The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) presents “Somewhere Inside: ISCP and the Studio,” a group exhibition commemorating ISCP’s thirtieth anniversary, on view from September 17, 2024 to January 20, 2025. The opening reception takes place tonight, Tuesday, September 17, from 6:00 to 8:00pm at 1040 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. [Shown above: “Emergence I,” 2020, by Dominican American artist Joiri Minaya.]
Description: ‘Somewhere Inside’ offers a focused look at the ways that five artists—Martine Gutierrez, Daniel Guzmán, Joiri Minaya, Sophie Tottie, and Frank WANG Yefeng, all alumni of the program, find inspiration from the materials and imagery around them in the studio. The mystery of the artist’s workspace is deeply rooted in the public imagination. Traditionally seen as a sacred place of refuge, the modern studio has adapted and evolved, taking myriad forms: a solitary retreat, a collective workshop or factory, a community setting, an office or a kitchen table, an exhibition or performance venue, and even a portal within the artist’s mind. The artists in this presentation have distinct practices, yet they all approach the studio as a nourishing and exploratory space where they can develop and mine their own creative archive—one enriched by a porous connection to the outside world.
Reflecting on the alchemy of the studio, the exhibition highlights different strategies for accumulating and making use of what the artist holds within their studio—source material from books, magazines and online searches, sketches, costumes and props, earlier artworks, and other collected objects. For each artist in ‘Somewhere Inside,’ the studio contents also serve as an archive of materials, imagery, and ideas, and it is from this archive that they often make discoveries and produce new artworks.
For more information, visit https://iscp-nyc.org/event/somewhere-inside-iscp-and-the-studio
[Image above: Joiri Minaya, “Emergence I,” 2020, archival pigment print, 36 × 24 in. (91.44 × 60.96 cm). Courtesy of the artist.]