White Columns Online #18:
GMT
curated by Sahal Hassan
Sara Dittrich
The Tender Interval, 2020.
Documentation of live stream virtual performance
Excerpt provided (1 min.), full duration variable
Courtesy of the artist.
Ewa Sadowska
Potential work, 2017.
Courtesy of the artist.
Vy Trịnh
No Stop City, 2019.
Mixed media on paper
9 × 7 ft.
Courtesy of the artist.
Lilly Handley
Work Shirt, 2016.
Fabric, fan, Arduino Nano, electronics, and audio
5 × 3 × 2 ft.
Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Amal Khan
Marian B. Smith
Untitled, 2020.
Oil on canvas
18 × 24 in.
Courtesy of the artist.
Steve Oliver
Tiny Hands, 2015.
Courtesy of the artist.
Bradley Pitts
Tar Pit, 2019.
Iron cast heirlooms, tar, and drain
Dimensions variable
Courtesy of the artist.
Alec Snow
Future Premium, 2020.
Carpet padding, wood molding, window trim, and adhesive
78 × 19 × 3 in.
Courtesy of the artist.
Julie Harrison
Global Portraits: United States, 2011.
Archival pigment print (diptych)
Courtesy of the artist.
Devin T Mays
Documentation from Bulldogging performance, 2018.
Plastic sheeting, pillar candles, sugar, pew, choir, recording from Malcolm X’s Unit Day in Harlem
Duration: 32 min
Courtesy of the artist.
Colleen RJC Bratton,
Scream, 2020.
Acrylic on wood, fabric, audio of hissing embers
20 × 12 × 6 in.
Courtesy of the artist.
Tony Bluestone
Rainbow Money, 2021.
Oil on Canvas
51 × 60 in.
Courtesy of the artist.
Ariel Helyes
Yaguara, 2017 (2018)
HD Video
Duration: 2 min 4 sec
Courtesy of the artist.
Emily DiCarlo
Circular T: A Collection of Uncertainties, 2020.
Performance lecture, binders, and transmission reports.
Duration: 60 min 44 sec
Courtesy of the artist.
Matt Ritani
The Block, (detail, Parnell Station), 2020.
Inkjet billboard prints
2400 × 3000 mm.
Commissioned by Te Tuhi, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
Photo by James Tapsell-Kururangi
Courtesy of the artist.
Sara Dittrich
The Tender Interval, 2020
Documentation of live stream virtual performance
Excerpt provided (1 min.), full duration variable
Courtesy of the artist.
Ariel Helyes
Yaguara, 2017 (2018)
HD Video
Duration: 2 min 4 sec
Courtesy of the artist.
Exhibition Description
It was a hot, dirty summer. What was a little longer than a year inside during the pandemic. Busy busy—how quickly we pivot from digital. I miss my internet friends. I realize now that my vision has deteriorated from the ebooks. It’s true, there are even more rats in the city. I can’t help but feel sad.
It seems we no longer have the time to linger on the topic. In any case, what’s left to talk about? The works included in GMT try to be sportive: more devotional than supplicant. Extending a hand in comfort across the date line, out of conversation and into the wash. Of course, resilience is not a virtue, but a necessity. Cry if you want to.
“Everyone hasn’t gone to the moon.
Some of us are still here,
breathing heavy”
—Essex Hemphill, “Heavy Breathing”
Sahal Hassan is an artist and writer living and working in New York City.
This exhibition is the eighteenth in a series of online exhibitions curated exclusively from White Columns’ Curated Artist Registry.
Sara Dittrich The Tender Interval, 2020. Documentation of live stream virtual performance. Excerpt provided (1 min.), full duration variable. Courtesy of the artist. (Screenshot of a desktop monitor displaying a live twitch.tv stream of two large plastic bottles adhered to an IV stand.)
Ewa Sadowska Potential work, 2017. Courtesy of the artist. (A hand holds a rock pierced with a metal arrow protruding out towards a grassy suburban homefront.)
Vy Trịnh No Stop City, 2019. Mixed media on paper 9 × 7 ft. Courtesy of the artist. (An abstract asymmetrical work hung on a white wall. The piece is compiled of a variety of dark tones and mediums on white paper.)
Lilly Handley Work Shirt, 2016. Fabric, fan, Arduino Nano, electronics, and audio 5 × 3 × 2 ft.Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Amal Khan. (A blue collared shirt hanging in the middle of a white wall. In front of the shirt to the right side is a white tower fan, with blades obscured in motion.)
Marian B. Smith Untitled, 2020. Oil on canvas 18 × 24 in. Courtesy of the artist. (An abstract painting separated by a tan background and sporadic strokes of dark brown and sky blue.)
Steve Oliver Tiny Hands, 2015. Courtesy of the artist. (A print depicting a low corner view of a light-green bedroom. The angle faces the base of a blue dresser, the end of a bed set, and colorful gingham window shades.)
Bradley Pitts Tar Pit, 2019. Iron cast heirlooms, tar, and drain Dimensions variable Courtesy of the artist. (Extending from a small, circular drain, towards several objects cast in iron is a black puddle resting off-center on grey flooring.)
Alec Snow Future Premium, 2020. Carpet padding, wood molding, window trim, and adhesive 78 × 19 × 3 in. Courtesy of the artist. (A wood window frame with long legs contains confetti-patterned foam while leaning against a white wall.)
Julie Harrison Global Portraits: United States, 2011. Archival pigment print (diptych) Courtesy of the artist. (A print composed of two images divided by white space. The image to the left displays three sets of legs standing side by side on a paved street. The image to the right shows a masked abstract figure in the foreground and a group of onlookers to the back left.)
Devin T Mays Documentation from Bulldogging performance, 2018. Plastic sheeting, pillar candles, sugar, pew, choir, recording from Malcolm X’s Unit Day in Harlem Duration: 32 min Courtesy of the artist. (A figure in all black is crouched near the bottom left corner of a white bed spread while lighting a pillar candle in a procession of identical candles. Onlookers can be seen in the background.)
Colleen RJC Bratton, Scream, 2020. Acrylic on wood, fabric, audio of hissing embers 20 × 12 × 6 in. Courtesy of the artist. (An orange, red, and yellow semicircular sculpture is angled in the middle of an all white room.)
Tony Bluestone Rainbow Money, 2021. Oil on Canvas 51 × 60 in. Courtesy of the artist. (A painting of an urban bus stop in front of two storefront shops depicts an advertisement for “Killing Eve.”)
riel Helyes Yaguara, 2017 (2018) HD Video Duration: 2 min 4 sec Courtesy of the artist. (A birds-eye view of a mountainous landscape focused on a winding road stretching diagonally in the middle of the frame. Opposing tunnels juxtapose both ends of the road.)
Emily DiCarlo Circular T: A Collection of Uncertainties, 2020. Performance lecture, binders, and transmission reports. Duration: 60 min 44 sec Courtesy of the artist. (Overhead view of an open, red, textured binder on a white background.)
Matt Ritani The Block, (detail, Parnell Station), 2020. Inkjet billboard prints 2400 × 3000 mm.Commissioned by Te Tuhi, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland Photo by James Tapsell-Kururangi Courtesy of the artist. (A real estate advertisement for The Kohimarama Block, 6000 acres of Auckland, is listed for $12,023.90.)
