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Others introduce more scenic elements, reminiscent of the painted backdrops used on proscenium stages to ground actions within a particular setting. Rendered in grayscale with a single black pigment, each carries a certain enigmatic quality, the seeming simplicity of their reduced compositions belied by a deep conceptual framework and powerful sense of atmosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSilke Otto-Knapp was born in Osnabrück, Germany, in 1970. She completed a degree in cultural studies at the University of Hildesheim, Germany, and received her MA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art and Design, London. Silke has been Professor for Painting and Drawing at UCLA School of Art and Architecture since 2015. 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Recently she has participated in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eCosmic Dancer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Barbican Art Center, London; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ePerformer and Participant\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Tate Modern, London; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eStages Biennial\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Winnipeg, Manitoba; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiverpool Biennial\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e2018: Beautiful world, where are you?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Liverpool; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eChalk Circles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, REDCAT, Los Angeles; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpaces without drama or surface is an illusion, but so is depth,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGraham Foundation, Chicago; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMade in L.A. 2016: a, the, though, only,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHammer Museum, Los Angeles; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSacré 101\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Migros Museum, Zürich, Switzerland; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e9th Istanbul Biennial\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe British Art Show 6\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Baltic, Newcastle. Her work is in the collections of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Mudam, Luxembourg; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate Modern, London; and Museo Serralves, Portugal, among others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSilke Otto-Knapp’s print marks the relaunch of our esteemed editions program, which has produced works by Kara Walker, Albert Oehlen, Juan Muñoz, Laura Letinsky, Kerry James Marshall, John Baldessari, Sol LeWitt, Isaac Julian, Nora Schultz, and others. 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Unlike the printed page of a book, with a clear contrast between support and text, structure and symbol, Barry’s words blend into the background or come forward, depending on what’s reflected: visible yet invisible, like a sound and its echo, or a thought rising in and out of consciousness. This edition is a fitting extension of Barry’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/renaissancesociety.org\/exhibitions\/336\/robert-barry\/\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1985 Renaissance Society solo exhibition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein which he presented five word-based artworks\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, each taking the form of wall murals with text written or \"drawn\" on architectural spaces painted monochromatic colors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Barry\u003cspan\u003e (b. 1936; Bronx, New York) is best known as an integral figure in the development of Conceptual art.  Although Barry’s work is often termed “conceptual,” the artist objects to the term; for Barry, his works may evoke immateriality or present as minimal ideas but embody felt thought. 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This wallpaper was central to her installation at the Renaissance Society in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2021, where Fatabe’s motif filled the museum’s entire entryway for the exhibition, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/renaissancesociety.org\/exhibitions\/543\/smashing-into-my-heart\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSmashing into my heart\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. In the wallpaper’s repeating design, the cartoon figures both embrace and smother one another, suggest an unsettling, psychological discomfort alongside a humorous energy. In this new work, Fatebe occupies both foreground and backdrop, a doubling that extends the character’s various contortions and her awkward but unapologetic self-expressions as she finds herself in various discomfiting situations of her own making.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbecho Muslimova\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(b. 1984, Makhachkala, Dagestan, RU) is a New York-based artist known primarily for her prolific paintings and works on paper that employ comedy, the absurd, and spatial scenarios of the imaginary, in depictions of ranging emotions and self-conscious behaviors that speak to experiences of being human.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/renaissancesociety.org\/support\/\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"335551550\":6,\"335551620\":6,\"335557856\":16777215}' class=\"EOP SCXW3174095 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW167661873 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167661873 BCX4\"\u003eMembers of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167661873 BCX4\"\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167661873 BCX4\"\u003eRen Giving Community receive \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167661873 BCX4\"\u003ea \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167661873 BCX4\"\u003e10% discount.