ELIZABETH TUBERGEN

2012-01-11T13:00:00.000-08:00

2011-12-30T08:34:00.000-08:00

Amy Revier
Elizabeth Tubergen

Doubt By Two

IPA Gallery/Islensk Grafik
31 December 2011 - 15 January 2012

Doubt By Two: Revier and Tubergen present work in sculpture, drawing, and photography in relation to their time spent living in Iceland (2009-2010). The works operate as a pause and a noting of their experiences through foreign landscape - exploring notions of isolation, memory, catastrophe, and dislocation.

Amy Revier is an artist living and working in London. Her sculptures, woven drawings, and collages often involve an apparatus or object for transport. Revier’s work references the body, ceremony, ritual, psychological states, and memory. She recently expanded her woven drawings into a collaborative project with New York-based artist Natalie Northrup. Together they founded Northrup Revier, a collection of handwoven and handmade garments. She was a Fulbright Fellow in Iceland from 2009-2010 and a Hunt Scholar from 2005-2009, where she received a BFA from Southern Methodist University. Revier recently had solo exhibition at The Reading Room, Dallas; group shows at Fort Worth Contemporary Arts; Champion Contemporary, Austin; And/Or Gallery, Dallas; and The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas.

Elizabeth Tubergen is a project-based artist living and working in Queens, New York. Her work takes the form of sculptures, videos and photographs, and centers around themes of memory, habit, paradox, dislocation, and identity. Her work has been shown at various international locations including John Hansard Gallery in Southampton and Monster Truck Gallery in Dublin. Tubergen’s recent solo shows in the U.S. include Threshold at Illuminated Metropolis Gallery in New York City, Supermoon at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, and Sister City at AVA in Chattanooga, TN. Tubergen is the recipient of a Jacob K. Javits Fellowship, as well as fellowships from the Mustard Seed Foundation, the J. William Fulbright Foundation, the American-Scandinavian Foundation, the MacDowell Colony, and Ox-bow school of art. She is presently completing her MFA at Hunter College in New York City.

Opening Reception Saturday 7 January 17:00 - 19:00
Gallery open Thursdays - Sundays 13 :00 - 18:00
Also by appointment (email arevier@balista.com)
IPA Gallery/Islensk Grafik, TRYGGVAGOTU 17, HAFNARMEGIN, 101 REYKJAVIK
PHONE +354 552 2866

This exhibit is generously funded by the U.S. Embassy in Iceland.

2011-12-30T08:23:00.000-08:00

WALLS:
35mm color photographs

Threshold

2011-09-21T07:03:00.000-07:00

Visit Threshold at Illuminated Metropolis Gallery through October 1st.

547 W. 27th Street
(between 10th and 11th ave)
5th floor, Suite 529
Friday 1-5, Saturday 12-6

2011-04-10T09:49:00.000-07:00

2011-04-07T06:46:00.000-07:00

Victoria + Kathleen in Egypt

2011-04-07T06:36:00.000-07:00

2011-04-06T15:37:00.001-07:00

MOON (the closest you've been in 18 years)

Funambulism

2011-03-24T07:50:00.000-07:00

You can see the brochure for the show with writing by curators Ciara O'Hara and Anne Hendrick here.

2011-01-04T16:01:00.000-08:00

TRACE

Private View - Saturday 8th January 4 – 6pm
Exhibition - 8 January -19 February 2011
John Hansard Gallery Project Space

University of Southampton, England

Elizabeth Tubergen – Exposure

Trace is an exploration into the removal and recording of geographical forms from their original, fixed context. The study of the landscape treads the line between representation and abstraction, to extract and reinterpret a given space; to re-contextualise segments of the landscape by calling attention to a space that is permeable, and that is associated with a sense of fragmentation.

The exhibition is an attempt to question elements of space, scale, and occurrence of light. The artists are exploring the limits of removing, capturing and pushing the rudiments of the ever-changing landscape through their own semiotic systems, making observations outside of the gallery space and re-contextualising them within.

Artists: Eloise Rose, Joel Papps, Elizabeth Tubergen, Oliver Gardiner and Frank Pudney

Curated by Laura Hensser

2010-12-20T20:06:00.000-08:00

Attached. Digital photographs.

