His photos can be found in the Experence Music Project Museum, Seattle WA, The Arlington Municipal Art Collection, Arlington VA and in private collections around the world
Select exhibitions:
2006
96 Gillespie Gallery, London UK Heartfelt
96 Gillespie Gallery, London UK Summer Exhibition
• Retrospect (with Standage) Cultuur Centrum Luchtbal, Antwerp BE Nov/Dec 2005
• Everyone Sees the Sun (group show curated by Rich Jacobs) Galleri Loyal, Stockholm SWE Dec 2005
• Past Perfect (with Standage)
Transformer Gallery, Washington DC Oct/Nov 2005
96 Gillespie, London Jul/Aug 2004
• The Wildebeest (with Standage) 96 Gillespie , London UK July/ Aug 2005
• Move 3, 5, 8, 11, 12, 13 (group shows curated by Rich Jacobs)
Clementine Gallery, NYC, Jan/Feb 2005
New Image Art, LA, Jan/Feb 1999, Feb 2000, Jan 2005
96 Gillespie, London, UK, Nov/Dec 2004
• Hot Girls, Cool Guys & other stories (with Standage)
New Space Gallery, Portland OR Jul 2004;
Mission Space, Baltimore MD Sep/Oct 2003
Comet, Milwaukee WI 2002
• The Ascent of Western Civilization: American Independent Rock, 1976-1991
Threadwaxing Space, NYC, NY 1997
• Cynthia Connolly & Pat Graham’s Touring Photoshow (with Connolly)
Various galleries across the USA 1996-1998
ICA London, UK 1997
Publications:
Silent Pictures
By Pat Graham
Akashic Books, NYC 2007
Punk is Dead: Punk is Everything!
By: Bryan Ray Turcotte and Doug Woods
Ginko Press 2006
Dance of Days:
Two Decades of Punk in the Nation’s Capital
By Mark Andersen and Mark Jenkins
Soft Skull Press
Cinderella’s Big Score:
Women of the Punk and Indie Underground
By:Maria Raha
Avalon Publishing Group 2005
www.patgraham.org
www.96gillespie.com
www.flickr.com/photos/patgraham/
Photographer & designer Melanie Standage was born in London, England – one
of 3 children of psychiatrist KF Standage and their public health nurse
mother, Angela. Her family moved to Newfoundland when she was a child,
throwing her into an observational role within a new culture.
Standage received her first camera at 6 years old & has been photographing
ever since. Her practice is very much influenced by the books, magazines,
tv shows & films that she turned to as a child & teenager. Her projects
investigate identity, both personal & cultural; frequently exploring the
impact of cultural myths & expectations on individuals as well as the
wider social landscape.
A successful commercial interaction designer she has led numerous large
scale projects for global & national businesses, including: Waitrose,
Woolworths, Argos, Philips, Great Universal, Thomas Cook, Nokia, Nokia
Siemens Networks & more.
She co-founded & directs 96 Gillespie, a contemporary art gallery in
London, in 2003 with parter Pat Graham. The gallery operates lively
schedule of exhibitions & is dedicated to encouraging and supporting a
dialogue between US & UK artists & to being a significant venue for
American artists in England.
Current, recent & touring exhibitions (with Pat Graham)
‘Retrospect’
Cultuurcentrum Luchtbal, Antwerp BE . Nov-Dec 2005
‘Past Perfect’
Transformer Gallery, Washington DC . Oct-Nov 2005
96 Gillespie, London UK . August 2004
‘The Wildebeest’
96 Gillespie, London UK . August 2005
‘Hot Girls . Cool Guys & other stories’
Newspace Gallery, Portland OR July 2004
Mission Space, Baltimore MD . Sept 2003
Comet, Milwaukee WI . August 2002
Current & recent group exhibitions
‘Heartfelt: Contemporary Arts & Crafts’, 96 Gillespie, London UK Dec 2006
‘Fresh’, the Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL Sep 2006
‘Summer Exhibition’ 96 Gillespie, London UK Jul/Aug 2006
‘Everyone sees the sun’,Galleri Loyal, Stockholm Dec 2005
‘We don’t know you’, Camp Fig, Austin TX May 2005
Rich Jacob’s ‘Move (13)’, Clementine Gallery, NYC Mar 2005
Rich Jacob’s ‘Move (12)’, New Image Gallery, LA Jan 2005
Rich Jacob’s ‘Move (11)’, 96 Gillespie, London Dec 2004
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images jan show
From: pat graham
To: maximillian lawrence
Subject: images
Hi Max,
Heres some images for you to have a look at, let me know if you need any hi res, or anything else to help with press…
also check these links for images as well:
http://www.96gillespie.com/archives/past_perfect/index.htm
http://www.96gillespie.com/archives/wildebeest/index.htm
Thanks!
Subject: press release
Hi Max,
Heres the press release, let me know if its ok, and if you need to re work it…
I will be sending bios and images over next…
Cheers,
Pat
Retrospect is a collection of 3 smaller installations: ‘Past Perfect’,
‘The Wildebeest’ & ‘A Forest’
‘Retrospect’ has previously shown at the Cultuur Centrum Luchtbal, Antwerp
Belgium Nov-Jan 2005/06
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‘Past Perfect’ is an exhibition of approx 1000 Polaroid photos taken
between 1982 & 2006, but primarily over the years 1998- 2004. The
photographers used a collection of Polaroid cameras, many old &
requiring adaptation to conform to modern film stocks.
The exhibition functions as a diary of the lives of these 2 working
photographers, providing informal portraits of artists, musicians &
friends; as well as landscapes, urban scenes, animals, flowers, colour
theory, architecture & more. The series is displayed in theme driven
panels, delivering a compelling visual experience that engages the viewer
on a physical & emotional level.
