with Wardrobe: Curatorial AIRspace Resident Exhibition 2022–23
February 11–April 9, 2023
Curatorial AIRspace Residents 2022–23 Laura Serejo Genes & Kiyoto Koseki present with Wardrobe, a group exhibition featuring works by CFGNY, Devin Kenny, Erika Ceruzzi, K8 Hardy, Keioui Keijaun Thomas, Ken Lum, and Pope.L. Through assemblage and performance, the artists reflect on self-styling as a practice that bridges private and public realms of appearance. Referencing various states of dress, with Wardrobe considers the body as a display mechanism tied to popular culture and global systems of material trade.
An opening reception will be held on 11 February from 4–6pm.
with Wardrobe will be accompanied by a two-night performance event with Keioui Keijaun Thomas on April 4, 2023 and Devin Kenny on April 5, 2023.
Pope.L, Roach Motel Black, 1993-95, Performance © Pope.L; Courtesy of the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York.
About
Laura Serejo Genes & Kiyoto Koseki work together as a curatorial partnership based in New York. They produce exhibitions and programs for specific sites, building upon existing systems to draw new social, material, and historical connections. Laura and Kiyoto each participated in SOMA Summer and the Newburgh Community Land Bank Artist-In-Vacancy initiative where they developed public programs in collaboration with local organizations and businesses. Past projects have been presented outside of art institutions and in venues including Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh; American Medium, New York; Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge; Time Farm Gallery, Cambridge; Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco, Mexico City; Bienal de las Fronteras, Instituto Tamaulipeco, Tamaulipas; Palácio Nacional de Belém, Lisbon; CAC, Torres Vedras; Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers, Aubervilliers; Etablissement d’en face, Brussels; NSK State-in-Time Pavillion, Venice; and Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo.
Funding
Abrons Arts Center’s Curatorial AIRspace Residency are made possible through the generosity of The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Foundation, and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. This program is also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and support from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Additional production support is provided by Ryan Langer and Stingray Studios, Inc.