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Renaissance Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39730741051454,"sku":"13","price":15000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0527\/9493\/products\/Unknown-1.jpg?v=1648655565"},{"product_id":"meriem-bennani-bouchra-clock","title":"Meriem Bennani: Bouchra Clock","description":"\u003cp\u003eMeriem Bennani\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBouchra Clock\u003c\/i\u003e, 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12 in. diameter (30.5 cm.)\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdition of 100 + 10AP\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeriem Bennani’s 2017 film, \u003cem\u003eGhariba\u003c\/em\u003e, an Arabic word meaning stranger or something strange, opens with a shot of the face of a woman, Bouchra, in a spinning clock. For her edition at the Ren, Bennani has brought this clock to life. The video, which can be seen here: goodman-gallery.art\/meriem-bennani, is a portrait of women in Bennani’s family, the main cast members from her personal childhood mythology. With a distance provided by a camera, Bennani and the women discuss middle-age romance and sexuality, including the titular Bouchra sharing her first experience on Tinder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBennani had a solo exhibition at the Ren in 2022. The exhibition debuted \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/renaissancesociety.org\/exhibitions\/546\/meriem-bennani-life-on-the-caps\/\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife on the Caps\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, the final chapter in her film trilogy of the same name, set in a supernatural, dystopian future surrounding a fictional island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. This new work was a result of the artist’s research and reflections on the histories of island societies, biotechnology, and vernacular music. 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Those better than you were deprived.” To echo the red th\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW102681381 BCX4\"\u003eat \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW102681381 BCX4\"\u003epermeated the installation, each necklace has a red ribbon running through the chain and comes in a custom red velvet box, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW102681381 BCX4\"\u003eimprinted\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW102681381 BCX4\"\u003e with the name of the film and the artist’s initials.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"335559685\":8,\"335559737\":197,\"335559738\":277}' class=\"EOP SCXW102681381 BCX4\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW102681381 BCX4\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/renaissancesociety.org\/support\/\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"335551550\":6,\"335551620\":6,\"335557856\":16777215}' class=\"EOP SCXW3174095 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW167661873 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167661873 BCX4\"\u003eMembers of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167661873 BCX4\"\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167661873 BCX4\"\u003eRen Giving Community receive \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167661873 BCX4\"\u003ea \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167661873 BCX4\"\u003e10% discount.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePhotos by Evan Jenkins. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Renaissance Society","offers":[{"title":"Dark","offer_id":40047904391230,"sku":"","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Deprived","offer_id":40047908978750,"sku":"","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Dark and Deprived Set","offer_id":40047909011518,"sku":"","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0527\/9493\/files\/98-RennPortraits2023_J1_0141.jpg?v=1701620972"},{"product_id":"ozgur-kar-death-and-the-lover","title":"Özgür Kar: Death and the Lover","description":"\u003cp\u003eÖzgür Kar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDeath and the Lover\u003c\/em\u003e, 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScreen print on Stonehenge Polar White Paper, 90 lb.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16 1\/2 in. x 23 4\/10 in. 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Kar’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003edrawing practice offers the foundation of the digital ani\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003emations that populate his installations. This drawing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003erelates to Kar’s forthcoming work at the Ren,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDAWN\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e                                                                                                                                                                       \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan id=\"page18R_mcid3\" class=\"markedContent\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"page18R_mcid1\" class=\"markedContent\"\u003eÖzgür Kar’s artistic practice centers on inventive installations that feature eye-catching black-and-white animations. While honing his own style, Kar’s animations riff on traditions like medieval danse macabre, the experimental theater of Samuel Beckett, early animated films, 1990’s cartoons, Turkish folklore, and opera. As\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003ehe brings these older references into the present, Kar collapses high-brow and low-brow and balances comical and serious tones. This spring, the Ren will welcome Kar for his first major solo presentation in the United States. On the weekend of April 22-23, 2023, Kar will take over the Ren’s gallery with a newly commissioned installation that he is specifically conceiving for this space, as part of the museum’s\u003cbr role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntermissions\u003c\/em\u003e series. \u003cem\u003eIntermissions\u003c\/em\u003e features innovative performance or time-based works, staged each fall and spring in our empty 3,000 square-foot neo-gothic gallery between exhibitions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan id=\"page18R_mcid3\" class=\"markedContent\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003eIn April 2023, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eÖzgür Kar \u003c\/span\u003ehad an \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/renaissancesociety.org\/events\/1316\/\/\"\u003eIntermissions\u003c\/a\u003e program. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"markedContent\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/renaissancesociety.org\/support\/\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":true,\"134233118\":true,\"335551550\":6,\"335551620\":6,\"335557856\":16777215}' class=\"EOP SCXW3174095 BCX4\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW167661873 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167661873 BCX4\"\u003eMembers of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167661873 BCX4\"\u003ethe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167661873 BCX4\"\u003eRen Giving Community receive \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167661873 BCX4\"\u003ea \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167661873 BCX4\"\u003e10% discount.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Renaissance Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40044173721662,"sku":"","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0527\/9493\/files\/230621Kar_DSC0003.jpg?v=1687468390"},{"product_id":"bowling-shirt","title":"Bowling Shirt","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"aVla3\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wide-content-host\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label=\"Email message\" class=\"SlLx9 WWy1F byzS1 WWy1F\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv role=\"document\" aria-label=\"Message body\" class=\"XbIp4 G8bTU GNqVo yxtKT allowTextSelection OuGoX\" id=\"UniqueMessageBody\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv lang=\"en-US\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis limited edition bowling shirt was produced on the occasion of our fall fundraiser—an evening of bowling on November 15, 2023. 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(15.87 cm.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdition of 10 for each color\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his chimeric multimedia practice, Shahryar Nashat takes up the body as it is distorted, mediated, and remade through technology. This edition, intended for functional use as an ashtray, combines the digital modeling files of multiple existing works by the artist, compressed together with software and kneaded into a new form. Made in Paris, they are rendered in ceramic with a special 3D printer, then fired and glazed. Their latticing and banding lines mark the process of their making. As in much of Nashat’s work, they gesture towards the remnants of living that are meant to disappear—literally holding onto the ashes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShahryar Nashat (b. 1975, Geneva) makes sculptures, videos, and other works in which the human body and its representations play a central role. However, this is not merely a matter of visual analysis. Rather, Nashat gets at the very experience of what it means to be a body at a moment when the technologies that filter experience encourage fragmentation and distance. Desire, mortality, fragility, and resilience are among the thematic concerns his work addresses. Nashat pays special attention to framing and pedestals, treating them as integral parts of his work. He also often alters a gallery’s architecture and lighting, allowing his exhibitions to function as fully embodied meditations on art’s ability to reflect the current state of human life. 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Her face is frozen on the screen in the sculptural installation \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"A2\"\u003eChannel 2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"A2\"\u003e, a miniature TV set installed in one of the Renaissance Society’s alcoves modeled after the early 1990’s Oprah Winfrey set. She returns in a series of drawings Strafer created with everyday office materials and encased in fused glass, which are hung in display cases on three levels of the building.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW23223138 BCX0\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":276}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"A2\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/renaissancesociety.org\/exhibitions\/554\/jordan-strafer-decadence\/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLOOPHOLE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"A2\"\u003e(2023) and\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/renaissancesociety.org\/exhibitions\/554\/jordan-strafer-decadence\/\"\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"A2\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/renaissancesociety.org\/exhibitions\/554\/jordan-strafer-decadence\/\"\u003eDECADENCE\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"A2\"\u003e(2024) are the first two chapters of a planned film trilogy set against the backdrop of a fictionalized high-profile rape trial in 1990s-era Florida. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"A2\"\u003eLOOPHOLE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"A2\"\u003e, the first chapter, focuses on the speculative romantic affair between the lead defense attorney and a juror during the trial. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"A2\"\u003eDECADENCE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"none\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"A2\"\u003e, the second chapter commissioned specifically for the exhibition, is elliptical as it incorporates events from the night of the alleged rape, and the celebration after the acquittal. Referencing the genre of erotic thrillers and televised court cases popular at the time, both videos pull from film scripts, local news coverage, reality TV, and publicly sourced courtroom documents, and are influenced in part by the artist’s mother’s role in the legal defense team in another notorious rape trial that took place in 1991. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW23223138 BCX0\" data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":200,\"335559740\":276}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJORDAN STRAFER received her BFA from The New School (2016) and her MFA from Bard College (2019). Strafer has participated in group exhibitions at SculptureCenter, New York (2020); The New Museum, New York (2021); Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Berlin (2021); and Maison Populaire, Montreuil (2024), and has had solo shows at Participant Inc, New York (2022); Heidi, Berlin (2023); and Hot Wheels, London (2024). 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(29 cm. x 36 cm.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW119262933 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-contrast=\"auto\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW119262933 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW119262933 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"No Spacing\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-charstyle-defn='{\"ObjectId\":\"6c0d452a-3faf-44f4-a3f1-a2582a45fe7d|59\",\"ClassId\":1073872969,\"Properties\":[469775450,\"A2\",201340122,\"1\",134233614,\"true\",469778129,\"A2\",335572020,\"99\",469777842,\"Publico Text\",335551500,\"2039330\",268442635,\"20\"]}' data-ccp-charstyle=\"A2\" class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-charstyle=\"A2\" class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003eA photo of Strafer’s mother, which appeared in \u003cem\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/em\u003e coverage of the trial, has a recurring appearance in the exhibition. Her face is frozen on the screen in the sculptural installation \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-charstyle=\"A2\" class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003eChannel 2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-charstyle=\"A2\" class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003e, a miniature TV set installed in one of the Renaissance Society’s alcoves modeled after the early 1990’s Oprah Winfrey set. She returns in a series of drawings Strafer created with everyday office materials and encased in fused glass, which are hung in display cases on three levels of the building.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559740\":276}' class=\"EOP SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"OutlineElement Ltr SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"Paragraph SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-charstyle=\"A2\" class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/renaissancesociety.org\/exhibitions\/554\/jordan-strafer-decadence\/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLOOPHOLE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-charstyle=\"A2\" class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003e(2023) and\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/renaissancesociety.org\/exhibitions\/554\/jordan-strafer-decadence\/\"\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-charstyle=\"A2\" class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/renaissancesociety.org\/exhibitions\/554\/jordan-strafer-decadence\/\"\u003eDECADENCE\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-charstyle=\"A2\" class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003e(2024) are the first two chapters of a planned film trilogy set against the backdrop of a fictionalized high-profile rape trial in 1990s-era Florida. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-charstyle=\"A2\" class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003eLOOPHOLE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-charstyle=\"A2\" class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003e, the first chapter, focuses on the speculative romantic affair between the lead defense attorney and a juror during the trial. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-charstyle=\"A2\" class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003eDECADENCE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-charstyle=\"A2\" class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003e, the second chapter commissioned specifically for the exhibition, is elliptical as it incorporates events from the night of the alleged rape, and the celebration after the acquittal. Referencing the genre of erotic thrillers and televised court cases popular at the time, both videos pull from film scripts, local news coverage, reality TV, and publicly sourced courtroom documents, and are influenced in part by the artist’s mother’s role in the legal defense team in another notorious rape trial that took place in 1991. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-ccp-props='{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":200,\"335559740\":276}' class=\"EOP SCXW23223138 BCX0\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJORDAN STRAFER received her BFA from The New School (2016) and her MFA from Bard College (2019). Strafer has participated in group exhibitions at SculptureCenter, New York (2020); The New Museum, New York (2021); Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, Berlin (2021); and Maison Populaire, Montreuil (2024), and has had solo shows at Participant Inc, New York (2022); Heidi, Berlin (2023); and Hot Wheels, London (2024). 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