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Adam Pendleton
Born1984
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Websitewww.adampendleton.net

Adam Pendleton (born 1984) is an American

recontextualization of history through appropriated imagery.[1]

His art has been shown at the

Paris.[4] He has been featured twice in Forbes Magazine's "30 Under 30" list.[5][6]

The artist splits his time between

New York.[when?][7][8]

Early life

Pendleton was born in 1984, Richmond, Virginia.[1] After finishing highschool early, he studied art in Northern Italy.[9] After art studies, he went to New York in 2002, at the age of 18, with the intention of becoming an artist.[7]

Approach

In an interview with Bomb magazine, Thom Donovan describes Adam Pendleton as "a rare artist in his ability to synthesize disciplines and mediums, and to steer with collaborators toward 'total works,' which yet remain drafts of a larger essayistic practice. His works—like those of his many avant-garde forebears—are experimental in the truest sense. He sets up a laboratory in which our social and political desires can appear, however fleetingly. ...With Pendleton's work, even though we are often left with aporias and blind spots, we feel the force of historical matter self-organizing and finding form beyond representability and essence."[10]

Pendleton often juxtaposes imagery, language, music and concepts from a variety of subjects such as philosophy and important historical movements, creating complex work that allows for multiple interpretations. He has often focused on significant moments in Black American history such as the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, and the recent Black Lives Matter movement that emerged following the killing of Trayvon Martin.[11]

Career and work

In 2005 he joined the

Ed Ruscha, and praised it for its "provocative reticence."[12]

In his 2007 performance piece, The Revival, the artist, dressed in a white tuxedo jacket, black pants and bright green shoes, gave a sermon while accompanied by a 30-person

gospel choir. Pendleton's homily, titled "a dream of an uncommon language," featured language borrowed from poets such as John Ashbery, Charles Bernstein and Donald Hall,[7] as well as "politico-speak and strident gay protest".[13] Also included in the revival were "testimonials" from contemporary artist Liam Gillick and poet Jena Osman.[7][8] Writing of the performance The New York Times art critic Roslyn Sulcas described Mr. Pendleton as "the most charismatic performer I've seen on stage for a long time." The piece was part of Performa Biennial 07 and was performed at Stephan Weiss studio.[13]

The 2009 video installation BAND tracks the process of the band Deerhoof as they develop and record a new song, I Did Crimes for You.[14] The video is loosely based on Godard's film Sympathy for the Devil, which features The Rolling Stones recording their song of the same name.[8] In BAND, footage of Deerhoof rehearsing is edited to include fragments from a 1971 documentary, Teddy, about a young member of the Black Panther Party in Los Angeles. The song's lyrics consist of confrontational rhetoric characteristic of the late 1960s, while the voiceover from the documentary speaks of the prospects of change and the efficacy of such violence.[15] Speaking of the video's relationship to Godard's film, Pendleton has said "it is not something that exists in its shadow, but rather in contrast to it."[8]

In 2010, Pendleton was featured in

Situationist work in which Guy Debord painted that phrase over an industrially produced painting by Giuseppe Pinot-Gallizio.[14] The artist explains that "the works are framed within the context of the ethos of experimental gestures, the potential of a political framework—or rather, of a politicized framework."[14]

"Black Dada" is a concept that informs much of the artist's work.[7] There is no explicit definition[7] but the artist has described the idea as "a way to talk about the future while talking about the past. It is our present moment."[14] The Black Dada series of paintings contain a partial view of Sol LeWitt's cube sculptures, accompanied by one or more letters derived from the phrase "Black Dada." The phrase comes from the 1964 poem "Black Dada Nihilismus" by Amiri Baraka.[7] Pendleton states that the two words merge two ideas: "Dada, meaning 'yes, yes' and black as an open-ended signifier."[8] In 2011, Pendleton's Black Dada (LK/LC/AA) was acquired by The Museum of Modern Art.[16]

System of Display is a series of works involving mirrors, letters and silkscreened images appropriated from art publications and other books.[7][8] The images include photographs of the Fridericianum during the 1955 Documenta[15] and of a couple dancing in the street during a celebration of independence in Congo, as well as stills of Anna Karina from Jean-Luc Godard's film Made in U.S.A.[7] Pendleton has said, "I am working to establish a system of display, of organization. I want to create a situation where we're inclined to rethink notions of the past and the future, as well as our ability to understand them enough to make reductive statements."[2]

Becoming Imperceptible opened at the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans in 2016, and traveled to MOCA Cleveland and MCA Denver.[17] Its name comes from the philosophical writing of Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari. Becoming Imperceptible aims to create a "counter-portitrature" by blending the approaches of the historical avant garde with historical Black movements. The effect is the merging of disparate ideas, people and imagery, collectively blending and engaging each other in the space of art.[18]