Pat & Melanie have been communicating & inspiring each other in this
series since 1997. Together they have used the format to record
fragments of time within a disposable culture. The exhibition brings
together a bit of everything: Pat’s touring photos from the USA &
Europe; Melanie’s street series ‘Small breed dogs of London & other
places’; live shots from rock shows & parties; family events; skies; on
the side at any photoshoot.
The installation itself comprises hundreds of individual art pieces that
stand as a definitive ‘whole’. the artists have created modular displays
that comprise a mix & match approach to art making.
Content themes pop culture icons . portraits . skyscapes . friends .
family . architecture . parties . small breed dog . bassett hounds . food
. cityscapes . touring . rock shows . flowers . landscapes . self
portraits.
Musicians included Air . Modest Mouse . Fugazi . Quickspace . the Shins
June of 44 . Sea & cake . the Makeup . Royal Trux . Tortoise . the Evens .
Ted Leo . the Pharmacists . Geoff Farina . French Toast . Part Chimp .
Cass Mccombs . Elliot Smith . Jenny Toomey . Judah Bauer . Brett Anderson
(Suede) . Penny Rimbaud . Les Savy Fav . Sarah Cracknell (St Etienne) . At
the drive in, & more
— Past Perfect has previously shown at
‘Transformer Gallery’, Washington DC Oct/Nov 2005
’96 Gillespie Gallery’, London July/Aug 2004
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————
‘The Wildebeest’ is an allegorical photo installation that chases the
themes of time, visual consumption, identity, movement, travel, growth,
the difference between real & perceived experience, cultural icons,
friends & highways.
The photographic narrative uses a perspective, through-the-lens, to tell
its tale.
The focal point emanates from Highbury in north London but follows the
couple across the highwys & bi-ways of America & western Europe as well as
backwards through recent history(personal, cultural,political).
True to form Graham/Standage deliver a density of images(all handprinted
in their basement). Coarsing round the gallery the installation overwhelms
the viewer with visions from their journeys.
— The Wildebeest has previously shown at
’96 Gillespie Gallery’, London July/Aug 2005
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————
‘A Forest’ is an photographic installation featuring photos of trees
presented on a tabletop in frames made of recycled wood by Wisconsin
craftsman Ken Collins.
The title is taken from a Cure song on the album ‘Seventeen Seconds’. The
song ‘A Forest’ is a pop gothic journey through a dream, where Robert
Smith chases an elusive woman/apparition through the trees.
Graham & Standage’s ‘A Forest’ is a decorative installation featuring
portraits of trees often obscured by foreground objects or overlayed
elements. In their interpretation the forest itself becomes the object of
desire, the object of mythicism & denial.
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‘Retrospect’ includes approx 1200 images and will fill the gallery’s
available floorspace. (1000 sq ft).
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
12.05 2006
Space 1026 Annual Art Auction
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Space 1026 Annual Art Auction:
FRIDAY December 15th
6:30pm doors
9:00pm auction
Space 1026 will be holding its annual art auction on FRIDAY December 15th concurrently with the opening of the “Flipbook Festival” – a touring show of flipbooks from around the world. The doors will open at 6:30pm at which time participants can bid on work laid out around the gallery in a silent auction and get a sneak peak at the work which will be sold in the more competitive vocal auction, which begins at 9:00pm.
This year the auction is being coordinated by the awesome local curator/artist Damian Weinkrantz.
Todd Kimmel is back this year as auctioneer.
The auction, which helps insure that the collectively run gallery/studio space will exist another year, will feature donated artwork from members and a wide range of friends. Past donations have come from art-stars such as: Barry McGee, Shepard Fairey, Steve “ESPO” Powers, Paper Rad, Brian Chippendale, Clare Rojas, Judith Schaector, and many others. You will also find many locals donating goods and services such as free video rentals, massages, websites, recording studio time, and much more.
To make a donation to the auction please email Damian Weinkrantz or send to:
Space 1026
ATTN: Damian Weinkrantz
1026 Arch St. 2nd floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Contact:
Damian Weinkrantz
simplesemantics@yahoo.com
Please include two copies of a sheet with:
Name, contact info, title of work, suggested opening bid, and bio of yourself (so we can brag about you).
SPACE 1026
1026 Arch Street, 2nd Floor
Philadelphia
215.574.7630
12.05 2006
The International Flipbook Festival
Space 1026 is proud to present:
The International Flipbook Festival 2006
The opening reception will coicide with the Space 1026 Annual Art Auction:
Friday December 15, 6:30PM to 11PM.
The show runs until December 29.
The International Flipbook Festival is a celebration of hand-powered cinema. This exhibition presents over one hundred flipbooks made by contemporary artists throughout Europe and North America.
Devised four years ago by artist Andrew Jeffrey Wright as a film festival without the film, each of the flipbooks have been submitted into one of four categories: Live Action, Animation, Experimental, and Documentary.
The International Flipbook Festival will be touring to Space 1026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Little Cakes Gallery in New York City; Western Front Gallery in Vancouver, Canada and has already made a stop at Reg Vardy Gallery in Sunderland, UK.
Any questions contact Andrew Jeffrey Wright at: ajwspace1026@yahoo.com
12.05 2006
Experimental People Productions Presents
Mutation Collapse (Sci-Fi Horror Play, Provedence)
Bunny Brains
Nathan Whipple
XPPL
$5 7:30 Sharp
SPACE 1026
1026 Arch Street, 2nd Floor
Philadelphia
215.574.7630
Experimental People Productions Presents
D.Mocean (ex-Dreamhouse, Boston)