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CHICAGO – Varda Caivano’s first solo exhibition in a US museum features seven recent paintings and a selection of works on paper.
For this group of new paintings, Caivano has worked with a limited, nearly monochromatic palette to experiment with the possibilities of the color gray. The significance of drawing to the artist’s practice is evident in the compositions: Charcoal lines mingle with brushstrokes, and areas of canvas remain exposed.
The exhibition space was designed by Caivano and curator Solveig Øvstebø in collaboration with architect Peter St. John. Constructed walls create an intimate space for viewing the paintings in dialogue with one another, while the small works on paper are grouped in four vitrines.
A full color catalogue featuring essays by Terry R. Myers, Barry Schwabsky, and Paula van den Bosch is forthcoming.
More information about the exhibition, including texts by Terry R. Myers and Barry Schwabsky, and a video of Caivano’s artist talk at the opening, can be found at the Renaissance Society’s website.
Varda Caivano (born 1971, Argentina) lives and works in London, where she received an MA from the Royal College of Art in 2004. She has had solo exhibitions at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo (2013 and 2009), Victoria Miro Gallery, London (2011), Chisenhale Gallery, London (2007), and Kunstverein Freiburg (2006). Her work has recently been included in group exhibitions such as The Encyclopedic Palace, 55th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale (2013), Artists’ Artists, CentrePasquArt, Biel Switzerland (2013), and Gwangju Biennial, Korea (2012). Caivano was the recipient of the Abbey Award from the British School at Rome in 2011, and was nominated for the Max Mara Art Prize for Women in 2011.
The Renaissance Society is an independent, non-collecting museum of contemporary art located on the campus of the University of Chicago. It is committed to supporting ambitious artistic experimentation, primarily through the commissioning of new works, and to fostering rigorous, interdisciplinary discourse around it. In addition to the gallery program, it hosts a range of concerts, performances, lectures, screenings, and readings.
All of the Renaissance Society’s exhibitions and events are free and open to the public. The gallery is open during exhibitions Tuesday to Friday, 10am-5pm; Saturday and Sunday, 12-5pm; closed Monday.
The Renaissance Society will celebrate its Centennial anniversary from September 2015 to January 2016.
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