In 2017, Pendleton published the Black Dada Reader, a sourcebook containing photocopied texts by Haryette Mullen, Gertrude Stein, Sun Ra, Hugo Ball, Stokely Carmichael, Ad Reinhardt, Joan Retallack, Ron Silliman, Adrian Piper, and many others, as well as newly commissioned essays from several writers and curators. The book was named one of the best art books of 2017 by the New York Times.[19]

In 2020, Pendleton created a unique and provocative cover for

July 4th edition which featured a Frederick Douglass speech with imagery overlaid, suggesting a disconnect with America's promise of freedom versus its continued post-slavery caste system.[20]

Other activities

Art market

In 2012, Pendleton signed with Pace Gallery at age 28, the youngest artist to do so since the 1970s. His first show with Pace was at the gallery's Soho London branch in the fall of 2012.[7]

Since 2020, Pendleton has also been working with

Steven A. Cohen, Leonardo DiCaprio and Venus Williams.[24]

In 2023, Pendleton and Venus Williams curated a charity auction hosted by Pace Gallery. Co-organized with Sotheby's, proceeds will support a preservation project for the childhood home of Nina Simone.[25] Pendleton jointly purchased Simone's childhood home in 2017 along with Ellen Gallagher, Rashid Johnson, and Julie Mehretu.[25][26]

Exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions

Selected group exhibitions

Selected public collections

  • Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
  • Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
  • The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Studio Museum in Harlem, New York
  • Tate, London
  • University of Chicago, Illinois

[30]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Adam Pendleton," pacegallery.com. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Jess Wilcox, " Black Dada: A Conversation with Adam Pendleton," Archived 2012-11-24 at the Wayback Machine Art in America, March 2, 2009.
  3. ^ Cohen, Alina (5 January 2019). "13 Artists Who Highlight the Power of Words". Artsy. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  4. ^ "30 under 30: Art & Style; Adam Pendleton, Artist, 28," Forbes Magazine. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  5. ^ Susan Adams, " 30 Under 30: Art & Design," Forbes Magazine, December 19, 2011.
  6. ^ Susan Adams, " 30 Under 30: The Bright Young Stars of Art and Style," Forbes Magazine, December 17, 2012.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Adam Pendleton Brings Black Dada to MoMA and Pace," GalleristNY, April 6, 2012.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Thom Donovan, "Adam Pendleton," Bomb, 114/Winter 2011.
  9. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  10. ^ "BOMB Magazine — Adam Pendleton by Thom Donovan". bombmagazine.org. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  11. ^ Adam Pendleton in Art in America.
  12. ^ Ken Johnson, "Art in Review; Adam Pendleton," The New York Times, May 20, 2005.
  13. ^ a b Roslyn Sulcas, "Performa 07: Adam Pendleton, Artists and Statistics," The New York Times, November 4, 2007.
  14. ^
    T (The New York Times Style Magazine)
    , May 27, 2010.
  15. ^ a b Tom Williams, "Adam Pendleton," Art in America, February 9, 2011.
  16. ^ Elizabeth Henderson, "Adam Pendleton and Mark Manders: Looking at Language in Two Recent Acquisitions," MoMa.org, March 10, 2011.
  17. ^ "Adam Pendleton: Becoming Imperceptible | Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans". Cacno.org. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  18. ^ "Becoming Imperceptible': Adam Pendleton in New Orleans". Wallpaper.com. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  19. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2019-03-07.
  20. ^ "Behind the Cover: Racial Caste in America". The New York Times. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  21. ^ Board of Directors Drawing Center.
  22. ^ Maximilíano Durón (March 2019), ICA VCU Adds Adam Pendleton, Adrienne Edwards to Advisory Board Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU.
  23. ^ Melanie Gerlis (March 27, 2020), Art markets find high-tech ways to reach buyers Financial Times.
  24. ^ Gamerman, Ellen (16 April 2015). "Adam Pendleton: The Making of an Art-World Star". Wsj.com. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  25. ^ a b Karen K. Ho (March 13, 2023). "Venus Williams and Adam Pendleton to Co-Host Auction at Pace, Benefitting Nina Simone's Childhood Home". ARTNews.
  26. ^ Randy Kennedy (March 2, 2017). "Saving Nina Simone's Birthplace as an Act of Art and Politics". New York Times.
  27. ^ "Adam Pendleton: Who Is Queen? | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  28. OCLC 1144877248.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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  29. ^ "Adam Pendleton Exhibition". Leconsortium.fr.
  30. ^ "Pace Gallery - Adam Pendleton - Documents". www.pacegallery.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

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