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Simon Denny, Backdated NFT/ Cryptokitty Display Hardware Wallet Replica (Celestial Cyber Dimension), 2018, 2019, 2021, jpeg, Cardboard, UV print on cardboard, 3-15/16" × 2-3/8" × 2-3/4" (10 cm × 6 cm × 7 cm) © Simon Denny

Online

Hiding in Plain Sight

In Focus

Jul 14 – Aug 20, 2021

Pace is pleased to present Hiding in Plain Sight: In Focus, an online exhibition featuring a selection of online-exclusive works by artists included in the physical iteration of the show, which is currently on view at 540 West 25th Street through August 20.

Hiding in Plain Sight explores the ways in which artists utilize Minimalist and abstract styles to address wide-ranging, complex, and timely subjects. Concentrating on works that do not figure into the in-person exhibition, this online exhibition complements and builds on the showing in the physical gallery space.

Among the artists in Hiding in Plain Sight are Yto Barrada, Sam Gilliam, Tony Lewis, Trevor Paglen, Jessica Vaughn, Rayyane Tabet, Simon Denny, and Fred Wilson. Curated by Pace senior director and curator Andria Hickey, the exhibition meditates on the ways that systems, narratives, meanings, and histories might be overlooked or obfuscated. The presentation—which includes paintings, videos, sculptures, and works of other mediums—aims to make visible the enduring and interconnected effects of colonialism, capitalism, and border maintenance, among other topics.

In an accompanying essay titled Infrastructural Aesthetics: Minimalism in the Information Age, Hickey writes that “minimal—and often opaque—objects point to specific subjects that reveal, question, and challenge the hidden connective tissues of infrastructural systems. As if secreted into the means of their making, information can be imbued within the object itself.”

Online Exhibition Details

Hiding in Plain Sight: In Focus
Jul 14 – Aug 20, 2021

Exhibition Details

Hiding in Plain Sight
Jul 14 – Aug 20, 2021

Featured Artists

Yto Barrada
Sam Gilliam
Tony Lewis
Trevor Paglen
Jessica Vaughn
Rayyane Tabet
Simon Denny
Fred Wilson

Yto Barrada, Untitled (Handmade in collaboration with Darna's Women weaving workshop), 2011-2013, cotton, wool, 228 cm × 169 cm (89-3/4" × 66-9/16")

Yto Barrada

b. 1971, Paris, France
Lives and works in Tangier, Morocco

Yto Barrada, Untitled (felt circus flooring, Tangier), 2013-2015, chromogenic print, 30 cm x 30 cm (11-13/16" x 11-13/16"), each of 4 prints, Edition 5 + 2 APs
Simon Denny, Backdated NFT/ Cryptokitty Display Hardware Wallet Replica (Celestial Cyber Dimension), 2018, 2019, 2021, jpeg, Cardboard, UV print on cardboard, Non-fungible token (NFT), 3-15/16" × 2-3/8" × 2-3/4" (10 cm × 6 cm × 7 cm)

Simon Denny

b. 1982, Auckland, New Zealand
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Sam Gilliam

b. 1933, Tupelo, Mississippi
Lives and works in Washington, D.C.

Sam Gilliam, White 48" Disc, 2020, wood, aluminum, die-stain, lacquer, 48" × 48" × 2-1/4" (121.9 cm × 121.9 cm × 5.7 cm)
Sam Gilliam, Black 48" Disc, 2020, wood, aluminum, die-stain, lacquer, 48" × 48" × 2-1/4" (121.9 cm × 121.9 cm × 5.7 cm)

Tony Lewis

b. 1986, Los Angeles, California
Lives and works in Chicago, Illinois

Tony Lewis, Body, 2021, graphite and rubber cement on paper, 44" × 30" (111.8 cm × 76.2 cm)
Tony Lewis, Stuff, 2021, graphite and rubber cement on paper, 44" × 30-1/4" (111.8 cm × 76.8 cm)

Trevor Paglen

b. 1974, Camp Springs, Maryland
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Trevor Paglen, INTRUDER 12B in Vulpecula (Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite; USA 274-2), 2018, dye sublimation print, 60" × 48" (152.4 cm × 121.9 cm); 61-1/8" × 49-1/8" (155.2 cm × 124.7 cm), framed, Edition of 5 + 2 APs
Trevor Paglen, Discarded Rocket Body Approaching the Disk of the Moon (SL-8 R/B), 2012, c-print, 48" × 42" (121.9 cm × 106.7 cm); 49-1/8" × 43-1/4" (124.7 cm × 109.9 cm), framed, Edition of 5 + 2 APs
Rayyane Tabet, Whiteprint I, 1965-2021, diazo print; original whiteprint of the Trans-Arabian Pipeline Company Headquarters found in the abandoned offices of the company in Beirut, Lebanon, 39" × 43-1/4" (99.1 cm × 109.9 cm) paper 45-1/2" × 49" × 3" (115.6 cm × 124.5 cm × 7.6 cm)

Rayyane Tabet

b. 1983, Achkout, Lebanon
Lives and works between Beirut, Lebanon and San Francisco, California

Jessica Vaughn

b. 1983, Chicago, Illinois
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

Jessica Vaughn, Empties, 2019, archival pigment print, 11" × 11" (27.9 cm × 27.9 cm), Edition of 3 + 1 AP, Courtesy of the artist and Martos Gallery
Jessica Vaughn, Empties, 2019, archival pigment print, 11" × 11" (27.9 cm × 27.9 cm), Edition of 3 + 1 AP, Courtesy of the artist and Martos Gallery
Fred Wilson, Portal, 2009, blown glass, installation dimensions variable 13' 11" x 8' 11" x 28" (424.2 cm x 271.8 cm x 71.1 cm), overall, as installed in New York 4 wall units (around portal) and 4 floor units

Fred Wilson

b. 1954, Bronx, New York
Lives and works in New York

Fred Wilson, The People, 2010, acrylic on canvas, 35-1/4" x 8' 4"(89.5 cm x 254 cm), Edition of 3 + 1 AP
To inquire about any of the works or artists in this exhibition, please email us at inquiries@pacegallery.com.
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