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Henry Codax
Martin Basher
november 20 | december 23, 2014
Opening november 20, 2014 from 5-9 PM
Brand
New Gallery is delighted to host Henry Codax and Martin Basher’s two-person show.
Henry Codax presents two large-sized monochrome paintings.
The works were made in 2014, they are silver 84 inch squares.
It is the first time the artist exhibits his works in Italy.
Martin Basher’s works are a part of a broader investigation that combines sculpture and painting with the languages of product display and
retail architecture. The New Zealand-born, New York based artist’s explorations into color, form and surface parallel an enquiry into the retail
environment as a potential site, like art, in which to find “peak experience” (described by psychologist Abraham Maslow as “moments of highest
happiness
and fulfillment”) and even as a place to experience the sublime.
The elegant paintings on show – symbolic colour combinations arranged in vertical stripes, blended with shimmering horizontal or diagonal
flashes of blinding light – can evoke corporate retail architecture; the interiors of shopping malls, product barcodes and security grilles. Yet they
also
suggest a refined stillness and depth that might, in a certain light, even evoke something of the sublime.
Basher’s collages are closely linked to the paintings, being made on the packaging that the canvasses are delivered in. Their surfaces are quickly
built up from the tape and other materials employed in the making of the paintings. Working as a counterpoint to the meticulous construction of
the paintings, the collages nevertheless echo the same forms, in a faster, more immediate manner – an architecture of the storerooms, ductwork
and structure behind the perfect retail façade.
 Henry Codax
Selected solo exhibitions: 2014 Haubrok Foundation, Berlin; Martos Gallery, New York, NY; Nightshop, Knokke, BE; Colors, Shoot the Lobster at Michael Thibault
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; 2013 Shoot the Lobster at Gavin Brown Enterprise, New York, NY; 2012 Long Suffering, Martos Gallery, New York, NY; 2011 Carriage Trade,
New York, NY.
Selected group exhibitions: 2013 ARSENIO, Shoot The Lobster, Luxembourg; Too Big To Fail, Triple V, Paris; 2012 Henry Codax, Stephane Kropf, Olivier Mosset, Hugo
Pernet, Triple V, Paris; Henry Codax, Virginia Overton, Kyle Thurman, Office Baroque Gallery, Antwerp, BE.
 Martin Basher (b. 1979, Wellington, New Zealand). Lives and works in New York.
Education: Low Res DocFA, Auckland University, Auckland, NZ (2013-2016), MFA Columbia University, New York, NY, U.S.A (2008) and BA in Fine Art Columbia University, New York, NY, U.S.A (2003).
Recent selected solo exhibitions: 2014 Peppermint Schnapps, City Gallery of Wellington, Wellington, NZ; 2013 Untitled, Starkwhite, Auckland, NZ; 2012 Package and
Handling. Saatchi & Saatchi, New York, NY; 2011 Paradise Salé, Rockefeller Apartments, New York, NY; 2010 States of Peace and Calm w. Personal Touch and Easy Ordering. Starkwhite, Auckland, NZ; High Class Boner Meds/Paradise Sale Lopdell House, Titirangi, NZ; 2009 Free Spirit No Interest, Starkwhite, Auckland, NZ.
Recent selected group exhibitions: 2014 Duck Rabbit, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA; 2013 Freedom Farmers, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, NZ; Sweatpanting, Orgy Park,
Brooklyn, NY; 2012 Toi Aotearoa, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, NZ; Strangers In A Strange Land, LMAK, New York, NY; Temptations, Extra Extra, Philadelphia, PA; 2011
Chinese Takeout, Art in General, New York, NY; 2010 Total Recall, The Public Art Fund, MetroTech Plaza, Brooklyn, NY; Collected, Cuchifritos, New York, NY; Unspecific
Objects, Thierry Goldbery Projects, New York, NY; The Grand Century, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI; Dancing Feet, 179 Canal, New York, NY; 2009 Heavier
Than A Death In The Family, 25CPW, New York, NY; Orgy Park Autumn, Neiman Gallery, Columbia University; Reality Sandwiches, Artnews Projects, Berlin.
Brand New Gallery
via Farini 32, 20159 Milano
t. +39.02.89.05.30.8
from Tuesday to Saturday
11.00am-1.00pm|2.30-7.00pm
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presenta
Henry Codax
Martin Basher
20 novembre | 23 dicembre 2014
Opening 20 novembre 2014 ore 17-21
Brand
New Gallery è lieta di ospitare la mostra bi-personale di Henry Codax e Martin Basher.
