Robert Bordo, Sam Anderson, Michel Auder
Robert Bordo, Sam Anderson, with Michel Auder
28 Apr – 18 Jun 2016
Bortolami

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Robert Bordo, Sam Anderson, and Michel Auder, Robert Bordo, Sam Anderson with Michel Auder, Installation view, Bortolami Gallery, New York, NY, 2016

While the artists share geographic and spatial proximity, the connections between the artworks in the exhibition appear slowly. There is, however, an associative schema that surfaces. Lacking narrative, one is forced to reckon with each work’s strange familiarity; their moods and tones, their positioning in the space, their materiality, their unease. By putting individual elements in close proximity to one another—without a specific reason or thesis, associations between works inevitably arise. Bordo and Anderson, along with Auder, allow and provoke, perhaps unwittingly, the inevitable recollection of shared, generic memories.

Works

Installation view of displayed artwork titled back to front

back to front, 2015

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Denim #1

Denim #1, 1996

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Eyai Crouching

Eyai Crouching, 2016

Installation view of displayed artwork titled The know-it-all

The know-it-all, 2015

Installation view of displayed artwork titled No Picnic

No Picnic, 2015

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Relaxed Athlete

Relaxed Athlete, 2016

Installation view of displayed artwork titled skinny jeans

skinny jeans, 2016

Installation view of displayed artwork titled City

City, 2016

Installation view of displayed artwork titled Country

Country, 2016

Installation view of displayed artwork titled skinny jeans #2

skinny jeans #2, 2016

Press

Scott Indrisek Jeans, Glasses, Faces, Asses: A Conversation with Robert Bordo Blouin Artinfo Jun 2016