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Book Proposal: PLASTIC BAG AS HUMBLE PRESENT an artist's book, 32-40 pages 20 color reproductions published October 2010
Plastic bags are the second most common form of litter in the world after cigarette butts. They symbolize the ambiguous nature of capitalism, with its great abundance and great squalor. Equally fascinated and repulsed by these objects, I began embroidering plastic bags during a residency in 2004. Initially raiding kitchen cupboards and utility closets, I started collecting plastic bags with the intention of rendering the bags harmless by sewing them shut. Sewing the two sides of the bag together denies its function while revealing its essential necessity.
This book will present a selection of "Plastic Baskets." An artist from New York, I have exhibited these works in New York, London, Paris, and Los Angeles, where they have been reviewed by publications such as the New York Times, New York Magazine, and Time Out. They have also been mentioned on blogs such as Design Sponge and Style Rookie, and T Magazine Blog. You can see examples of the work at my website, www.joshblackwell.com.
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Education
MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California, 1999
BA, Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont, 1995, concentration in Art and Art History
Solo Exhibitions
"Juniors," Kate MacGarry, London, 2010
"Paper and Plastic," John Tevis Gallery, Paris, 2010
"Casual Dress Pants," Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, 2009
Art Since the Summer of 69 at Ooga Booga, Los Angeles, 2008
The March of Casualization is Not Easily Stopped, Kate MacGarry, London, 2007
Galleria Alessandro de March, Milan, Italy, 2005
Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, Louisiana, 2005
Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont, 2004
Kate MacGarry, London, 2004
Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles, 2003
Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, 2001
The Shape of Pairs to Come, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, 1999
Selected Group Exhibitions
"Bushwick Schlacht!," Brooklyn, NY, 2010
"Objects, Furniture and Patterns," Art Since the Summer of 69, New York, 2009
"Rock Garden," Salon 94 Freemans, New York, 2009
"The Bichon Frise in Art," Art Since the Summer of 69, New York, 2009
"No Solid Crystal," Nice and Fit Temporary at ReMap 2, Athens, Greece, 2009
"DiSorGanizeD," Museum 52, New York, 2009
Here's Why Patterns, Misako and Rosen, Tokyo, Japan, 2008
Gallery Show #1, Art Since the Summer of 69, New York, 2008
Unfurnished Room, Unit B Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, 2008
DadaDandy Boutique, Artprojx Space, London, 2008
Something From Nothing, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA (curated by Dan Cameron), 2008
EAST17, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, England (curated by Matthew Higgs and Marc Camille Chaimowicz), 2007
HOOT, Studio 1.1, London, 2007
Dumbo Art Center Art Under the Bridges Festival, Brooklyn, NY, 2006
Men and Materials, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, 2006
Diamonds for Workers, Kate MacGarry, London, 2005
Minimuseum, Paul Smith, London, 2005
Minimuseum, Port Eliot Festival, Port Eliot, UK, 2005
Delfina Studios, London, 2004
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Museum, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, 2004
Yarns, Solomon Fine Art, Seattle, Washington, 2004
Nature, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, California, 2004
Unframed: First Look, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, 2003
Dinaburg Arts, New York, 2003
Light and Spaced Out, Galerie Loevenbruck, Paris, 2003
The Cat Show, ACME, Los Angeles, 2003
Ready for War, University Art Gallery, University of Illinois, 2003
Goldman Tevis, Los Angeles, 2002
Josh Blackwell and Lizzie Scott, PS 122, New York, 2002
Josh Blackwell and Scott Lyall, Goldman Tevis, Los Angeles, 2001
Josh Blackwell and Lang/Baumann, Hot Coco Lab, Venice, California, 2000
Season Preview, PS 122. New York, 2000
The Closet Show, 3424 Council Street, Los Angeles, 2000
Remaining Speculations, 962 Chung King Road, Los Angeles, 1999
