Weeds and Spores

Weeds & Spores

Ann Agee

Loren MacIver

Polly Apfelbaum

Tony Matelli

Brett Bigbee

Suzanne McClelland

Matt Bollinger

Judy Pfaff

Frieda Dean

Anne Poor

Lois Dodd

Andrew Raftery

Rochelle Feinstein

Jeanne Silverthorne

Sharon Horvath

Kiki Smith

Robert Kushner

Joan Snyder

Judith Linhares

Patricia Treib

Christiane Löhr

Terry Winters

Weeds & Spores

C U R AT E D BY FAY E H I R S C H

NEW YORK

T

HE CURRENT CRAZE for “native” plants bespeaks an undercurrent of malaise about environmental

collapse. They cross over in a Venn diagram with “weeds,” which, as Google tells us, are simply plants that grow in the wrong place. Weeds, in turn, are the lure of bees and other pollinators that, we are told, hold the key to our salvation.

The linkages from microscopic to macroscopic form the mesh of nature that demands nothing less than our creative notice—the province of art.

— Faye Hirsch

Ann Agee Untitled (Garniture Drawing 5), 2015

Ann Agee Untitled (Garniture Drawing 4), 2015

Ann Agee Maid in Form II, 2015

Polly Apfelbaum Love Alley 4, 2012

Brett Bigbee Wanting Nothing, 2019–22

Matt Bollinger Bull Thistle I, 2022

Matt Bollinger Wild Mustard, 2022

H

OW AND WHY and where we classify plants as undesirable is part of the story of our ceaseless

attempt to draw boundaries between nature and culture, wildness and domestication. And how intelligently and generously we draw those lines determines the character of most of the green surfaces of the planet.

— Richard Mabey, Weeds: In Defense of Nature’s Most Unloved Plants

Frieda Dean Bicameral Moss, 2012

Lois Dodd White Flower, Queen Anne’s Lace, 2010

Lois Dodd Sunflower Petal in Grass, 2010

Lois Dodd Unidentified Plant, 2020

Lois Dodd Shoo-Fly Pods, 1996

Rochelle Feinstein Pensée, 2022

Sharon Horvath Parasitic Love Vine, 2014–2022

Robert Kushner Green’s Tree Garden Scroll, 2019

Judith Linhares Perfume, 2018

Christiane Löhr Große Bogenform / Big Arch Form, 2011

Christiane Löhr Kleiner gelber Kubus / Little Yellow Cube, 2011

P

O L L E N G R A I N S are produced by seed plants (angiosperms and gymnosperms), and spores

by ferns, lycopods, horsetails, mosses and fungi. They are produced in generally very large numbers during the reproduction process, and are dispersed by wind, water and animals.

— BodenBewegungsdienst Deutschland

Loren MacIver Porte Bonheur, 1980

Tony Matelli Weed 634, 2022

Suzanne McClelland Healing Code (For Plant Kingdom Attunement), 2020

Judy Pfaff Spinner 1, 2018

Judy Pfaff Spinner 5, 2018

Judy Pfaff Spinner 10, 2018

Anne Poor Untitled (Cat and Vase in Window), 1995

Andrew Raftery We are not Angiosperms—Green Wall, 2020

Jeanne Silverthorne Studio Floor with Weeds and Caterpillars and Mannequin on Rubber Dolly, 2014

Kiki Smith Healers, 2018

Kiki Smith air light, 2021

Kiki Smith margarita, 2021

Joan Snyder Autumn Song, 2002

Patricia Treib Violet Billow Variation, 2022

Patricia Treib Violet Billow Variation II, 2022

Terry Winters Pollen, 2011

Checklist Ann Agee Untitled (Garniture Drawing 5), 2015

Matt Bollinger

porcelain

Bull Thistle I, 2022

16¾ x 12 x 4 inches

acrylic and flashe on canvas

Courtesy of the Artist and P.P.O.W, New York

30 x 24 inches

Untitled (Garniture Drawing 4), 2015 porcelain

Courtesy of the Artist and mother’s tankstation, Dublin / London

18½ x 12 x 5 inches

Wild Mustard, 2022

Courtesy of the Artist and P.P.O.W, New York

acrylic and flashe on canvas

Maid in Form II, 2015 porcelain 18½ x 11 x 10 inches Courtesy of the Artist and P.P.O.W, New York Polly Apfelbaum Love Alley 4, 2012 woodblock 32 x 68 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Durham Press Brett Bigbee Wanting Nothing, 2019–22 oil on linen 16 x 12 inches

