Jenni Crain Moments Spared
February 5 - February 26, 2022
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Press Release
JENNI CRAIN
Moments Spared
February 5 - 26, 2022
Kerry Schuss Gallery and Gordon Robichaux are pleased to present Moments Spared, an exhibition of recent work by Jenni Crain on view at Kerry Schuss Gallery from February 5th to 26th, 2022. The installation is anchored by a new sculpture presented on a pedestal—a rectangular object made of walnut, with a series of slump glass discs slotted through the form—that Crain created specifically for the gallery’s large, street-facing window at 73 Leonard Street. The exhibition, its title, and the sculpture were conceived by the artist for Schuss’s space before her sudden passing in December 2021. Considered in this context, Crain’s title—Moments Spared—suggests a pause and reflection on the persistence of memory.
Inside the gallery, two of Crain’s related drawings and a printed bandana will hang on the wall. First published as a multiple by Gordon Robichaux and Post Present Medium in 2020, the brown cotton bandana features a white silkscreen of one of the drawings on view, which was created for the edition. The bandana will be reissued in Crain’s memory and will be available to order, with proceeds supporting the Jenni Crain Foundation.
Jenni Crain (1991-2021) was an artist and curator who lived and worked in New York. Her estate is represented by Gordon Robichaux gallery. Crain’s forthcoming solo exhibition at Gordon Robichaux, with work conceived by the artist before her passing, will be presented in June 2022.
Crain received her BFA in Sculpture from Pratt Institute in 2013, and her master’s degree in Curatorial Studies at CCS Bard in 2021. In 2012, she completed an exchange program at Central Saint Martins in London. Crain was the director of kaufmann repetto in New York from 2016 to 2019 and in 2021 became a director at Miguel Abreu Gallery. She co-founded and co-directed Topless, a seasonal gallery based in Rockaway Beach, NY, from summer 2014 to 2016. Crain is the founder and organizer of O.O. & M.M. (Only Once & Many More), an ongoing curatorial project that encourages adaptability and deviation from standardized models of exhibition making.
As an artist, Crain’s work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions at Pumice Raft, Toronto (2021); La MaMa Galleria, New York (2021); Parker Gallery, Los Angeles (2020); OCTAGON, Milan (2019); Gordon Robichaux, New York (2019, two-person with Miles Huston, 2018); Baba Yaga, Hudson, NY (2018); 321 Gallery, Brooklyn (2017); KANSAS, New York (2016); Y Gallery, New York (2015); and Artist Curated Projects, Los Angeles (2014); among others. Her art and curatorial projects have been featured in the New York Times, Artforum, and New York Magazine, among others.
Recently curated exhibitions include Synonyms for Sorrow at Charim Schleifmühlgasse, Vienna (2021); Kate Millett: Terminal Piece at the Hessel Museum of Art, CCS Bard, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY (2021); Tee A. Corinne: Selections from the Lesbian Herstory Archives at Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis (2020); Tee Corinne: Bodies of Work at MBnb, New York (2019); March Avery at Barnard College, New York (2019); as well as exhibitions at Kim? Contemporary Art Center, Riga; SORT, Vienna; 55 Walker (operated by Bortolami Gallery, Andrew Kreps Gallery, and kaufmann repetto), New York; Pratt Institute, Brooklyn; and Shanaynay, Paris; among others.
Crain has most recently contributed texts and essays to The Wattis Institute Library (2020); F Magazine (2020); Aperture PhotoBook Review (2019); and Blum & Poe, New York (March Avery exhibition, 2019). In 2022, the Tee A. Corinne: Selections from the Lesbian Herstory Archives exhibition catalogue will be published by Midway Contemporary Art and a forthcoming text on Kate Millett will be published by the 58th Carnegie International.
Crain has recently led lectures and discussions at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, where she was Curatorial Fellow in 2020; Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD); Bard College; Pratt Institute; and Westreich Wagner.
Her website includes a comprehensive list of her curatorial projects and exhibition history, as well as images and information documenting many of her artworks: www.jennicrain.com.
In the coming months, a memorial will be held to celebrate Crain’s life and work.
Press inquiries:
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