Donut Muffin is an exhibition that explores dialogues in New York-based contemporary painting and sculpture. The exhibition mines the rich intersections between once segregated territories: painting and sculpture, conceptual and intuitive art practices, and the space between intention and perception. The title of the exhibition is derived from a pastry often shared by the curators during their conversations leading up to the exhibition. This humble decadent treat serves as an irreverent yet apt metaphor for reflections on objects challenging single readings.
Donut Muffin features works by Mike Amrhein, Sarah Braman, Ariel Dill, Joe Fyfe, EJ Hauser, Clinton King, Pam Lins, Lauren Luloff, Chris Martin, Nathlie Provosty, Robert Rhee, Christian Sampson, and Stephen Truax. Many of the works in the exhibition convey a destabilization of traditional hierarchies and methods of presentation. Porous and iterative approaches to art making are favored. The strength of these objects lies in their ability to reach across time, materials, categories, and borders.
Jessica Duffett is a curator based in Brooklyn, NY. During her recent time as part of the team at the Castelli Gallery she had the privilege of organizing historic exhibitions including Robert Morris Five Decades and Reflected in the Mirror There Was a Shadow: Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. While part of the team at Mitchell-Innes & Nash she was honored to organize exhibitions of works on paper by Chris Martin and William Pope.L. Her interests range from impressionist to post-war and contemporary art, also having served as the project-lead for the Cézanne catalogue raisonné. Independently, Ms. Duffett has organized group shows in Brooklyn at Storefront Bushwick and Lumenhouse.
Originally from California, multidisciplinary artist Tamara Gonzales, has lived in New York for more than three decades. She has exhibited her paintings most recently at Norte Maar, The Dependent Art Fair with James Fuentes Gallery, Derek Eller Gallery, and NURTUREart. Upcoming events include Art In the Corner Room at the NYPL and a solo exhibition with Shoot the Lobster at Martos gallery. Her work has been described as “One part Fourteenth Street and one part dirt road.”
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