HOW THINGS STAND
new works by JANINE BIUNNO
MAY 20-21, 2012
Opening Reception: Sunday, May 20, 4-8pm
Open Hours: Monday, May 21, noon-4pm
ACRE Projects
1913 W 17th Street, Chicago 60608
HOW THINGS STAND
Janine Biunno's body of work exhibited in How Things Stand is
visually informed by the continual gathering of images, both via
photographing her daily commute across New York City and by
simultaneously searching the internet for existing imagery of the same
spaces. These reference images, equal parts original and digitally
sourced, investigate the relationship between representation
and interpretation in the built environment. As an artist Biunno is
primarily interested in the often overlooked in-between spaces and
physical boundaries of the structures that comprise cities. The work
presented here is a distillation of the dense visual information of
urban space. How Things Stand includes thirty
Constructivist-inspired paper cutouts and an accompanying take-away zine
of a selection of the reference materials, intended to provide context
to the minimalist works.
JANINE BIUNNO is
an interdisciplinary artist currently based in Brooklyn, NY. Her work
typically interprets the subjective view of the city dweller, addressing
how the architecture and infrastructure found in the cities we inhabit
function as signifiers for location, identity and economy. Janine
earned her MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston /
Tufts University and BFA from Carnegie Mellon University. She currently
works for architect Steven Holl, as the Director of Publications.
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