VOLTA NY:

ROBIN KANG

Plus

Karl Erickson on the Video Wall

Amanda Lechner in our Flat File

Dates: March 2nd - 6th, 2016

Public Vernissage: Wednesday, March 2nd, 8-10pm

Hours: Thursday - Saturday, March 3rd - 5th: 12-8pm

Sunday, March 6th: 12-6pm

Location:
Pier 90, West 50th Street at 12th Avenue, NY, NY

Booth X02

Field Projects is pleased to present the work of Brooklyn-based artist Robin Kang at VOLTA NY. Drawing connections between the history of the textile industry and the development of technology. Kang weaves tapestries that combine computer related imagery, digital mark making, and symbolism from historical textiles. After researching early computer hardware, Kang discovered that the earliest memory storage hardware included both hand-woven copper wires and hand-drawn solder lines. Finding inspiration from this link between old and new technologies, she uses a Jacquard handloom, itself a contemporary version of the first binary computer, to depict motherboard hardware, symbols from ancient weaving traditions, and Photoshop brush strokes with woven interlocking threads.

Originally from Texas, Robin Kang received her MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. Her textiles, sculptural installations, and video work have been exhibited throughout the US, Canada, Spain, and recently at the Essl Museum in Vienna, Austria. She has participated in artist residencies in Texas, Michigan, and Beijing. Robin is the founder and director of Carousel Space Project, an alternative art space in Chicago, and Penelope, a project space in Ridgewood, Queens.

PRESS

Benjamin Sutton in Hyperallergic

Installation Magazine

Paul D'Agostino Brooklyn Magazine

Aesthetica Magazine interview

This video is brought to you by GalleryLOG. Also available to view on http://gallerylog.com/robin-kang.html Robin Kang threads nuances between technological advances and the history of the textile industry via Jacquard loom handwork and patterned circuitry imagery. Kang is founder and director of Chicago's Carousel Space Project as well as Ridgewood, Queens project space PENELOPE. Presented at VOLTA NY by Field Projects, New York. ABOUT VOLTA NY: VOLTA NY | MARCH 2–6, 2016 An invitational solo project fair for contemporary art. NEW LOCATION: PIER 90, NEW YORK With mutual acknowledged VIP access with The Armory Show VOLTA NY is the invitational fair of solo artist projects and is the American incarnation of the original Basel VOLTA show, which was founded in 2005 by three art dealers as a fair "by galleries, for galleries". Since its debut in New York in 2008, Artistic Director Amanda Coulson re-conceived the format as a rigorously curated, boutique event — along the lines of a sequence of intense studio visits versus a traditional trade show environment. Since then VOLTA NY showcases relevant contemporary art positions from emerging international artists, from cutting-edge trendsetters to next year’s rising stars. Coupled with its approachable solo-booth format, the VOLTA team has created a fair that is both accessible to younger art-lovers and beloved by seasoned collectors alike. By spotlighting artists through primarily solo projects, VOLTA NY refocuses the art fair experience back to its most fundamental point: the artists and their works. A beacon for creative discovery during Armory Arts Week, VOLTA NY is likewise aligned with some of the best and boldest local cuisine and design collaborators in the city. In March 2016, VOLTA NY returns to PIER 90 in the neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen, New York City, adjacent to The Armory Show, the longtime anchor of Armory Arts Week on Piers 94 and 92. The Armory Show and VOLTA NY are affiliate fairs that provide complementary visions of the international contemporary art world. Both fairs share mutually acknowledged VIP access. For general inquiries please contact us at info@voltashow.com