White Columns

Richard Mock
Environmental Fabric Installation

October 7–20, 1972 112 Greene Street/Workshop

Installation view of "Richard Mock: Environmental Fabric Installation," 1972

Richard Mock, Environmental Fabric Installation, installation view, 1972

Installation view of "Richard Mock: Environmental Fabric Installation," 1972

Richard Mock, Environmental Fabric Installation, installation view, 1972

Installation view of "Richard Mock: Environmental Fabric Installation," 1972

Richard Mock, Environmental Fabric Installation, installation view, 1972

Installation view of "Richard Mock: Environmental Fabric Installation," 1972

Richard Mock, Environmental Fabric Installation, installation view, 1972

Installation view of "Richard Mock: Environmental Fabric Installation," 1972

Richard Mock, Environmental Fabric Installation, installation view, 1972

Installation view of "Richard Mock: Environmental Fabric Installation," 1972

Richard Mock, Environmental Fabric Installation, installation view, 1972

Installation view of "Richard Mock: Environmental Fabric Installation," 1972

Richard Mock, Environmental Fabric Installation, installation view, 1972

Installation view of "Richard Mock: Environmental Fabric Installation," 1972

Richard Mock, Environmental Fabric Installation, installation view, 1972

Installation view of "Richard Mock: Environmental Fabric Installation," 1972

Richard Mock, Environmental Fabric Installation, installation view, 1972

Installation view of "Richard Mock: Environmental Fabric Installation," 1972

Richard Mock, Environmental Fabric Installation, installation view, 1972

Installation view of "Richard Mock: Environmental Fabric Installation," 1972

Richard Mock, Environmental Fabric Installation, installation view, 1972

Performance view from "The Natural History of the American Dancer," 1972

Richard Mock, Environmental Fabric Installation, installation view, 1972

Exhibition Description

For his first New York City one-person show, the artist created an environmental installation of various fabrics. Gauzy, transparent walls divided enclosed, semi-enclosed, and tent-like spaces. Plastic was arranged on the floor. Black and white vinyl curtains bordered a long corridor of white nylon. Bolts of rubberized nylon were draped from ropes and pipes. Various sections of camouflage-patterned cloth, held together with stitches, grommets, rope, and tape reinforcements covered one long wall. Mock provided the viewer with a multitude of colors and textures.

Excerpted from Brentano, R., & Savitt, M. (1981). 112 Workshop, 112 Greene Street: History, artists & artworks. New York: New York University Press.

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