BENEDICTION
FEBRUARY 12 - MARCH 25, 2023
Friends Artspace is delighted to present Benediction, an exhibition that brings together the work of Anna Aagaard Jensen, Bailey Scieszka, Carl Durkow, Duyi Han, Lane Walkup, Malcolm Majer, Polina Miliou, and Trey Jones.
Since our inception, visitors have remarked that Friends evokes the feeling of visiting a chapel: meditative and serene with a steep gabled roof. In Benediction, we are leaning into the sense of a sacred space. With this framework, we have invited seven artists to create pairs of benches to be displayed across a center aisle. Here, benches are egalitarian and versatile; they invite people to sit communally without prescribing how many or in which direction. Bailey Scieszka has further adorned the space with her pop iconography, which gives a camp spin on religious portraiture.
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ANNA AAGAARD JENSEN
Aubrey or Victoria, 2023
Steel, Pu foam, wood, fiberglass, A1 and paint
31 1/2 x 50 x 20 inches, seat height: 18 inches -
ANNA AAGAARD JENSEN
Victoria or Aubrey, 2023
Steel, Pu foam, wood, fiberglass, A1 and paint
35 x 51 x 17 inches, seat height: 18 inches -
CARL DURKOW
Musque Bench. numbers 01 and 02, 2023
EPS Foam, fiberglass and pigmented epoxy
24 x 48 x 19 inches each, seat height: 18 inches -
DUYI HAN
Lost Words 1 & 2, 2023
Wood, upholstered and hand-embroidered
17 1/2 x 37x 17 inches each -
LANE WALKUP
In a Garden, Dimly Lit, 2023
Steel, patina
41 1/2 x 38 1/2 x 12 inches -
MALCOLM MAJER
Gano Bench, 2023
Aluminum, white oak
24 1/2 x 42 x 14 inches -
MALCOLM MAJER
Armus Bench, 2023
Aluminum, poplar, soft maple, steel, stainless steel
17 x 42 x 14 inches -
POLINA MILIOU
Critters of Burden, 2023
Colored paper pulp, wood, extruded polystyrene foam
21 x 43 x 12 inches each, seat height: 14 1/2 inches -
TREY JONES
Nerikomi Wood Bench 1 and 2, 2023
Post industrial plywood waste
14 x 42 x 16 1/2 inches -
BAILEY SCIESZKA
Biblically Accurate Seraphim Baby, 2023
Acrylic, gold leaf, colored foil on canvas
20 x 16 inches -
BAILEY SCIESZKA
Biblically Accurate Cherubim (Anne Geddes Could Never), 2023
Acrylic, gold leaf, liquid gold on canvas
20 x 16 inches -
BAILEY SCIESZKA
You Cannot Grasp Their True Form, 2023
Gouache, hot pink acrylic, liquid gold, black foil on birch in found frame
14 x 11 1/4 inches -
BAILEY SCIESZKA
Children of the Corn Saint, 2023
Gouache, hot pink acrylic, liquid gold, gold leaf on birch in found frame
14 x 11 1/4 inches -
BAILEY SCIESZKA
Anthropomorphic Dollhouse Annunciation, 2022 Gouache, acrylic paint, pink foil on paper in found frame
6 x 4 5/8 inches -
BAILEY SCIESZKA
Saint Lucy (Old Put), 2022
Gouache, acrylic paint, pink foil on paper in found frame
6 x 4 5/8 inches -
BAILEY SCIESZKA
Baby Joan of Arc Angel, 2022
Gouache, acrylic paint, pink foil on paper in found frame
6 x 4 5/8 inches