Wade Guyton Guyton\Walker Kelley Walker 27|04—30|06|2013

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KUB 2013.02 | Press release Wade Guyton Guyton\Walker Kelley Walker 27|04—30|06|2013

Curators of the exhibition Yilmaz Dziewior and Rudolf Sagmeister

Press Conference Thursday, April 25, 12 noon

The exhibition is opened for the press at 11 a.m.

Opening Friday, April 26, 2013, 7 p.m.

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The timing of the simultaneous Wade Guyton, Guyton\Walker, Kelley Walker presentation could not be better. All three have been acclaimed in major solo exhibitions at eminent institutions in recent years and the intellectual and critical reception of their works is unanimous in its praise of the three distinct positions.

This exhibition is their first joint appearance and is thus all the more excitedly awaited. In contrast to their earlier practice—and many see this alone as a minor sensation— in this show they will dispense with a segregation of the three artistic personae, which is otherwise strictly ob- served.

But why talk of three »persons« here at all? Wade Guyton and Kelley Walker have often exhibited together, yet until now they have seen to it that the duo’s activities were ring-fenced from their individual careers. Wade Guyton and Kelley Walker, for instance, both exhibited in the That’s the way we do it group exhibition at the Kunsthaus Bregenz in 2011, but it would never have entered their heads to ex- hibit as a duo in the same show. The artists have always thought of Guyton\Walker as a separate artist, not as a side project, and as such has different gallery representation from either Guyton or Walker.

Surprising at first perhaps, a convincing logic nevertheless underlies this separation. For it simultaneously displays, underpins, and calls into question the concept of authorship, the role of which is not to be underestimated in the work of Wade Guyton and Kelley Walker. This is closely connected with topics such as authenticity and the duplica- tion of the autonomous artwork in the form of editions or other types of multiple production and distribution. What makes an artistic signature recognizable? How does a signature style come about? And how can the cult of genius often connected with such a style be avoided without au- tomatically introducing the idea of the death of the author?

On the face of it, in relation to the works of Wade Guyton and Kelley Walker, these questions are vexing, for the so- called artist’s individual hand is often modified in their works through the use of the computer. By means of un- conventional production techniques, however, the two artists develop highly individual pictorial languages that com- bine allusions to commerce and advertising culture with liberal quotations from Modernist art—particularly pop art in this case—and which alternate between analog and digit- al media.

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Both Wade Guyton and Kelley Walker make use of found signs and images, which they transfer to canvas or wood panels as ink-jet or screen prints or transform into sculp- tures and installations. Here too, in Guyton\Walker, we find motifs from high and low culture. Like Wade Guyton and Kelley Walker, Guyton\Walker work with different spatial levels and divergent references. But from this the duo often develops paintings, objects, and installations that play with an impression of provisionality, chaos, the unfinished. Images and forms migrate and mutate. A painting may become a can, a sheet of printed drywall or a table. And the table may become a mattress or even a painting again.

Three parallel solo exhibitions have been developed for the Kunsthaus Bregenz, presenting to a broad public a se- lection of Wade Guyton’s well-known X and stripe pictures, as well as Kelley Walker’s now legendary brick paintings and Rorschach works. All three artists will also be develop- ing new works for the presentation.

The presentation will avoid strict segregation of the three producers in favor of an interplay designed to bring out their similarities and differences. This may of course also involve concentrating on certain groups of works or on one particular artist on a particular floor. The dynamic relation between concept and visuality is the common thread running through the entire exhibition. Above all, though, this deliberately fiery show values dialogue—not just between the three artists, but also with the public, whom it seduces in a way that is both intellectually and aesthetically enter- taining.

Text: Yilmaz Dziewior

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KUB Billboards Wade Guyton, Guyton\Walker, Kelley Walker 15 | 04 – 30 | 06 | 2013 Seestraße Bregenz

For the KUB Billboards Guyton\Walker chose two works each by Wade Guyton, Guyton\Walker, and Kelley Walker from the Kunsthaus Bregenz exhibition. A pattern by Guyton\Walker serves as foreground and common thread running through all six billboards. Works by the artists have been printed behind it, sometimes rather cryptically, sometimes conspicuously. The result is an optical play of abstract patterns, foreground and background, advertising, recognizable objects and arrangements, individual authorship, and joint designs.

