Jan 11th 2019

Ashley Freeby & Jesse Meredith: Non-Constants

@ Spudnik Press Cooperative

1821 W Hubbard St, STE 302, Chicago IL 60622

Opening Friday, January 11th, from 6PM - 9PM

On view through Saturday, March 16th

Please join us for a brief artist talk followed by an opening reception for Non-Constants, an exhibition featuring work by Ashley Freeby and Jesse Meredith.

Emerging from recurring conversations about access, authenticity and authorship, artists Ashley Freeby and Jesse Meredith make artwork around and through one another’s experiences, from outside of their own cultural backgrounds. Over the course of a year, they have worked in one another’s studios, traded primary research sources and conducted a series of structured conversations about their own personal experiences. Non-Constants presents recent work that has stemmed from this exchange.

Many of their collaborative artworks address racialized experiences in the United States and transpose them with survivalism and defensive preparation. Using a technique of doubling, one artist produces a piece through synthesis of conversations and research, and the other re-makes it, displacing its context.

At a time of polarization and broken lines of communication, Non-Constants asks viewers to consider the impact of their own presence in the environments they inhabit, to reclaim permission to be inquisitive and open, and think outside of individualized experiences.

Non-Constants will be on view through March 16, 2019 at The Annex at Spudnik Press, 1821 W. Hubbard Street, Suite 302, Chicago, IL 60622.

Gallery Hours
Tuesday – Friday, 12 – 5 p.m.
Monday & Thursday 6 – 10 p.m.
Saturday 1 – 5 p.m.
Or by appointment.

Non-Constants: Ashley Freeby & Jesse Meredith was selected by the Spudnik Press Member Exhibitions Committee.

Image: Ashley Freeby & Jesse Meredith, And What Are We Up To This Evening?, 2018, graphite, acrylic, digital collage, 14″ x 28″

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