John Currin
Valley of mist 2
Valley of Mist 2 is the second portfolio in an ongoing biennial series by parents of students at Friends Seminary, New York. Following on from the first edition, which focused on drawn and graphic images, this new portfolio consists of photographic images. The resulting set of 11 x 14 inch archival inkjet prints shows a side to each artist that is rarely exposed.
b. 1962 Boulder, CO Parent of Francis Currin ’22 and Hollis Currin ’23
Each artist is an established figure within the contemporary art context and with each biennial edition they are joined by a guest from outside the school community. The diversity of their work is an echo of the Friends Seminary ethos.
Valley of Mist 2 2012 Portfolio of eight archival inkjet prints on acid free paper in archival portfolio box 11 x 14 inches each (27.9 x 35.6 cm) Edition of 20 with 8 Artist’s Proofs Signed and numbered verso Curated by Liam Gillick and organized by Michelle Reyes Landers for the benefit of the educational programs at Friends Seminary, New York Price: $2,500
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Rachel Feinstein b. 1971 Fort Defiance, AZ Parent of Francis Currin ’22 and Hollis Currin ’23
John Currin is inspired by a broad range of cultural influences that include Renaissance oil paintings, 1950s women’s magazine advertisements, and contemporary politics. While his meticulous and virtuosic technique is indebted to the history of classical painting, the images themselves engage startlingly contemporary ideas about the representation of the human figure. Currin has had various major institutional exhibitions, such as: “John Currin,” the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2003) (traveled to the Serpentine Gallery, London and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, through 2004) and “John Currin: Works on Paper,” the Des Moines Art Center (2003) (traveled to the Aspen Art Museum); In the fall of 2012, he had exhibitions at Sadie Coles HQ in London and at Gagosian Gallery in New York. In 2011, he had an exhibition at the DHC Art Foundation for Contemporary Art in Montreal, Canada, as well as a show at the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem, Netherlands, where his works were exhibited alongside the Dutch master, Cornelis van Haarlem. Currin’s work is represented in major institutional collections including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Tate Collection, London; and Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, and has been the subject of two monographs (2006 and 2011) co-published by Rizzoli and Gagosian. Currin lives and works in New York City. Rachel Feinstein is a sculptor and painter who has exhibited worldwide since 1994. Her work fixates on the hedonistic and decorative manifestations of eighteenth and early-nineteenthcentury European court culture and explores themes of fantasy, ruin, beauty and mortality. Her most recent solo exhibitions took place in 2013 at Gagosian Gallery, Rome, and at Lever House, New York, in 2011 where Feinstein presented Snow Queen, an elaborate installation inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale. Feinstein has had solo exhibitions at Le Consortium, Dijon (2006), Marianne Boesky Gallery (2001, 2005, 2008) and CorviMora in London (2002, 2007). Her work has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, The Barbican in London, and the Gallery at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center in New York. She designed an elaborate sculptural set for the Marc Jacobs Fall 2012 fashion show. Her work is in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and FRAC in Dijon, France. A monograph dedicated to her work was published by tarSIZ and features a comprehensive survey of her sculpture, paintings and drawings from 1998 to 2008. Feinstein lives and works in New York City.
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