2010-12-20T19:38:00.000-08:00

Post video shoot. Video to come...

Exposure

2010-12-20T19:06:00.000-08:00

2.25" x 2.25" contact prints made each day over the last year, 280 of them pictured in this installation on wood shelves. Installation of photographs about 70' in length total. Look here to see how the photo were made : http://elizabethtubergen.blogspot.com/2009/12/exposure.html

2010-12-20T10:42:00.000-08:00

Image made by placing a photo transparency on a piece of construction paper facing the sun for several months. This image is 5" x 5".

2010-12-07T13:20:00.000-08:00

Aluminum, 8' from end to end. Collaboration with Amy Revier.

2010-12-07T13:10:00.000-08:00

Drawings on construction paper. 18" x 24" each

2010-12-07T13:07:00.000-08:00

2010-12-07T13:03:00.000-08:00

Untitled Events: Guðmundsson Re-situated. Photographs by Eva Funk, framed for a show in Bronxville, NY.

2010-11-11T07:11:00.000-08:00

New Dress. Muslin, buttons, thread.

2010-05-23T13:25:00.000-07:00

Untitled Events: Guðmundsson Re-situated
Collaboration with Eva Funk.

Drawing a disappearing line

2010-05-05T04:09:00.000-07:00

(getting out of the work)

2010-04-30T04:22:00.000-07:00

Eruption Interruption
Drawings with ink and water color on paper dyed with sumi ink by Kathleen Adams.

2010-04-30T04:05:00.000-07:00

Pintucks:

Aaron Aaran Aran

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Pieter Peter

2010-04-14T09:15:00.000-07:00

2010-03-15T14:05:00.000-07:00

denial in threes
or drawing a disappearing line
or getting out of the work

A series of video drawings in progress. The drawing was recorded on 8mm film and digital video simultaneously. Stills from digital video shot in New York City:

Thanks to Luke Herron for tending to the camera.

2010-03-15T13:44:00.000-07:00

Stills from digital video shot on the Walnut street bridge in Chattanooga, TN:

Thanks to Kathleen Adams for tending to the camera.

Sister City images

2010-03-15T10:26:00.000-07:00

See Sister City in person at AVA in Chattanooga March 5th - April 16th. Images of individual pieces can be seen below.

2010-03-15T10:20:00.000-07:00

Untitled (Fetter #1)

Icelandic wool fabric, inherited buttons, chair built by Great-Grandpa Niedham, Petoskey rocks.

2010

2010-03-15T10:18:00.001-07:00

Untitled Events: Guðmundsson Re-situated

Black and white medium format photographs by Eva Funk. 10.5" x 10.5" prints in 22" x 28" frames with spacers.

2009

2010-03-15T10:15:00.001-07:00

Untitled (drawings of plants in the wind)

More images of drawings in this series here.

Pink paper, pencil, box, clip, and pins. In 8" x 10" boxes.

2009

2010-03-15T10:13:00.001-07:00

Perpetual Twilight

Digital prints mounted on plywood. Photos taken every fifteen minutes out the window of an airplane on route from Keflavik to New York on the longest night of the year. The airplane left the ground at 5:30 pm, Keflavik time, and landed at 6 pm, New York time. We flew south and west for 5 1/2 hours, chasing the sun, creating a twilight that lasted the duration of the flight. The light on the wing is a reflection of the moon.

2009

2010-03-15T10:11:00.000-07:00

Wash-Up at Lake Missaukee

Digital Video, frosted glass, cable, runtime 16 minutes, looping.

2008

2010-03-15T10:08:00.000-07:00

In Pursuit of Rest

A copy of Logan Pearsall Smith’s The Unforgotten Years with every word removed, altered music stand.

2006

2010-03-15T09:58:00.000-07:00

Untitled (chandelier)

Paraffin, wicks, rope

2010

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Push

Photo documentation of a daily event, cookie sheet, magnetic clip, chalkboard paint and chalk.

2007-2010

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Some Sycamore

Poplar wood stilts. Shaker pencil posts, with foot designed after Great Grandma Voss' bed.

2008

2010-03-15T09:45:00.001-07:00

My Only You

Linen, cotton, thread, buttons, string, cherry hangers built by Paul Tubergen, designed by Elizabeth and Paul Tubergen.

