JESSICA STOCKHOLDER
Installation view of Lay of the Land in Stuff Matters at Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2019
Mitchell-Innes & Nash congratulations Jessica Stockholder on her upcoming solo exhibition Stuff Matters at The Centraal Museum in Utrecht, on view from April 19 through September 1, 2019. Stockholder acts as both artist and curator, selecting works from the museum’s collection to display alongside a survey of her own work.
JESSICA STOCKHOLDER
Installation view of Stuff Matters at The Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2019
JESSICA STOCKHOLDER
Installation view of Stuff Matters at The Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2019
JESSICA STOCKHOLDER
Installation view of Stuff Matters at The Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2019
JESSICA STOCKHOLDER
Installation view of Stuff Matters at The Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2019
JESSICA STOCKHOLDER
Installation view of Stuff Matters at The Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2019
JESSICA STOCKHOLDER
Installation view of Stuff Matters at The Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2019
JESSICA STOCKHOLDER
Installation view of Stuff Matters at The Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2019
To marvel at a work by Jessica Stockholder is not only to examine her unorthodox assembly of the world’s kit, but to wonder where on earth she shops—where she gets such good deals? Her unconventional art supplies seem to either descend from outer space, or crawl up out of dumpsters. It’s as if junk—be it new or used—has no other purpose than to animate her dystopian sculptural choreography.
One imagines Stockholder stocking up, as it were. Like a chef instinctively sniffing out the freshest ingredients (the tackiest kitschiest artifacts), she’s confident that in time the right idea for their incorporation will come.
