*TSA Chicago is currently closed to the public. Please visit exhibitionisms.club to view the exhibition virtually *

ONLINE RESERVATION CALENDARS:

TSA CHICAGO: calendly.com/tiger-strikes-asteroid-chicago/exhibition-viewing-appointment

Space & Time: calendly.com/spaceandtimegallery

Dearest Friends of the Arts,

These are strange times and in spite of it all, we want you to know that you are incredibly important to us and help to shape our own practices as artists, thinkers, and friends. As such, we want to honor this feeling formally and would love to invite you to attend in person and/or view remotely an exhibition entitled Exhibitionisms. This group exhibition is arranged by Nicole Mauser, Sheila Majumdar, and Tobey Albright. It will run from November 7 to December 13, 2020, co-hosted by Tiger Strikes Asteroid and Space & Time galleries, in Chicago, IL.

Over 20 artists have each lent us an artwork to represent their practices, along with an object from their personal collections. Exhibitionisms will present arrangements of these artworks and objects in orbit. We will document the objects’ shifting placements over the duration of the exhibition to become the catalogue. We will engage the mechanisms of publication-as-exhibition-making, to combine the material and digital realms (as a choreographed performance of sorts). By arranging new adaptations of artworks/objects, we hope to unlock, identify, and share mutualisms to create new potential meanings. Think of it as a house party of objects that lasts over a month—a celebration of physical exchange in a time of encouraged distance.

We will celebrate with an online opening, some light programming and texts, plenty of documentation, and an e-pub with experimental aspirations. There will be a virtual opening on Saturday, November 7 from 4pm–7pm online at exhibitionisms.club. On Saturday, November 21st we will host an online program from 4pm-7pm. At the closing event on December 13, we will release an exhibition catalogue in the form of an electronic publication housed inside a handmade artist book-like object. The e-pub features a digital archive of the entire collaborative exhibition effort, including in situ images of the artworks and objects prior to their journey to the respective galleries.

Exhibitionisms has evolved from Privates, a durational installation of personal art and object collections in the form of an interactive exhibition catalogue. The exhibition was organized with the help of our friend Ryan Peter Miller and took place at Carthage College in 2017. If you’d like to learn more about the exhibition, feel free to read the wonderful essay our friend Jeff Ward wrote for the catalogue, here.

Exhibitionisms will take place simultaneously at two locations: TSA and a new storefront gallery in Chicago called Space & Time. We will begin taking reservations for in-person visits beginning on November 7, here. Regardless of whether you choose to encounter this exhibition online, in person, or not at all, our admiration for you remains.

Fondly Yours,

Nicole Mauser
Sheila Majumdar
Tobey Albright

Exhibitionisms includes works by:

Tobey Albright
Corey Antis
Karen Azarnia with Lindsey Hook
Mara Baker with Sabina Ott
Anna Chiaretta Lavatelli with Thomas L. Little
David Cordero with Jonathan Paul Gillette
Jonah Criswell
Mollie Edgar with Jason Polan
Robert Chase Heishman
Gina Hunt
Colleen Keihm
Katy Kirbach
Julia Klein with Sue Bosniak
Sheila Majumdar with Margaret Schäfer
Michael Markwick
Nicole Mauser
Gabriel Melcher
Curtis Miller
Ryan Peter Miller
Tim Nickodemus
Garry Noland with Ted Argeropolos
TJ O’Keefe
Parsons and Charlesworth
Lydia Ross
Michael Savona
Kyle Schlie with Jesse Malmed
Zach Scott
Maggie Taft with Nicole Mauser
Unyimeabasi Udoh
Bradley Wester with Sarah Peters
Michael Worful with Jason Polan

Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago is located at:
2233 S. Throop St., #419, Chicago IL 60608

For more info contact: chicago@tigerstrikesasteroid.com

Space & Time is located at: 3307 W. Irving Park Rd. Chicago, IL 60618 / spaceandtimegallery.com

Announcement web page for PR: exhibitionisms.club

Object Arrangements By:

Nicole Mauser’s paintings and installations have been exhibited at rK Gallerie Lichtenberg (Berlin, Germany), Carrie Secrist Gallery (IL), The Arts Club of Chicago (IL), and others. Permanent collections include the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art (KS) and The Alexander (IN). She was a HATCH resident at the Chicago Artists Coalition and a DCASE Artist Grant recipient. Mauser earned an MFA from The University of Chicago and a BFA from Ringling College of Art and Design. Currently, she is a member of the artist-run gallery collective Tiger Strikes Asteroid and a Lecturer at The University of Chicago.

Sheila Majumdar is a Chicago-based artist, editor, and writer with an MA in art history and three years of experience on Jewelers Row. Working in the Publications department at the Art Institute of Chicago by day, she spends her free time daydreaming and realizing works in metal, words, and whatever else catches her imagination. Her rings are available through Etsy at IbisElement, and she takes on custom orders with relish.

Tobey Albright grew up in various small towns in central Illinois, and attended the Ringling College of Art and Design in Florida, where he received a BFA in fine arts and a minor in art history. In Florida, he managed and programmed a contemporary art gallery while contributing to regional arts publications as a writer. He later lived in Germany where he helped found Legwork—a collaborative which programs interventions within the fields of social, artistic and political practice. After relocating to Chicago in 2011, he has designed and developed a number of websites for the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago’s exhibition and education programs. He currently lives and works in Chicago and is co-founder of Hour, a design studio.

Scheduling and Contact Information:

The exhibition will run Saturday, November 7–December 13, 2020. For the duration of this exhibition, the galleries will be open to the public by appointment only on Saturdays from 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM. We will do our best to accommodate requests beyond those hours. To schedule an appointment to visit the exhibition, please visit TSA’s online calendar or Space & Time’s online calendar(links also listed below). Questions or requests to schedule appointments outside our normal hours can be sent to: chicago@tigerstrikesasteroid.com.

ONLINE RESERVATION CALENDARS:

TSA CHICAGO: calendly.com/tiger-strikes-asteroid-chicago/exhibition-viewing-appointment

Space & Time: calendly.com/spaceandtimegallery

The number of visitors per half hour slot will be limited to 2 people in order to allow for the recommended social distancing. Masks are required at all times in the building and the galleries. Upon entering Mana Contemporary, please use the touchless temperature scanner, check in at the front desk, and fill out a brief form for contact tracing. Our gallery is located on the 4th floor via an attendant-operated elevator or the stairs. Please contact us for additional information or high resolution images at: chicago@tigerstrikesasteroid.com . Thank you for your patience with these procedures during these challenging times.