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Artist Statement
Ethan Breckenridge
TV Ad from 2006…
A scientist, after driving his electric/eco friendly go-cart like car to an observatory, looks through his telescope to discover an apocalypse-heralding asteroid tumbling towards the earth. In a heartbeat he is online finding his nearest Hummer dealer, and then off in his go-cart to the dealership…
My interest in the presentation and rhetoric of social systems originates from a regard for not the pathology associated with these systems, rather how these systems are often subtle, but animated monologues for our pathologies. My sojourn with transitory places, objects and architectural motifs: office plants, hallways, shelving units, among others, all facilitate a stylized encounter with the everyday, where the literal and metonymic locate and emphasize the metaphoric. In the end, the work never exclusively becomes a representation of an experience, or a literal object, rather, the division and displacement of both.
Ethan Breckenridge
TV Ad from 2006…
A scientist, after driving his electric/eco friendly go-cart like car to an observatory, looks through his telescope to discover an apocalypse-heralding asteroid tumbling towards the earth. In a heartbeat he is online finding his nearest Hummer dealer, and then off in his go-cart to the dealership…
My interest in the presentation and rhetoric of social systems originates from a regard for not the pathology associated with these systems, rather how these systems are often subtle, but animated monologues for our pathologies. My sojourn with transitory places, objects and architectural motifs: office plants, hallways, shelving units, among others, all facilitate a stylized encounter with the everyday, where the literal and metonymic locate and emphasize the metaphoric. In the end, the work never exclusively becomes a representation of an experience, or a literal object, rather, the division and displacement of both.
CV
ETHAN BRECKENRIDGE
Born Madison Wisconsin 1977
Education
2003-05 M.F.A. Columbia University. New York, N.Y.
2000-02 B.F.A. School of Visual Arts. New York, N.Y.
1996-99 University of New Mexico. Albuquerque N.M.
Solo Exhibitions
2010 “Ethan Breckenridge” The Suburban
(upcoming), Chicago, IL.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 Summer Show. (upcoming), Charles Banks
Gallery. New York, NY.
2010 “Portugal Arte 10, Gradation”
(upcoming), Lisbon, Portugal.
2010 “Seeing Voices: The Visual Voice,”
Rutgers University, Camden NJ.
2010 “Ethan Breckenridge North Room” Derek
Eller Gallery, New York, NY.
2010 “Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts”
American Academy of Arts and Letters,
New York, NY.
2010 “A Testbed of Furturity” Southfirst,
Brooklyn, NY.
2009 “System-System” Greenpoint convent,
Brooklyn, NY.
2009 “Summer Group Exhibition” Derek Eller
Gallery, New York, NY.
2009 “Skin Jobs” Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los
Angeles, CA
2009 “N-1 Transitional Relationships” Museo
Patino, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
2008 “Long Time, First Time and Swiss Cheese”
Kate Werble Gallery, New York N.Y.
2008 “International video art: TWOSIDEDNESS”.
Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
2007 “PAWNSHOP” e-flux, New York, N.Y.
2006 “EAF Exhibition” Socrates Sculpture Park.
Queens, N.Y.
2006 “Peace Tower” Whitney Biannual, Whitney
Museum of American Art. New York, N.Y.
2005 “Six Laws of Motion” Max Protetch
Gallery. New York, N.Y.
2005 “On the Beach” Printed Matter, New York,
N.Y.
2005 “MFA Thesis Exhibition” Columbia
University. New York, N.Y.
2005 “Succeeding where the Hippies Failed”
Leroy Neiman Gallery. New York, N.Y.
2004 “The Peekskill Project” Peekskill, N.Y.
2004 “Art in the Office”, Global Consulting
Group. New York, N.Y.
Public Projects
2009 Zentrum Paul Klee Sommerakademie, Bern
Switzerland.
2008 “Trapdoor” Metrotech Center, Public Art
Fund, New York N.Y.
2008 “ludlow38kunstverinemunchengoetheinstitutnewyor
k” Art space designed in
collaboration with Liam Gillick. New
York, N.Y.
2006 “unitednationsplaza”. Berlin, Germany.
Publications
2008 McGuirk, Justin “ludlow38” Icon Magazine,
Nov.
2008 Vogel, Carol “Appetite for Sculpture” The
New York Times, Nov. 7th
2007 Cotter, Holland. “Justin Lowe” The New
York Times, Aug. 5th.
2006 Fry, Naomi. “EAF06: 2006 Emerging Artist
Fellowship” Critics Pick, Artforum,
Oct.
2006 Saltz, Jerry. “Yurts and Stalagmites”
Village Voice Oct. 11
2005 Morris, Sarah. “Artist’s Favourites”
Spike Art Quarterly #5, Summer.
2004 Breckenridge, Ethan. “Rule of Thumb”,
Work Magazine #1, Fall.
ETHAN BRECKENRIDGE
Born Madison Wisconsin 1977
Education
2003-05 M.F.A. Columbia University. New York, N.Y.
2000-02 B.F.A. School of Visual Arts. New York, N.Y.
