K.R.M. Mooney: auxil
Past exhibition
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Altman Siegel is pleased to present K.R.M. Mooney’s second solo exhibition at the gallery, auxil. Short for auxilary, auxil are incorporations, both musical and technical, to provide support and extend the perceived limits of the body. Contextualized in part by internal drives and currents of flow, be that of air or metal, Mooney charges the interpersonal realm as breath and atmosphere are exerted.
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In conjunction with the exhibition, Mooney will stage a performance of Terry Riley’s 1964 minimalist composition In C at the gallery on Friday, July 14, 2023 at 3:00 pm. Focused on wind and breath activated instruments, this re-performance, coupled with the sculptures on view, will explore the often improvised and performative nature of exchange.
Recalling sound and substance, the sculptures in this exhibition heighten their participation in aural space. Channel in C, produced using a single chime, is derived from objects that hold the capacity to emit, to have a voice and to participate in public life. Referring to Riley’s In C, they vibrate to produce a sound when struck, illuminating the manufacture of sound.
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Drawing inspiration from Lorenz Aggermann, who writes the “outside world becomes, thanks to breathing, nutrition, smell, and taste, very directly the inner world,” and this way a “multidimensional time-space,” Mooney’s small-scale sculptures create intimacy through the interactions they invite. Sharing contours of instruments to shape a sphere of action, electroplated objects from Mooney’s Partials series are displayed and mounted on the wall just below standard height, serving as a reminder of the objects’ origin as the mouthpieces of various wind instruments. Referring to the specific region of the lips, teeth, and mouth, the Partials series explores these sites as a physical threshold of corporeality, intimacy, and nurturance.
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In C, Terry Riley
Performed on the occasion of K.R.M. Mooney, auxil
July 14, 2023, 3:00 PMKersti Abrams, saxophone
Michael Cooke, flute
David Falacko, guitar
Matt Ingalls, clarinet
Michelle Lee, flute
Elizabeth Schenck, saxophone -
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Press
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Mooney’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Progetto, Lecce, Italy; Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, NY; David Dale Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland; Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; the Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA; Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany and Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin, Germany. Group exhibitions include Juf, Madrid, Spain; lumber room, Portland, OR; Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, NY; Braunsfelder, Cologne, Germany; i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland; Bureau, New York, NY; Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; Stadtgalerie, Bern, Switzerland; SculptureCenter, New York, NY and KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany.
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