2008

2010-03-15T09:40:00.001-07:00

Untitled

Garments designed after baptismal robes from the late 1800’s. Cotton, thread, found buttons, metal hangers, poplar garment rack with caster wheels built by Paul Tubergen, designed by Elizabeth and Paul Tubergen. Rack is 6' tall.

2010

2010-03-15T09:38:00.001-07:00

Untitled

Cherry pegboard, five pairs used ice skates, one pair of new ice skates.

2009

2010-03-15T09:36:00.001-07:00

Untitled (landscape drawings)

Plaster, paper, gouache, ink, salt.

2009

2010-03-15T09:32:00.000-07:00

Pennsylvania Preserved

Jars, zucchini, peppers, onions, beets, peaches, vinegar, brandy, sugar, bay leaves, cloves and canning spices.

2009

2010-03-15T09:30:00.001-07:00

Untitled (drawing: that/nothing/between/is/still/a/far/cry)

Paper, lamp, great-grandma’s mirror, cherry table built by Paul Tubergen.

2010

2010-03-15T09:27:00.000-07:00

Untitled

Functioning long-distance stethoscope. About 20 feet long. Conceptualized in collaboration with Caroline Woolard.

2008

Sister City Reception

2010-03-09T06:20:00.000-08:00

2010-02-25T05:36:00.001-08:00

Perpetual Dusk

2010-02-23T12:52:00.000-08:00

Documentation of an extended dusk created by air travel. The photos were taken every fifteen minutes out of an airplane traveling southwest from Iceland to New York. The plane left Keflavik just after 5 pm, flew for 5.5 hours, and landed in New York just before 6 pm. There is a five hour time difference between Iceland and New York.

2010-02-21T11:19:00.000-08:00

David Laprad wrote a very nice little article about my time in Iceland and my upcoming show at AVA in Chattanooga. Read it here.

Akureyri Studio

2010-02-11T17:33:00.000-08:00

2010-02-09T13:36:00.000-08:00

Mile and a Half

2010-02-09T10:38:00.000-08:00

A mile and a half of spun Icelandic wool. That's enough to draw a line between 25th Street and 50th Street in New York.

2010-02-01T04:57:00.000-08:00

January in Skagastrond, the sun at it's highest. That two story house was ours, me and Oliver lived in the red part, Di, Shannon and Elizabeth in the yellow part.

2010-02-01T04:39:00.000-08:00

Garments, made from muslin and found buttons. Designed after baptismal garments from the late 1800's.

2010-01-05T14:04:00.000-08:00

Spinning wheel, to go in plywood case.

Drawings

2010-01-04T14:12:00.000-08:00

Tiny drawings, about 2" x 2" each, with gouache, ink, salt and plaster on paper.

Drawings

2010-01-04T14:02:00.000-08:00

Drawings, about 2" x 2" each, with plaster, salt, and gouache on paper.

Drawings

2010-01-04T14:00:00.000-08:00

Drawings with salt, ink, and a carving knife on 2" x 2" cast plaster tiles. Three of many.

2010-01-04T13:52:00.000-08:00

Exposures made between Tuesday, November 17 and Saturday, December 19. See more info here: Exposure

2010-01-04T13:42:00.000-08:00

2010-01-04T13:39:00.000-08:00

Impossible winter windows in the Nes Freezer Gallery.

2009-12-24T12:04:00.000-08:00

Perpetual Twilight

Photos taken every fifteen minutes out the window of an airplane on route from Keflavik to New York on the longest night of the year. The airplane left the ground at 5:30 pm, Keflavik time, and landed at 6 pm, New York time. We flew south and west for 5 1/2 hours, chasing the sun, creating a twilight that lasted the duration of the flight. The light on the wing is a reflection of the moon.

Skagastrond, 3:00 pm

2009-12-18T17:17:00.000-08:00

2009-12-18T16:39:00.000-08:00

Spinning string from Icelandic wool on a shaker walking wheel made of maple, oak, cherry and poplar.

photos by Oliver Gardiner

2009-12-17T06:39:00.000-08:00

Untitled Event: Guðmundsson Re-situated. Collaboration with Eva Funk.

