curated by Hector Hollein

Entangled: Seven Artists from Yale School of Art features artworks from Amy Chasse, Yuna Cho, Ambrose Rhapsody Murray, Leyla Tonak, Yuwei Tu, Alixe Turner and Faye Wei Wei who have all recently graduated with an MFA from the Yale School of Art in Painting/Printmaking.

Instead of a theme that connects these seven artists, this exhibition tries to create possibilities for associations tied to the artworks and objects in the space.

"Things have lives, vibrant lives and temporalities, and they depend on each other and on humans. This separate world of things draws humans in. The social world of humans and the material world of things are entangled together by dependences and dependencies that create potentials, further investments and entrapments." ¹

The ideas expressed in this excerpt from Ian Hodder's work on entanglement guided my process, and I wanted to consider the implications of exhibiting artworks in a space such as this gallery.

What are the "potentials" for artworks created by artists who have spent the last two years in the same classrooms in the same buildings. What influences, subtle or obvious, have they and their works had on each other and continue to do so. While this group of artists draws from various individual experiences and inspirations, the material worlds of their artworks are to some extent mysteriously connected and entangled with each other.

Alongside artworks, this exhibition shows a series of 'things' that are in some way or another involved in the creation or practice of the artists.

A sketchbook, an audio piece, a fragment of a former sculptural work can be their own work and at the same time remnants, shadows, or connective tissue of another artwork that gains new nuances through an exhibition. While some objects give quite direct hints to their origin, others may be more ambiguous, leaving room for the viewer to create their own associations, which in turn become entangled with other artworks.

Text: Hector Hollein