Queer Thoughts
373 Broadway, #C9
New York, NY 10013
Queer Thoughts presents Heretic,
an exhibition of new works by Chloe Seibert.
In the video a car is driving and the headlights illuminate the only area of
the scene where we can see something. In one of the clips a voice says, “I
don’t know what this is” and we see Chloe in the area where the light is, and
she’s holding something.
In the video, Chloe keeps running at whoever is filming and then they always
put the car in reverse.
In 2013, Chloe made a functional sculpture of a six foot tall standing
guillotine that was built to chop homemade eclairs in half. Most of the
artist’s efforts were spent perfecting the airiness of her choux pastry and the
lightness of the crème pâtissière. The guillotine did work though, and it later
hit me hard on the head when we were joking around with it (the blade luckily
had been removed).
A similar sculpture of a garage door is featured in this exhibition. It is
similar in that it is an object that operates functionally, periodically
rolling up and down, although in this work, the utility of the action performed
reveals no immediate value or use. The door itself is transparent, concealing
nothing, and only partially separates the space. Like commedia masks, the door is a roughly hewn
caricature of a common form, whose slavishness and willful self-debasement
illuminate its only chance under the stars for happiness.
...
A recent message sent by the artist:
i=have=been=feeling=so=depressed=and=angry=and=frightened=and=exhausted
=and=it's=so=funny=how=you=have=those=moments=of=clarity=during=dark=times
=where=a=lightbulb=just=flicks=on.
i=know=it's=kind=of=weird=to=email=you=but=i=just=had=to=tell=you.
the=prospect=of=you=being=in=my=life=more=is=the=most=exciting=thing
[…]
my=phone=is=broken=otherwise=i=would=text=you.=
my=space=bar=is=also=broken,=hence=the=equals=sign.
Chloe Seibert is a living and working artist. Recent exhibitions include Night
Gallery, Los Angeles; Atlanta Contemporary,
Atlanta; Balice Hertling, Paris; COOPER COLE, Toronto; and Efrain Lopez, Chicago
Chloe Seibert – Heretic
11.12.16
– 12.17.16