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KUB Publication Wade Guyton, Guyton\Walker, Kelley Walker

This publication accompanying the exhibition is the first to focus on the three separate artistic positions of Wade Guyton, Guyton\Walker, and Kelley Walker jointly. The presentation enables the simultaneous examination and consideration of not just the individual positions of each artist, but also that of the artistic duo, founded in 2004.

Individual authorship, along with artistic techniques and pictorial languages the duo share in common, are the sub- jects of Sam Pulitzer’s knowledgeable contribution on Wade Guyton, Quinn Latimer’s essay on Kelley Walker, as well as Jack Bankowsky’s text, introducing and locating Guyton\Walker in art historical terms. Yilmaz Dziewior’s introductory essay lays out the thinking behind the exhibition’s distinctive concept. Photographs of the installation at Kunsthaus Bregenz as well as a carefully compiled appen- dix provide a comprehensive documentation of each of the three artistic positions.

Wade Guyton, Guyton\Walker, Kelley Walker Edited by Yilmaz Dziewior Design by Kloepfer-Ramsey, New York Essays by Jack Bankowsky, Yilmaz Dziewior, Quinn Latimer, and Sam Pulitzer|Basko Blagojevic German|English Approx. 212 pages 24 x 30 cm Hardcover Due out: April 2013 44.– EUR

KUB Online-Shop www.kunsthaus-bregenz.at

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KUB Artist’s Edition Guyton\Walker

Exclusive special editions for the Kunsthaus Bregenz are a result of close collaboration with artists and their production processes.

In their collaborative work Guyton\Walker make use of mechanical reproduction technologies to avail themselves of the entire fund of pictures available to our society— including motifs from Wade Guyton’s and Kelley Walker’s independent practices.

For their exclusive sculptural edition for the Kunsthaus Bregenz they designed 16 block-like wooden objects com- pletely covered in a printed laminate which can be traced back to a small model of a tabletop sample without legs they produced as a dummy for the show. Limes, chess- board and coarse-pixel zebra patterns intersect and blend with each other in this artist duo’s characteristic pictorial language.

Guyton\Walker Color-printed laminate on wood 60.2 x 40.2 x 10.8 cm Limited edition of 16 + 2 A.P., each copy with numbered and signed certificate: 6,000.– EUR Including 10% sales tax; packaging and shipping charges extra

Please contact Caroline Schneider [email protected] Phone +43-5574-485 94-444

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Biographies Wade Guyton and Kelley Walker

Wade Guyton Wade Guyton was born in 1972 in Hammond, Indiana. He lives and works in New York.

His work was the subject of important solo exhibitions at Artists Space, New York (2003), Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg (2005), Portikus, Frankfurt am Main (2008), Museum Ludwig, Cologne (2010), Secession, Vienna (2011), and in fall 2012 there was a survey of his art at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.

Recently Wade Guyton’s work has been included in group exhibitions at the Centre Pompidou, Paris (Fruits de la Passion, Project for contemporary art), Pinakothek der Mo- derne, Munich (Kunst), Kunsthaus Bregenz (That’s The Way We Do It, 2011 ), and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Kelley Walker Kelley Walker was born in 1969 in Columbus, Georgia. He lives and works in New York.

In 2007, his work was the subject of a solo exhibition at Le Magasin – Centre National d’Art Contemporain in Grenoble, France, which traveled to WIELS – Centre d’art contemporain in Brussels, Belgium. Recently, his work has been included in exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (Print/Out), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Regarding Warhol), Martin-Groupius-Bau, Berlin (ARTandPRESS), MCA Chicago (Phantom Limb), and Kunsthaus Bregenz (That's The Way We Do It).