2009-12-14T14:01:00.000-08:00

Exposure

2009-12-13T09:15:00.000-08:00

Each day, I place a photo negative on a piece of photo paper and put in it inside a jar. I put the jar outside for 24 hours, creating a print on the paper, a record of each day's light.

If I made a properly exposed contact print of the negative, it would look like this:

But each day's print looks different, depending on the amount of light. Here are a few prints.

November 27, exposure in Reykjavik:

December 4, exposure in Skagaströnd:

December 8, exposure in Skagaströnd:

December 11, exposure in Skagaströnd:

December 12, exposure in Skagaströnd:

All together:

Skagastrond

2009-12-13T09:12:00.000-08:00

Our house + Northern Lights

Hundred foot shadow.

2009-12-12T12:49:00.000-08:00

Nes Open Studios, November:

Five pieces of paper, one with text, are layered and glued together, with blank sheets in front of and behind the sheet with text. They are placed in front of a mirror, and lit from the front, and from the front they are blank. But in the mirror reflection, a ghost of the text from the inside layer appears.

Moustache Gloves

2009-11-22T09:18:00.000-08:00

Moustache gloves modeled by me, Oliver, Shannon, and Diane. Photos by Shannon Sullivan and Oliver Gardiner.

2009-11-11T10:39:00.000-08:00

Some new drawings, all about 1" x 2"

Mobiles

2009-11-07T09:16:00.000-08:00

Cloud Mobiles from Elizabeth Tubergen on Vimeo.

Wool and wire. Isolation installation view, each mobile is about 6" long.

2009-10-26T14:35:00.001-07:00

Guðmundsson Re-situated. Collaboration with Eva Funk.

2009-10-26T14:33:00.000-07:00

Video stills from A Drop of the Sea for Every Day I Would have Loved You (7,113 drips for Thane and Julie)

Reykjavik Studio

2009-10-09T16:08:00.000-07:00

Green Pool

2009-10-09T16:07:00.001-07:00

Chandelier in progress

2009-10-09T16:04:00.000-07:00

Pennsylvania Preserved

2009-10-09T15:54:00.000-07:00

Twins

2009-10-09T15:51:00.000-07:00

spinning wheel in progress

2009-09-21T05:23:00.000-07:00

New Video Stills

2009-08-18T08:27:00.000-07:00

Clock

2009-08-17T11:18:00.000-07:00

Ring Road

2009-08-07T05:03:00.000-07:00

LOADS of photos. See here.

Some photos by Natalia:

And by me:

2009-06-25T17:26:00.000-07:00

Swing Idea.

2009-05-25T12:09:00.000-07:00

"Vast empty silent.
Kinds of light unlike any other.
Weather changing every ten minutes."

-Anne Carson on Iceland

Making preparations for a research
expedition around Iceland's Ring Road.

2009-04-22T21:16:00.000-07:00

2009-04-14T07:29:00.000-07:00

2009-03-29T21:23:00.001-07:00

2009-03-17T20:14:00.000-07:00

She Floats

2009-03-12T07:02:00.001-07:00

The Islands are coming April 4.

2009-02-24T08:22:00.000-08:00

Another egg race.

2009-02-23T19:13:00.000-08:00

Egg Race

2009-02-23T15:39:00.001-08:00

Smoke

2009-02-04T16:45:00.001-08:00

Untitled from Elizabeth Tubergen on Vimeo.

Untitled from Elizabeth Tubergen on Vimeo.

Untitled from Elizabeth Tubergen on Vimeo.

Public Book Space Providence

2009-02-01T09:26:00.000-08:00

Read about the project here.
Thanks to Jim at Hope Bindery for the lovely book.
Images by Luke Herron.

QMA opening + the illegal two bottle saloon

2009-01-27T22:50:00.000-08:00

See more here.
Images by Jacob Goble.

2009-01-15T13:50:00.000-08:00

Tubergen Video Trailer from Elizabeth Tubergen on Vimeo.

The Hardest Word

2009-01-15T10:52:00.001-08:00

Two knit socks, and I am knitting more for absent-minded layering. For right feet only.

Stilts

2009-01-15T10:13:00.000-08:00

Stilts in Progress

2009-01-04T09:23:00.000-08:00

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2008-12-21T16:52:00.000-08:00

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