32 x 22 inches Courtesy of the Artist and mother’s tankstation, Dublin / London Frieda Dean Bicameral Moss, 2012 porcelain 5 x 8 x 4 inches Courtesy of the Artist Lois Dodd White Flower, Queen Anne’s Lace, 2010 oil on Masonite 16 x 19⅜ inches

Sunflower Petal in Grass, 2010 oil on aluminum flashing 5 x 7 inches

Robert Kushner Green’s Tree Garden Scroll, 2019 acrylic and ink collage on joined paper

Unidentified Plant, 2020

18½ x 101⅝ inches

oil on aluminum flashing

Courtesy of the Artist and DC Moore Gallery

5 x 7 inches Shoo-Fly Pods, 1996

Judith Linhares

oil on aluminum flashing

Perfume, 2018

5 x 7 inches

oil on linen 26 x 22 inches

Rochelle Feinstein Pensée, 2022 acrylic, enamel, Moriki Kozo paper,

Courtesy of the Artist and P.P.O.W, New York Christiane Löhr

string cardboard on canvas

Große Bogenform / Big Arch Form, 2011

40 x 38 inches

plant stalks

Courtesy of the Artist and

5½ x 15¾ x 15¾ inches

Candice Madey Gallery

Courtesy of the Artist and Jason McCoy Gallery

Sharon Horvath

Kleiner gelber Kubus / Little Yellow Cube, 2011 grass stalks

Parasitic Love Vine, 2014–2022

4 x 4½ x 4½ inches

acrylic and mixed media paper on canvas

Courtesy of the Artist and Jason McCoy Gallery

81 x 96 inches Courtesy of the Artist

Loren MacIver Porte Bonheur, 1980 oil on canvas 21¾ x 18 inches

Spinner 5, 2018 woodcut, hand painted dye on paper 12 x 12 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Tandem Press Spinner 10, 2018

Tony Matelli Weed 634, 2022 painted bronze 23 x 15 x 8 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Andréhn-Schiptjenko

woodcut, hand painted dye on paper 12 x 12 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Tandem Press Anne Poor Untitled (Cat and Vase in Window), 1995 oil on linen

Suzanne McClelland Healing Code (For Plant Kingdom Attunement), 2020 polymer on canvas

42½ x 36 inches Courtesy of Anna Poor Andrew Raftery

40 x 30 inches

We are not Angiosperms—Green Wall, 2020

Courtesy of the Artist and

letterpress

Marianne Boesky Gallery

12 x 13½ inches, each sheet Courtesy of the Artist and Ryan Lee Gallery

Judy Pfaff Spinner 1, 2018 woodcut, hand painted dye on paper 12 x 12 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Tandem Press

Jeanne Silverthorne

Joan Snyder

Studio Floor with Weeds and Caterpillars and

Autumn Song, 2002

Mannequin on Rubber Dolly, 2014

oil and mixed media on canvas

platinum silicone rubber, phosphorescent

50 x 96 inches

pigment 11 x 28 x 24 inches ©Jeanne Silverthorne, courtesy Marc Straus Kiki Smith Healers, 2018 etching, Hahnemühle copperplate on white paper 24½ x 29 7/8 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Harlan and Weaver

Patricia Treib Violet Billow Variation, 2022 oil on paper 7½ x 5½ inches Courtesy of the Artist and Bureau, New York Violet Billow Variation II, 2022 oil on paper 7½ x 5½ inches Courtesy of the Artist and Bureau, New York

air light, 2021 intaglio on chine-collé 9 x 11 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Harlan and Weaver

Terry Winters Pollen, 2011 suite of 9 relief prints with embossment on

margarita, 2021

Twinrocker handmade paper

intaglio on chine-collé

18⅛ x 14⅝ inches

9 x 11 inches

Courtesy of the Artist and Two Palms

Courtesy of the Artist and Harlan and Weaver

This catalogue is published on the occasion of the exhibition “Weeds & Spores” on view from June 22 through August 12, 2022 at 291 Grand Street, New York 10002.

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