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Works in the exhibition

First floor

Wade Guyton Untitled, 2011 Epson UltraChrome inkjet on linen 213.4 x 175.3 cm Private collection

Wade Guyton Untitled, 2012 Epson UltraChrome inkjet on linen 213.4 x 175.3 cm Private collection

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Wade Guyton Untitled, 2011 Epson UltraChrome inkjet on linen 213.4 x 175.3 cm Private collection

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Wade Guyton Untitled, 2011 Epson UltraChrome inkjet on linen 213.4 x 175.3 cm Private collection

Wade Guyton Untitled, 2008 Epson UltraChrome inkjet on linen 213.4 x 175.3 cm Private collection

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Kelley Walker I see a fast change; a snap decision, 2006 Mirrored acrylic Four panels Overall dimensions 239 x 264.4 cm Sammlung Goetz

Wade Guyton Untitled, 2013 Epson UltraChrome K3 inkjet on linen 325 x 275 x 5 cm Private collection Courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris

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Kelley Walker Pioneer PL-518 Series, 2009 Four-colour process silkscreen with acrylic ink on MDF Composed of a set of 10 panels Each 57.8 x 83.8 x 6 cm Overall dimensions variable The Sander Collection

Wade Guyton Untitled, 2008 Epson UltraChrome inkjet on linen 213.4 x 175.3 cm Private collection

Wade Guyton Untitled, 2009 Epson UltraChrome inkjet on linen 213.4 x 175.3 cm Private collection

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Wade Guyton Untitled, 2011 Epson UltraChrome inkjet on linen 213.4 x 175.3 cm Private collection

Wade Guyton Untitled, 2008 Epson UltraChrome inkjet on linen 213.4 x 175.3 cm Private collection

Guyton\Walker 6. Zebra_Desat-Table, 2012 Table All surfaces printed laminate Panel specifications: panel thickness 108 mm, core 80 mm PU with wooden frame, 6 mm veneered chipboard, 8 mm MDF, legs with solid core and 8 mm MDF, leg cross-section 100 mm Weight: approx. 100 kg 238.8 x 116.8 x 76.2 cm Fabricated by Bereuter carpentry workshop Laminates by kind support of FunderMax Courtesy of the Artists, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York and Air de Paris, Paris

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Guyton\Walker 1. Queenzebra_Red_Mattress, 2013 2. Queenzebra_ Desat_Mattress, 2013 2 Mattresses Dye sublimation print Each 140 x 200 x 25 cm Courtesy of the Artists, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York and Air de Paris, Paris

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Second floor

Kelley Walker Untitled, 2011-2012 Pantone and four-color process silkscreen with acrylic ink on MDF Composed of a suite of 195 panels 166 panels: 40.64 x 40.64 cm; 29 panels: 60.96 x 60.96 cm Overall dimensions variable Courtesy of Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels

Guyton\Walker Untitled, 2013 Drywall printed 1500 x 375 cm Courtesy of the Artists and Greene Naftali Gallery, New York

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Wade Guyton Untitled, 2006 Epson UltraChrome inkjet on linen 216.5 x 175.3 cm Private collection

Wade Guyton Untitled, 2008 Epson UltraChrome inkjet on linen 213.4 x 175.3 cm Private collection

Kelley Walker Andy Warhol Doesn’t Play Second Base For The Chicago Cubs, 2010 Four-color process silkscreen with acrylic ink on MDF Composed of a suite of 39 panels Each 45 x 32.8 cm Overall dimensions variable Courtesy of Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York

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Kelley Walker Untitled, 2012 Four-color process silkscreen with acrylic ink on canvas; The New Yorker, August 1, 1959 243.8 x 11.4 cm Private collection

Kelley Walker Untitled, 2011 Four-color process silkscreen with acrylic ink on canvas; Domus, April 1972 256.5 x 182.9 cm Private collection Courtesy of Paula Cooper Gallery, New York

Kelley Walker Untitled, 2009 Four-color process silkscreen with acrylic ink on canvas; The New Yorker, June 25, 2007 243 x 7.6 x 6.3 cm Courtesy of Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

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Kelley Walker Untitled, 2009 Four-color process silkscreen with acrylic ink on canvas; Deutsche Vogue, October 2009 243.8 x 365.7 cm The Sander Collection

