P.O.L.E.
An exhibition that culminated Gerard & Kelly’s six-month Research and Development residency at the New Museum, P.O.L.E. (People Objects Exchange Language) explores fleeting encounters and processes of history and memory via sculpture, video, and live performance. Two sixteen-foot brass poles for dancing stretch from floor to ceiling, serving as the support for daily performances. P.O.L.E. considers different kinds of kinship, from blood ties to platonic love to political allegiance. The manifestations of—and threats to—such bonds are evident in this exhibition, which also includes a video made by the artists in the aftermath of the police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, as well as Gran Fury’s iconic SILENCE = DEATH (1987) sign, first shown at the New Museum in 1987 by curator William Olander, a member of ACT UP.
Exhibition view of Gerard & Kelly: P.O.L.E., New Museum, New York, 2015.
Hand Catching Lead, 2015. Four-channel video, sound, color: three
monitors and projection on mattress; duration variable. Installation view: New Museum, New York.
monitors and projection on mattress; duration variable. Installation view: New Museum, New York.
Reverberations, 2014. Performance, duration variable. Performance view: New MUseum, New York. Lauren Bakst.
Two Brothers, 2015. Installation and performance; two poles and
two dancers. Installation view: New Museum, New York. Tanya St. Louis.
two dancers. Installation view: New Museum, New York. Tanya St. Louis.
Hand Catching Lead, 2015. Four-channel video, sound, color: three
monitors and projection on mattress; duration
variable. Installation view: New Museum, New York.
Two Brothers, 2015. Installation and performance; two poles and
two dancers. Installation view: New Museum, New York. Justin Tate and Roz the Diva Mays.
Reverberations, 2014. Performance, duration variable. Performance view: New MUseum, New York. Lauren Bakst.
Two Brothers, 2015. Installation and performance; two poles and
two dancers. Installation view: New Museum, New York. TyTy Love.
monitors and projection on mattress; duration
variable. Installation view: New Museum, New York.
Two Brothers, 2015. Installation and performance; two poles and
two dancers. Installation view: New Museum, New York. Justin Tate and Roz the Diva Mays.
Reverberations, 2014. Performance, duration variable. Performance view: New MUseum, New York. Lauren Bakst.
Two Brothers, 2015. Installation and performance; two poles and
two dancers. Installation view: New Museum, New York. TyTy Love.
Two Brothers (Displacement), 2015. Two pieces of laser-cut, black Plexiglas; LED lighting strips installed on corrugated Plexiglas
ceiling panels. Installation view: New Museum, New York.
Two Brothers, 2015. Installation and performance; two poles and
two dancers. Installation view: New Museum, New York. Tyke Turner and TyTy Love.
Exhibition view of Gerard & Kelly: P.O.L.E., New Museum, New York, 2015.
ceiling panels. Installation view: New Museum, New York.
Two Brothers, 2015. Installation and performance; two poles and
two dancers. Installation view: New Museum, New York. Tyke Turner and TyTy Love.
Exhibition view of Gerard & Kelly: P.O.L.E., New Museum, New York, 2015.
2015 | Solo exhibition
Gerard & Kelly: P.O.L.E. (People, Objects, Language, Exchange), New Museum, New York
Gerard & Kelly: P.O.L.E. (People, Objects, Language, Exchange), New Museum, New York
Credits
Curated by Johanna Burton, Keith Haring Director and Curator of Education and Public Engagement | Performers in this exhibition include Lauren Bakst, the Chosen Ones, devynn emory, TyTy Love, Roz “The Diva” Mays, Justin Tate, Tyke Turner, Tanya St. Louis, Forty Smooth, and We Live This.
Artist residencies at the New Museum are made possible, in part, by Laurie Wolfert. Additional support is provided by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Endowment support is provided by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Skadden, Arps Education Programs Fund, and the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs at the New Museum. Special thanks to Dudley and Michael Del Balso, Smith Freeman, Edna and Haim Harel, Eric R. Johnson, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, Moving Theater, Clelia Warburg Peters, Peter Speliopoulos, and Warburg Realty for their support of “P.O.L.E.”
Curated by Johanna Burton, Keith Haring Director and Curator of Education and Public Engagement | Performers in this exhibition include Lauren Bakst, the Chosen Ones, devynn emory, TyTy Love, Roz “The Diva” Mays, Justin Tate, Tyke Turner, Tanya St. Louis, Forty Smooth, and We Live This.
Artist residencies at the New Museum are made possible, in part, by Laurie Wolfert. Additional support is provided by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Endowment support is provided by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Skadden, Arps Education Programs Fund, and the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for Education Programs at the New Museum. Special thanks to Dudley and Michael Del Balso, Smith Freeman, Edna and Haim Harel, Eric R. Johnson, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, Moving Theater, Clelia Warburg Peters, Peter Speliopoulos, and Warburg Realty for their support of “P.O.L.E.”