VANESSA CONTE Up to Your NeckFebruary 1 - March 30, 2019
– Press release –
Features/Reviews:Moritz Scheper: Let’s Get Physical, Mousse Magazine, No. 67, Spring 2019:202-215Vanessa Conte at Ginerva Gambino, ArtViewer.com, March 3, 2019Nelly Gawellek: Ausstellungen: Vanessa Conte, Stadtrevue, 03-19:76.
VANESSA CONTEUp to Your NeckInstallation view
VANESSA CONTEThe Fool, 2019Acrylic on panel35,56 × 27,94 cm (14 × 11 inches)
VANESSA CONTETarget, 2018Graphite on paper60,96 × 45,72 cm (24 × 18 inches)66,4 × 51,1 cm (26 1/8 × 20 1/8 inches), framed
VANESSA CONTERebellion Fail, 2018Graphite on paper60,96 × 45,72 cm (24 × 18 inches)66,4 × 51,1 cm (26 1/8 × 20 1/8 inches), framed
VANESSA CONTEThe Guru, 2018Graphite on paper60,96 × 45,72 cm (24 × 18 inches)66,4 × 51,1 cm (26 1/8 × 20 1/8 inches), framed
VANESSA CONTEGrounded, 2018Graphite on paper60,96 × 45,72 cm (24 × 18 inches)66,4 × 51,1 cm (26 1/8 × 20 1/8 inches), framed
VANESSA CONTEFriday’s Trial, 2018Graphite on paper60,96 × 45,72 cm (24 × 18 inches)66,4 × 51,1 cm (26 1/8 × 20 1/8 inches), framed
VANESSA CONTETardiness, 2018Graphite on paper60,96 × 45,72 cm (24 × 18 inches)66,4 × 51,1 cm (26 1/8 × 20 1/8 inches), framed
VANESSA CONTEMother, 2019Acrylic on panel35,56 × 27,94 cm (14 × 11 inches)
VANESSA CONTEBottomed, 2019Acrylic on panel35,56 × 27,94 cm (14 × 11 inches)
Following her participation in “The Yellow Wallpaper” (2017) and our solo presentation at Frieze London last fall, “Up to Your Neck” will be Vanessa Conte’s first solo show at the gallery.
Vanessa Conte (b. 1977 in Yonkers, New York) lives and works in Glendale, California. She holds an MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an MA in Linguistics from Cal State University in Long Beach. Conte‘s work has been shown at JB Jurve, Los Angeles; Hester Gallery, New York; Various Small Fires, Los Angeles; Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York; Night Gallery, Los Angeles; Commonwealth & Council, Los Angeles; Delmes & Zander, Cologne et.al.
Conte published several short stories of corporal punishment fiction using pseudonyms, before re- leasing “Cures for Pouting Girls” (New York, 2016), under her own name. In the fall of last year she published “Heavy Penalties” with Random Man Editions (New York), which consists of a selection of her latest graphite drawings. Both publications are available through the gallery.