Henry Codax presenta due dipinti monocromi di grande formato, le cui dimensioni sono 84 x 84 inches (cm. 213,36 x 213,36).
I due lavori sono stati realizzati nel 2014.
È la prima volta che le opere di Codax vengono esposte in Italia.
Le opera di Martin Basher fanno parte di un’ampia indagine che combina scultura e pittura, unendole ai linguaggi dell’architettura della
distribuzione commerciale. L’esplorazione di colore, forma e superficie dell’artista Neozelandese traccia un parallelismo tra l’ambiente del
retail e l’arte, come luoghi in cui trovare, in potenza, la “peak experience” (o esperienza picco, descritta dallo psicologo Abraham Maslow come
“momenti
di massima felicità e soddisfazione”) e come luoghi in cui sperimentare il sublime.
Gli eleganti dipinti in mostra – simboliche combinazioni di colori disposti in strisce verticali, mescolati con scintillanti lampi di luce orizzontali o
diagonali – possono evocare l’architettura della grande distribuzione; gli interni dei centri commerciali, i codici a barre dei prodotti e le grate di sicurezza.
Allo stesso tempo, essi suggeriscono anche un’immobilità raffinata e profondità che possono, in una certa luce, evocare qualcosa di sublime.
I collage di Basher sono strettamente collegati ai dipinti; realizzati sui cartoni all’interno dei quali vengono spedite le tele. L’artista costruisce
la loro superficie con scotch e altri materiali utilizzati per la realizzazione dei quadri. Il processo di realizzazione contrasta con la costruzione
meticolosa dei dipinti, evocando le stesse forme in maniera più veloce ed immediata – a rappresentazione dell’architettura dei magazzini e
delle strutture che stanno dietro alle facciate perfette del retail.
 Henry Codax
Mostre personali selezionate: 2014 Haubrok Foundation, Berlino; Martos Gallery, New York, NY; Nightshop, Knokke, BE; Colors, Shoot the Lobster presso
Michael Thibault Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; 2013 Shoot the Lobster presso Gavin Brown Enterprise, New York, NY; 2012 Long Suffering, Martos Gallery, New York,
NY; 2011 Carriage Trade, New York, NY.
Mostre collettive selezionate: 2013 ARSENIO, Shoot The Lobster, Lussemburgo; Too Big To Fail, Triple V, Parigi; 2012 Henry Codax, Stephane Kropf, Olivier
Mosset, Hugo Pernet, Triple V, Parigi; Henry Codax, Virginia Overton, Kyle Thurman, Office Baroque Gallery, Antwerp, BE.
 Martin Basher (nato nel 1979, Wellington, Nuova Zelanda). Vive e lavora a New York.
Educazione: Low Res DocFA, Auckland University, Auckland, NZ (2013-2016), MFA Columbia University, New York, NY, U.S.A (2008) e BA in Fine Art Columbia
University, New York, NY, U.S.A (2003).
Mostre personali recenti: 2014 Peppermint Schnapps, City Gallery di Wellington, Wellington, NZ; 2013 Untitled, Starkwhite, Auckland, NZ; 2012 Package and Handling.
Saatchi & Saatchi, New York, NY; 2011 Paradise Salé, Rockefeller Apartments, New York, NY; 2010 States of Peace and Calm w. Personal Touch and Easy Ordering.
Starkwhite, Auckland, NZ; High Class Boner Meds/Paradise Sale Lopdell House, Titirangi, NZ; 2009 Free Spirit No Interest, Starkwhite, Auckland, NZ.
Mostre collettive recenti: 2014 Duck Rabbit, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA; 2013 Freedom Farmers, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, NZ; Sweatpanting, Orgy Park, Brooklyn,
NY; 2012 Toi Aotearoa, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, NZ; Strangers In A Strange Land, LMAK, New York, NY; Temptations, Extra Extra, Philadelphia, PA; 2011 Chinese
Takeout, Art in General, New York, NY; 2010 Total Recall, The Public Art Fund, MetroTech Plaza, Brooklyn, NY; Collected, Cuchifritos, New York, NY; Unspecific Objects,
Thierry Goldbery Projects, New York, NY; The Grand Century, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI; Dancing Feet, 179 Canal, New York, NY; 2009 Heavier Than
A Death In The Family, 25CPW, New York, NY; Orgy Park Autumn, Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY; Reality Sandwiches, Artnews Projects, Berlino.
Brand New Gallery
via Farini 32, 20159 Milano
t. +39.02.89.05.30.8
da martedì a sabato
11.00-13.00|14.30-19.00
[email protected]
www.brandnew-gallery.com
PRESS OFFICE
[email protected]

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