SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Unstuck in time: St. EOM, Pasaquan, Here, Now
Photos by Amy Pleasant
The Fuel and Lumber Company’s 2023 exhibition "Unstuck in Time: St. EOM, Pasaquan, Here, Now” showcased a diverse group of artists and artistic media. From painting to music and from sculpture to ceramics, the artists were carefully selected not only for their visual resonance with St. EOM's work but also for their shared vision, dedication to their craft, and belief in the power of art to transcend the present and open portals to new possibilities and worlds. The participating artists include Ryan Akers, David Onri Anderson, Merrilee Challiss, Julia Elsas, Erik Frydenborg, Leia Genis, Sonya Yong James, St. EOM, Robert Morgan, New Future City Radio (Damon Locks and Rob Mazurek), Sarah Peters, Sonic Mud (Julia Elsas, Kenny Wollesen, Kirk Knuffke, Madeleine Ventrice), and Sergio Suarez.
The exhibit was curated by The Fuel and Lumber Company (artists Amy Pleasant and Pete Schulte), who, with this exhibition, pay homage to the spirit of Pasaquan and St. EOM's profound artistic legacy. Sonic Mud performed at the Bo Bartlett Center in Columbus, GA and at Pasaquan in Buena Vista, GA during the September 2023 opening weekend.
MATERIAL / INHERITANCE
Photos by Sid Keiser
MATERIAL / INHERITANCE features the work of 30 former and current New Jewish Culture Fellows at The Jewish Museum, Maryland.
The exhibition featured work by Hadar Ahuvia, Jett Allen, Zoë Aqua, Liat Berdugo, Danielle Durchslag, Jay Eddy, Laura Elkeslassy, Julia Elsas, Dan Fishback, Fancy Feast, Ben Gassman, Ariel Goldberg, Shterna Goldbloom, Jake Goldwasser, Adam Golfer, Tom Haviv, Adah Hetko, Rosza Daniel Lang/Levitsky, Ellie Lobovits, Michael McCanne, Tyler Rai, Nora Rodriguez, Naomi Safran-Hon, Arielle Stein, Nat Sufrin, Tatyana Tenenbaum, Ira Khonen Temple, Katz Tepper, Daniel Terna, and Mariya Zilberman
The exhibition was curated by Leora Fridman, writer, educator, Curator-in-Residence at the Jewish Museum, Maryland and New Jewish Culture Fellow. Read an exhibition review in Hyperallergic.
CHIME CHOIR
Photos by Michael Yarinsky
Porcelain, wood, linen, 2020
Site Specific Installation at Cooler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Chime Choir was an installation of 1,250 microtonal porcelain chimes. Visitors were invited to interact with the installation and play the chimes with felt hand mallets provided, adding their own music to a continuous loop in the Cooler Gallery space. The sound loop was created by musicians Kenny Wollesen and William Shore and myself. We recorded the piece in February 2020 at Figure 8 studio with Michael Coleman.
I created Chime Choir to be an encompassing communal instrument that people could move in and out of and play freely, simultaneously alone and together over a span of time. My aim was to create an environment in which everyone may feel embraced and touched by the music of Chime Choir. Chime Choir grew out of my ongoing exploration of the sonic potential of sculpture. I consider my sculptures to be fully realized when they are being played. To this end, I have organized a series of unique one-of-a-kind performances, under the name SONIC MUD, which brings together my ceramic sculptures and musicians.