1996-99 University of New Mexico. Albuquerque N.M.
Solo Exhibitions
2010 “Ethan Breckenridge” The Suburban
(upcoming), Chicago, IL.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 Summer Show. (upcoming), Charles Banks
Gallery. New York, NY.
2010 “Portugal Arte 10, Gradation”
(upcoming), Lisbon, Portugal.
2010 “Seeing Voices: The Visual Voice,”
Rutgers University, Camden NJ.
2010 “Ethan Breckenridge North Room” Derek
Eller Gallery, New York, NY.
2010 “Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts”
American Academy of Arts and Letters,
New York, NY.
2010 “A Testbed of Furturity” Southfirst,
Brooklyn, NY.
2009 “System-System” Greenpoint convent,
Brooklyn, NY.
2009 “Summer Group Exhibition” Derek Eller
Gallery, New York, NY.
2009 “Skin Jobs” Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los
Angeles, CA
2009 “N-1 Transitional Relationships” Museo
Patino, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
2008 “Long Time, First Time and Swiss Cheese”
Kate Werble Gallery, New York N.Y.
2008 “International video art: TWOSIDEDNESS”.
Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
2007 “PAWNSHOP” e-flux, New York, N.Y.
2006 “EAF Exhibition” Socrates Sculpture Park.
Queens, N.Y.
2006 “Peace Tower” Whitney Biannual, Whitney
Museum of American Art. New York, N.Y.
2005 “Six Laws of Motion” Max Protetch
Gallery. New York, N.Y.
2005 “On the Beach” Printed Matter, New York,
N.Y.
2005 “MFA Thesis Exhibition” Columbia
University. New York, N.Y.
2005 “Succeeding where the Hippies Failed”
Leroy Neiman Gallery. New York, N.Y.
2004 “The Peekskill Project” Peekskill, N.Y.
2004 “Art in the Office”, Global Consulting
Group. New York, N.Y.
Public Projects
2009 Zentrum Paul Klee Sommerakademie, Bern
Switzerland.
2008 “Trapdoor” Metrotech Center, Public Art
Fund, New York N.Y.
2008 “ludlow38kunstverinemunchengoetheinstitutnewyor
k” Art space designed in
collaboration with Liam Gillick. New
York, N.Y.
2006 “unitednationsplaza”. Berlin, Germany.
Publications
2008 McGuirk, Justin “ludlow38” Icon Magazine,
Nov.
2008 Vogel, Carol “Appetite for Sculpture” The
New York Times, Nov. 7th
2007 Cotter, Holland. “Justin Lowe” The New
York Times, Aug. 5th.
2006 Fry, Naomi. “EAF06: 2006 Emerging Artist
Fellowship” Critics Pick, Artforum,
Oct.
2006 Saltz, Jerry. “Yurts and Stalagmites”
Village Voice Oct. 11
2005 Morris, Sarah. “Artist’s Favourites”
Spike Art Quarterly #5, Summer.
2004 Breckenridge, Ethan. “Rule of Thumb”,
Work Magazine #1, Fall.
Space-Space, 2009. Modular sculpture as daytime staging ground for presentations, seminars, and general events, for the Zentrum Paul Klee’s “Summer Academy” a residency program in Bern Switzerland where a group of artists, curators, and contributors met.
Space-Space, 2009.
Bar-Bar, 2009. sculpture as a evening staging ground for presentations, seminars, general events and late nights, for the Zentrum Paul Klee’s “Summer Academy”
Bar-Bar, 2009.
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Too Soon (Peace Lily), 2010. Glass and two-way mirror sculpture containing a (thriving) live Peace Lilly potted plant.
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Too Soon (Silver Queen), 2010. Glass and two-way mirror sculpture containing a (thriving) live Silver Queen potted plant.
Hard Times, 2009. Faux marble painting on drywall. Ubiquitous Bolivian wall treatment. Centro Patio contemporary art center, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
Hard Times, 2009.
Plants have no backs, 2008. 30’x 40”x 112”. two-way mirror, glass, commercial materials, and live potted plants.
You Can’t Stop the Hands of Time, Man, 2008. 36’x 46”x 112”. Two-way mirror, glass, commercial materials, Gondola shelving and live potted plants.
I’m OK-Your OK, 2008, Furniture dollies stainless steal hardware. 30”x 30”x 16’. Installed at Metrotech Plaza down town Brooklyn For the Public Art Fund.
ludlow38, 2008. Designed in collaboration with Liam Gillick, As a combined satellite space for the Kunstverein Munich and Goethe Institute NYC. As space for cultural exchange, Innovation and collaboration.
ludlow38, 2008.
So East I’m West, 2006.sculpture installed at “unitednationsplaza” (a art institution and work by Anton Vidokle, in Berlin Germany) served as alternative space for speakers, presenters, and hanger-ons.
So East I’m West, 2006.
When Sailing the Seas Rely On the Helmsman, 2006. Socrates Sculpture Park, built from standard wood 2”x 4”s (used typically for building customary home walls)