Kelley Walker Untitled, 2010 Four-color process silkscreen with acrylic ink on canvas; Progressive Architecture, September 1976 243.8 x 35.5 cm Private collection Courtesy of Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

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Kelley Walker Untitled, 2012 Four-color process silkscreen with acrylic ink on canvas; Domus, March 2012 243.8 x 17.8 cm Courtesy of Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels

Kelley Walker Untitled, 2013 Four-color process silkscreen with acrylic ink on canvas; Domus, October 2012 254 x 147.3 cm Private collection

Kelley Walker Untitled, 2013 Four-color process silkscreen with acrylic ink on canvas; Domus, December 2012 254 x 147.3 cm Collection of Paul Marciano

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Third floor

Guyton\Walker 1. Canstripe_Green_Table, 2012 2. Canstripe_Greenredblueyellow_Table, 2012 3. Canstripe_Iceberg_Table, 2012 4. Canstripe_Easter_Table, 2012 5. Canstripe_Appleorchard_Table, 2012 6. Zebra_Desat_Table, 2012 7. Banana_Alps_Table, 2012 8. Stripe_Venice_Paris_Abstractcanvas80_Table, 2012 9. Stripe_Turtle_22_Table, 2012 10. Limes_Zebra_Stripe_Table, 2012 11. Halfzebra_Red_Table, 2012 12. Zebra_Orangelime_Table, 2012 12 tables All surfaces printed laminate Panel specifications: panel thickness 108 mm, core 80 mm PU with wooden frame, 6 mm veneered chipboard, 8 mm MDF Legs with solid core and 8 mm MDF, leg cross-section 100 mm Weight: approx. 100 kg 238.8 x 116.8 x 76.2 cm Fabricated by Bereuter carpentry workshop Laminates by kind support of FunderMax Courtesy of the Artists, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York and Air de Paris, Paris

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Guyton\Walker 3. Zebra_Orangelime_Mattress, 2013 4. Banana_Alps_Mattress, 2013 5. Limes_Zebra_Stripe_B_Mattress, 2013 6. Limes_Zebra_Stripe_Mattress, 2013 7. Stripe_Venice_Paris_Abstractcanvas80_Mattress, 2013 8. Stripe_Turtle_22_Mattress, 2013 9. Canstripe_Easter_Mattress, 2013 10. Canstripe_Greenredblueyellow_Mattress, 2013 11. Canstripe_Grape_Mattress, 2013 12. Canstripe_Mint_Mattress, 2013 13. Canstripe_Pumpkinspice_Mattress, 2013 14. Canstripe_Crancherry_Mattress, 2013 15. Canstripe_Pissgreen_Mattress, 2013 16. Redsunset_Mattress, 2013 17. Greensunrise_Mattress, 2013 18. Bluesunrise_Mattress, 2013 19. Chex_A_Mattress, 2013 20. Canabstract_Red_Mattress, 2013 21. Canabstract_Bluegreen_Mattress, 2013 22. Canstripe_Cranlime_Mattress, 2013 23. Zebra_Bloodorange_Mattress, 2013 24. Orangestripe_Bluebanna_Mattress, 2013 25. Queenbitch_Mattress, 2013 26. Knifekillszebrakillsknife_Mattress, 2013 27. Pfänder_Abstractcanvas80_Mattress, 2013 28. Japaneseknife_Mattress, 2013 29. Burneddirt_Blue_Mattress, 2013 27 Mattresses Dye sublimation print Each 140 x 200 x 25 cm Courtesy of the Artists, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York and Air de Paris, Paris

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Wade Guyton Untitled, 2012 Epson UltraChrome K3 inkjet on linen 275 x 900 cm Private collection Courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

Kelley Walker Untitled, 2008 Four-color process silkscreen on canvas; The New York Times, October 19, 2008 335.3 x 243.8 cm Sammlung Goetz

Kelley Walker Black Star Press, 2008 Four-color process silkscreen on canvas 264.2 x 210.8 cm Sammlung Titze

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Partner and Sponsors Kunsthaus Bregenz would like to thank its partners for their generous financial support and the cultural commitment that goes along with it.

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