The New Normal
Group Exhibition
July 25 – August 28, 2020

The Olga Korper Gallery is pleased to present our Covid-19 Summer Group Exhibition, The New Normal, available for viewing in person by appointment or online July 25 – Aug 28, 2020.

We’ve all received the emails. Hundreds of opening lines containing some variation of ‘in this unprecedented time’. We emerge from our homes like the first cavemen, blinking into the sun, wary of mammoths, or the maskless, and dreaming of the ages of patio brunch. In this unprecedented time, how do we build a new normal? What will it look like on the other side of our isolation?

In this exhibition, we feature works from a number of our artists which focus on themes of fragmentation, separation, isolation, death, and renewal. Empty rooms are invaded by wild life, homes stand in quiet solitude, words are burned, shredded, and re-woven into new books. In each work you can meet the passing of time, sometimes infinitely slow as to be unnoticeable (as we all felt this spring) but emerging, as spring does, on the other side of growth. After all, this is the New Normal, and we hear it in every tick of the clock. It’s easy, having spent so much time in our caves, for life can feel like a bell without a tongue: muted, silenced. But any bell can ring…if you hit it hard enough.

Included Artworks

all things must past 2019
all things must past, 2019

all things must past, 2019

lois andison
sandblasted mirror, ed. of 2 36" x 24" photo: Michael Cullen
Birds-eye View 2020
Birds-eye View, 2020

Birds-eye View, 2020

Barbara Steinman
neon 10mm cobalt, acrylic box, ed. of 3 24.5” x 29.5” x 3.5”
Grimm #74 (blue) 2009
Grimm #74 (blue), 2009

Grimm #74 (blue), 2009

John Brown
oil on panel 24” x 24”
Red/Black/Triangle 2016
Red/Black/Triangle, 2016

Red/Black/Triangle, 2016

Kristina Burda
acrylic on canvas 60" x 60"
Spa 2001
Spa 2001

Spa 2001

Lynne Cohen
dye coupler print, ed. of 5 56” x 68”
Ghost Suburb 1992
Ghost Suburb, 1992
Ghost Suburb detail
Ghost Suburb, 1992

artwork detail

Ghost Suburb context
Ghost Suburb, 1992

Ghost Suburb, 1992

Stan Denniston
laminated cibachrome/silkscreened text (1/2) 48” x 50.5”
fishnet 1992
Fishnet, 1991

Fishnet, 1991

Gerald Ferguson
enamel on canvas 48" x 48"
The smell of the perfume, 2018

The smell of the perfume, 2018

Shabnam K. Ghazi
japanese tissue, screen print 16” x 16”
Even in the hot summer days, 2018

Even in the hot summer days, 2018

Shabnam K. Ghazi
japanese tissue, screen print 10” x 10” x 3”
Privation (Jean-Jacques Rousseau) 2001
Privation (Jean-Jacques Rousseau), 2001

Privation (Jean-Jacques Rousseau), 2001

Angela Grauerholz
giclee print, ed. 1/1 21” x 18”
Privation (aspect ratio - assembly woman) 2001
Privation (aspect ratio - assembly woman), 2001

Privation (aspect ratio - assembly woman), 2001

Angela Grauerholz
giclee print, ed. 1/1 21” x 18”
Modern Feeling, 2017

Modern Feeling, 2017

Meaghan Hyckie
Pencil Crayon On Paper 20.5” x 28.5” - paper 22.5" x 30.5" - framed
Cast Iron Bell
Cast Iron Bell

artwork detail

Cast Iron Bell

Cast Iron Bell

John McEwen
Metal sculpture, 2020
Unfolding 2016
Unfolding, 2016

Unfolding, 2016

Greg Murdock
oil pigmented plaster on composite wood 40” x 19” x 7”
this is your life... (6) 2015
this is your life... (6), 2015

this is your life... (6), 2015

Ken Nicol
typewriter ink on paper 30" x 20" paper
this is your life... (35) 2015
this is your life... (35), 2015

this is your life... (35), 2015

Ken Nicol
typewriter ink on paper 30" x 20" paper
Our Beacon 2020
Our Beacon, 2020

Our Beacon, 2020

Maureen O’Connor
chromogenic print, ed. of 10 41.5" x 41.5"
Bobbie Oliver Untitled 2016
Untitled, 2016

Untitled, 2016

Bobbie Oliver
acrylic on canvas 66” x 70”
Book of Light: Containing Poetry from the Heart of God 2015-2019
Book of Light: Containing Poetry from the Heart of God, 2015-2019
Book of Light detail
Book of Light: Containing Poetry from the Heart of God, 2015-2019

artwork detail

Book of Light detail
Book of Light: Containing Poetry from the Heart of God, 2015-2019

Book of Light: Containing Poetry from the Heart of God, 2015-2019

Tim Whiten
handcrafted crystal clear glass, fragments of drawings, oak 46.5" x 28" x 15"
Untitled (Curtain #18) 2016
Untitled (Curtain #18), 2016

Untitled (Curtain #18), 2016

Barbara Hobot
acrylic, casein, collage on paper 19” x 14”
Untitled (Curtain #19) 2016
Untitled (Curtain #19), 2016

Untitled (Curtain #19), 2016

Barbara Hobot
acrylic, casein, collage on paper 19” x 14”