The Stolbun Collection presents “March 8th 2022”, likely the only exhibition at Ferndale–Seth Stolbun’s rental home, as captured by his iPhone
Gretchen Bender, TV Text Image (NARCOTICS OF SURREALISM), 1986, exhibited as: Amazon Alexa echo show, vinyl lettering. Photo: Seth Stolbun
The exhibition showcases a selection of works from The Stolbun Collection and the images below represent a selection of works at Ferndale.
“Today is March 8th 2022. Exactly two years ago I left my Lower East Side New York apartment and headed to La Guardia to fly back to my hometown of Houston. Recovering from the crazy Armory week that had just ended, I had a casual Sunday afternoon meeting with a few friends to discuss how we wanted to shape our art and technology based reading group over the coming months. I thought I would be back in the city in a couple of weeks. However, as you now expect to hear, I never returned. All my art and possessions were packed for me in the late summer and sent down to my hometown of Houston, where I have been for much of the ongoing pandemic.
I have just moved into a new rental home in Houston that I’m calling Ferndale. I’m here waiting for construction to begin on my new house. Like many of us, I’ve moved a lot during the pandemic, trying to find the safest and best life / work from home conditions / balance. Hopefully this is the last move before my home is completed (fingers crossed).
While we all look forward to the future and hope that the worst of the pandemic is behind us, it is important to find meaning and joy in the present. My housekeeper has just finished cleaning my home and nearly all the art has been installed. Knowing this is all temporary, I have taken a less precious and precise approach to displaying artworks, finding playful makeshift ways to display and store the work.”
Artist made chairs from In Conversation: William Powhida and Ben Davis, 2035, 2017 Digital video: color, sound: projected 11 min 38 sec Produced for William Powhida: After the Contemporary, The Aldrich; Lex Brown, Beyond Red, 2021, Archival silkscreen on Saunders paper. Photo: Seth Stolbun
Ultraviolet Production House, kitchen moholy Light Space Modulator, 2016, teaching your kids about the photographic representation with available materials at home in comfort, Mixed Media (to be assembled by the owner) with kitchen tools and toaster. Photo: Seth Stolbun
Eva and Franco Mattes, Trolling, 2017, Toothbrush holder, soap dispenser, laptop sleeve, leggings; Boyang Hou, Practice Makes Perfect, 2016, Enamel, gesso on canvas and powder-coated steel; Brendan Fowler, Robert, 2016, Polyester and rayon on canvas, walnut frame; Danh Vo Untitled (Handwritten Letter Jan 20.1861), 2009/2016, Handwritten letter by Phung Vo on paper; Al Freeman Jr. Soft Rolex, 2021, Vinyl and polyfill. Photo: Seth Stolbun
Ultraviolet Production House, This Paintstaking 2,000 Piece Wifi Password Jigsaw Puzzle Will Likely Keep Your AirBNB Guests Busy Long Enough to Avoid Stealing Your Possessions, 2017, Framed uv print on premium composition board puzzle; Brad Troemel, Val Kilmer ‘Spray Painting’, 2014 (Spray paint on steel sheet) + (25) Cryptovest 1LTC coins, 2015, Vacuum seal on reinforced panel with aluminium frame (in shipping wrap). Photo: Seth Stolbun
David Leggett, Hold my beer., 2017, Acrylic, felt, and collage on canvas; Al Freeman Jr. Comparison (smurfs), 2020, collage on paper; William Powhida, Grevsky Art Fair Booth, 2019 (Historic Recreation), 2017, Grevsky LLC incorporated by Seth Stolbun; artistic production directed by creative consultant William Powhida; works produced “for hire” by six anonymous artists; furniture design and fabrication: John Powers Gallerist: Cori Stolbun (Partial). Photo: Seth Stolbun
