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Blade Study will exhibit a newly produced solo exhibition of Paige K. B. produced for The Armory Show as our presentation for The Gramercy International Prize.
In the early text-based internet of BBS boards, a user primarily created representations of themselves through text. With the progression of technology came the predominately visual internet, but the gesture of collating and collaging material onto boards carried over—from moderator operated forums to posting on social media. Even John Berger once wondered whether corkboards of idiosyncratically arranged reproductions might logically replace museums.
With this history as context, the artist and writer Paige K. B. locates her installations of oil, acrylic, embroidered, printed, and decoupaged paintings at the nexus of visual representation and textual discourse. For the 2024 Armory Show, the gallery proposes a solo presentation wherein the artist will playfully stage an experiential encounter with an origami crane, the “jester’s privilege” meme, excerpts from T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets, and the Pantone color of the year: Peach Fuzz.
Proposing a similar critical relation between source and reproduction, text and picture, past and present, craft and technology, sign and imagination, nine paintings of various scale will include shaped panels depicting a used iPhone case, a servile missive from a bank, and the artist’s old business card along with a suite of personal photographs and several readymade sculptural elements.
The paintings’ reference materials will be submerged into acrylic mediums and exhibited as well. With distinctions between original and copy already blurred in a digitally mediated economy of images, the physical exhibit will become a site of production, reproduction, and circulation of visual puzzle pieces in an analog culture of the digital.
Paige K. B.
Jester's Privilege / Proud Punk Split EP32 x 18 x 1 1/2”
Rosebuds, wax, acrylic, gouache, graphite, bookbinding net, PVA, book cloth, cork, charms, collage, gampi paper, rice starch paste, cotton and polyester embroidery, dye sublimation print on polyester voile, oil, flashe, acrylic marker, phosphorescent acrylic, and transparent gesso on linen
Paige K. B.
Only in a world of pure (imagination) speculation60 x 36 x 1 ¼”
Gouache, cotton embroidery, acrylic, handmade abaca paper and printed paper collage, preserved cherry blossoms, PVA, bookbinding net, pigment marker, gesso, oil, charcoal, phosphorescent acrylic, and graphite on linen with muslin, acrylic, and paper mache object
Paige K. B.
Everyone is connected. How about a nice game of chess? (Did they play good chess in the Republic of Weimar? Let’s Play)22 x 15 x 1 ¼”
Six Polaroid photographs matted and framed
Paige K. B.
It's a privilege...8 x 16 x 1”
Gesso, marble dust, gouache, acrylic, beeswax, and latex paint on panel
Paige K. B.
Stay Neutral Gray8 x 14 x 1”
Gesso, marble dust, pearlescent pigment, acrylic, document repair tape, gampi paper, colored pencil, and gouache on panel
Paige K. B.
fools.doc12 x 23 x 2”
Acrylic, gesso, pearlescent pigment, latex paint, flashe, carbon pencil, acrylic marker, phosphorescent acrylic, and oil on shaped panel
Paige K. B.
Accelerate Dog7 x 7 x 1”
Gesso, marble dust, acrylic, pearlescent pigment, egg tempera, watercolor, gouache, oil, oil pastel, water-solube colored pencil, and latex paint on panel
Paige K. B.
Shaker (Re)Gift Drawing3.21 x 4.86 x 0.4”
Gesso, marble dust, acrylic, colored pencil, gouache, egg tempera, oil pastel, latex paint, and pearlescent pigment on shaped panel
Paige K. B.
Responsible Dog Owner18 ½ x 6 ½ x 4 ½”
BPA-free, non-toxic plastic with silk organza, preserved cherry blossoms, plum stones, apple seed, and latex painted screw
Paige K. B.
Landing Pad15 x 10 3/4 x 15” (receptacle), dimensions variable overall.
Found object with plastic, paper, and muslin in acrylic with paper and acrylic collage
