Jory Rabinovitz

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Sponge Piece For Socrates, 2011 32ftx32ftx2ft Sponges, Colored Concrete, Metal

Sponge Piece For Socrates, 2011 32ftx32ftx2ft Sponges, Colored Concrete, Metal

Ghebaly Sponge Piece, 2012 17ftx5ftx3ft Sponges,Colored Concrete,Resin Clay

XYNOT (in collaboration with J.Patrick Walsh 3 and NGUZUNGUZU),2012 Performance Documentation

HIJRA WELL, 2012 Public Sculpture for NADA Miami 16ftx5ftx5ft Sponges, Colored Concrete,Water,Coins

HIJRA WELL, 2012 (detail) Public Sculpture for NADA Miami 16ftx5ftx5ft Sponges, Colored Concrete,Water,Coins

TWO OFFICES,2012 (Install shot at Family Buisiness) 12ftx3ftx3ft Sponges,Pigment,Wheels

SPONGE PIECE FOR TRAIN,2012 (installed on New Capital Projects, to be viewed from Chicago Metra Train) 132ftx62ftx72ft Sponges,Plastic Lumber,Paint

Sponge Piece for Sam,2011 10ftx4ftx2ft Sponges,Colored Concrete

Sponge Piece for Brian, 2011 11ftx14ft (wall painting) 23inx23inx23in (each cube) Wall Painting,Plexi Cubes containing Materials of Wall Painting Process

Sponge Piece #4/8,2012 4ftx8ftx1in Sponge,Paint,Wood

Sponge Piece #4/8 (detail),2012 4ftx8ftx1in Sponge,Paint,Wood

Sponge Sculpture for Sculpture Center,2012 9ftx1ftx2ft Sponge,Wood,Paint

Sponge Sculpture for Denise,2011 5ftx5ft Sponges,Frames,Paint

Blue Code,2011 2ftx3ft Sponge,Pigment,Frame

Sponge Piece 4,2010 4ftx4ftx8ft Sponges,Paint,Wall Painting

Sponge Piece 1,2010 8ftx8ftx1ft Sponges,Paint,Wood

Sponge Piece 2,2010 4ftx4ftx2ft Sponges,Paint,Wood

SCULPTURE SABBATH, 2010 Exhibition Documentation One day exhibition done in collaboration with Bridget Donahue and Socrates Sculpture Park

Peter Cooper Monument, 2010 23ftx16ftx32ft Wood,Paint and Collected Artworks

What Is My Work About?

Artist Statement I am interested in exploration and conversation concerning sculpture. Sculpture as an object that insists on its own physical presence—a static holder of process. The end-object is a physical, fixed placeholder of concepts and ideas in limbo. I seek to materially investigate notions of transience, autonomy and modes of mimicry.  My most recent works use sponges of both natural and industrial origin. These sponges materially conflate function and meaning. At once, the sponge is a living entity, an art store supply, a domestic tool as well as a decorative object of contemplation. In the work materials fuse in mimesis. By using these materials as themselves they depict themselves; the object mirrors itself into its own semblance. The result is a sculpture that literally falls flat in pursuit of representation. Within this intermingling remains a translucency or self-description of process, giving a similitude of presence and absence; motion and stasis. Outside of my own studio practice, I look to extend my sculpture and ideas as platforms for other artists/artworks and curators, thus opening dialogues to explore relationships, framings, public and private practice. Experimenting with the conventions of display, context and collaboration, I seek to dismantle and reform established modes of exhibition, inspecting their purpose.

CV Jory Rabinovitz

Education: 2009 BFA Cooper Union New York, NY Selected Exhibitions: 2013 always yours, des objets manqués, des monuments Galerie Balice Hertling, Paris FR 2012 NADA Miami Public Sculpture Installation NADA MIAMI/Francois Ghebaly Gallery, Miami FL Pig Party curated by Gina Beavers, NEW YORK CITY Gallery, NY JORYRABINOVITZ/TOREWALLERT New Capital Projects, Chicago IL DEEP SPACE Francois Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles CA Straight Up curated by Alice Conconi and Elena Tavecchia Family Business New York, NY Luck Draw Sculpture Center Queens, NY JORY RABINOVITZ/GINA BEAVERS Foyer Gallery, Brooklyn NY The Wood Pile 271 Frost Street, NY 2011  : Field Of Dreams Socrates Sculpture Park, NY Tide Pool/Shop Sarah Meltzer Gallery, NY Productive Steps Curated by Lucas Blalock and Sam Falls Mount Tremper Arts, NY Eye in the sky Curated by Cleopatra’s The RE: institute, NY Sculpture Garden/ Painting Show Iceberg Projects, Chicago IL 2010: Serious and Professional Apartment Show Brooklyn, NY Stop N’ Go Monument 2 Gallery Chicago, IL ETCAMA 136 singel st Amsterdam, Nederlands Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition Socrates Sculpture Park Long Island City, NY 2009 Bildun’ 48 Cooper Gallery NYC H.T.A.D.I.T.F. Curated by Per Billgren and Shannon Smith 25CPW New York, NY Shake Out Curated by Patrick Walsh, Olivia Wyatt and Shaun Kessler 95-19 Rockaway, Queens, Ny One After Another Curated by Chen Tamir National Gallery of Saskatchewan in Canora, Canada NADA emerging artists party Curated by Apartment Show Bumble and Bumble NYC Good Vibrations Curated by Jasmine Tsou Carol Bove’s Studio Red Hook, Brooklyn If the Dogs are Barking Artists Space NYC 2008: Carry On curated by Thomas Beale, Kathy Grayson, Emily Spears Meers, Anya Stonelake & Nadim Samman White Space Gallery London Rooftop Sculpture Show The Redemption Center Brooklyn, NY Object Salon curated by Bob Nickas, Kathy Grayson, Pascal Spengemann, Brooke Geahan and Thomas Beale. Honey Space NYC Dropped Frames curated by Patrick Walsh Elk Gallery NYC 2007: Visions of Carlos 78 Dikeman st. Red Hook Brooklyn Never Odd Or Even Houghton Gallery NYC 2004: 5×7 Arthouse at the Jones Center Austin, TX Beans and Rice Gallery Lombardi Austin, TX 2003:   Pretty Gritty curated by Bill Daniel Rayko Photo San Francisco, CA Selected Performances: X/Y/NOT (in collaboration with J. Patrick Walsh 3 and NGUZUNGUZU) NADA ART FAIR, Miami FL 2012 Desuvero Derive Storm King Gov. Island 2012 The Leaning Room curated by Miles Huston Yale School of Art Gallery New  Haven, CT 2008 Curatorial/Organizational Projects: Sculpture Sabbath: A one-day out door exhibition in celebration of National Relaxation day Peter Cooper Park, NYC 2009 Sculpture Sabbath: A one-day out door exhibition in celebration of National Relaxation day In collaboration with Bridget Donahue Socrates Sculpture Park 2010 WATTVR Pyramid Club, Ny 2011-12 Awards/Residencies: Emerging Artist Fellowship/Residency Socrates Sculpture Park Long Island City, NY 2010 The Ruth Gutman Epstein Memorial Prize for Excellence in Sculpture awarded through Artists Welfare Fund 2010 2008-09 Visiting Artist Yale University School of art New Haven, CT Selected Bibliography: Latex en schuurspons in een verlaten grachtenpand by Boukje Cnossen NRC Handlesblad July 2010 Long Island City show releases tension with soothing art by Anna Gustafson YourNabe August 2010 Spontaneous Charm by Alice Gregory Idiom Magazine September 2010