Between Lines.pdf

Alexander Gray Associates
Artists: Luis Camnitzer, Jennie C. Jones, Hassan Sharif, Valeska Soares, Jack Whitten
Dates: September 11 – October 17, 2020

Artist Highlights

Jennie C. Jones: Presented two 2016 groupings of drawings from her series Score for Sustained Blackness, which incorporates gesture into musical notation.
Valeska Soares: Showcased Palimpsest I (2016), a series of Brazilian boxes with wooden marquetry tops, and For To (X) (2017), a work made from dedication pages torn from antique books.
Luis Camnitzer: Featured his 2013 work Between the Lines, which presents variations of the same sentence inscribed on lined paper, exploring the creative process.
Jack Whitten: Displayed his groundbreaking 1974 Xerox Project monoprints, which experiment with toner as a medium and recall topographical mapping and satellite photography.
Hassan Sharif: Presented his Semi-Systems series, which uses invented calculations and repetitive permutations to create complex, pseudo-calligraphic strokes.

Artist Biographies

Luis Camnitzer: German-born Uruguayan artist and writer, known for his conceptual and often politically charged use of language as an art medium.
Jennie C. Jones: American artist, born in 1968, who engages viewers visually and aurally through her interdisciplinary practice.
Hassan Sharif: Iranian-born artist, recognized as a pioneer of conceptual art in the Middle East, who worked in various mediums, including performance, installation, and drawing.
Valeska Soares: Brazilian artist, born in 1957, who creates site-specific works that consider contextual history and spatial constructs.
Jack Whitten: American artist, born in 1939, who began his career in the 1960s with colorful, dynamic paintings inspired by Abstract Expressionism.