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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Exhibition October–November 1970

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A colorful drawing depicting a medieval landscape teeming with mythical creatures and personified animals. In the foreground is a gray cat wearing yellow knight armor and riding a unicorn. The cat's gaze meets the viewer while holding a red flag with a written message. The cat is accompanied by five mice, also wearing armor, as well as a mouse fairy princess. In the background are two distant castles across a grassy plain, the sun peering just behind the castle to the right.

Online November 29, 2023–January 10, 2024

White Columns Online #26:
Joan of Arc and her Unicorn
curated by Daisy Sheff

Jennifer Quinones
Joan of Arc and her Unicorn, 2021
Colored pencil on paper
18 × 24 in.
Courtesy of the artist.

Installation detail of "Male" - work from the collection of Vince Aletti, 2008

Exhibition February 22–March 30, 2008

Male
Work from the collection of Vince Aletti

Installation detail of "Male" - work from the collection of Vince Aletti, 2008

Installation(Four paintings – each depicting a portrait – installed at various heights on a white wall. From left to right, a group of dancers, a woman lounging with her head on her arm, a man mooning, and a nude figure smoking a cigarette.)

March 4–April 19, 2014

White Room: Robert Kitchen (curated by Vince Aletti)

Robert Kitchen, installation view, 2014

Six roughly rendered yellow flowers with blue stems and leaves against a painterly backdrop with brown, red and black patches.

Online January 23–March 7, 2020

White Columns Online #11:

“Cloud Memories”

curated by Adrianne Rubenstein

Karen Barbour
Untitled, 2018.
Oil on paper
22 × 30 in.
Courtesy of the artist.

A semi-abstract painting depicting a central diamond shape flanked by four trees, one to each corner of the painting, against a swirling green background.

Exhibition June 4–July 16, 2016

White Room: Adrianne Rubenstein

Adrianne Rubenstein

Family Crest, 2016

Oil on panel

38 × 26 in.

Performance view of "Tina Girouard: Live House," 1971

May 1971

Tina Girouard
Live House

Tina Girouard: Live House, performance view, 1971

Installation view of "Tina Girouard: Patterns," 1973

Exhibition December 29, 1973–January 10, 1974

Tina Girouard
Patterns

Tina Girouard, Patterns, installation view, 1973

Installation view for "Tina Girouard: Four Stages," 1972

Exhibition December 16–28, 1972

Tina Girouard
Four Stages

Tina Girouard, Four Stages, installation view, 1972

AGK004

March 6–April 18, 2015

White Room: Ann Greene Kelly

Ann Greene Kelly
Untitled, 2015
Aluminum bowl, cinder block,
alabaster, hydrocal plaster, mesh
sink stopper, and steel wire
28 × 11.25 × 11.5 in.

Nancy Shaver
Blue box, yellow line

September 10–October 25, 2008

Begin Again Right Back Here, curated by B. Wurtz

Nancy Shaver
Blue box, yellow line

Gallery interior with six works installed on the walls, including two abstract paintings and four deconstructed, painted garments.

March 18–April 22, 2017

Gallery Annabeth Marks

Annabeth Marks, installation view, 2017

Two framed, abstract works installed side by side on a wall. Both are untitled, and incorporate similar green, yellow and beige hues.

March 1–April 16, 2016

Project: Doris Staffel organized by Annabeth Marks

Doris Staffel, installation view, 2016