wire and elastic cord early in his career, soon began Ayn Foundation using stretched yarn to make works that address what he called the “pedestrian space” of everyday life. They fundamentally alter the architectural character of the presents: Fred spaces they inhabit, the material’s simple presence allowing the spaces between the lines to acquire an Sandback: Sculpture unexpected visibility. Fred Sandback was born in Bronxville, New York, in 1943 and died in New York City in 2003. His first solo exhibitions were held at Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, and Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich, both in 1968, while the artist was still pursuing his MFA at the Yale School of Art and Architecture. Sandback’s work is on permanent display at Dia:Beacon, New York, and was the subject of a major survey organized in 2005 by the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, which toured to the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh and the Neue Galerie am Joanneum, Graz, in 2006. In 2011, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, dedicated its entire building to a solo exhibition of his work. In 2014, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland, hosted the first major retrospective of Sandback’s drawings, which subsequently traveled to Germany to the Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop and Museum Wiesbaden. In 2016, a major retrospective exhibition, Fred Sandback: Light, Space, Facts, was on view at Glenstone, Potomac, Maryland. Sandback’s work is represented in numerous public collections, including those of the Art Institute of Chicago; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt; Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich; and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. ABOUT AYN FOUNDATION Ayn Foundation was founded in 1993 and is dedicated to presenting comprehensive, large-scale installations Fred Sandback, Untitled (detail), 1982. Red acrylic yarn. by major international artists to the public. Other current projects include Andy Warhol’s The Last Supper and Maria Zerres’s September Eleven, located in Marfa, Opening: October 14, 1–7PM Texas. Past projects include the establishment of the Floor 3 Arnulf Rainer Museum in Chelsea, New York, from 1993–95, as well as projects by Joa Baldinger, John JERSEY CITY, NJ, September 25—On October 14, Chamberlin, and Dan Flavin. Mana Contemporary is delighted to present Fred Sandback: Sculpture. The exhibition comprises works ABOUT MANA CONTEMPORARY by American artist Fred Sandback dating from 1967– Founded in 2011, Mana Contemporary is dedicated 1982, including a series of early corner sculptures in to providing a platform for contemporary art and metal rod and elastic cord from 1969 and later acrylic artists through exhibitions, studio programs, and yarn works determined by their architectural surround- public programs. Mana’s community network began ings. Sandback was known for sculptures that outlined in New Jersey and has since expanded to include planes and volumes in space, and after using metal Mana Chicago and Mana Miami. Mana Contemporary continues to create new partnership opportunities that explore the intersection of contemporary art, design, new technologies, and music. For more information, visit manacontemporary.com. MEDIA CONTACT Alison Roberts [email protected] Mana Contemporary 888 Newark Ave. Jersey City, NJ 07306 FOLLOW US Instagram: @manacontemporary Twitter: @manacontemp Facebook: Mana Contemporary.