Curated by The Soap Factory, this exhibition will showcase the best of artist submissions in 2010.
Artists: Jill Auckenthaler, Mara Baker, Margaret Pezalla-Granlund, Kathleen Griffin, Leslie Kelman, Hong Seon Jang, Wil Natzel, Scott Nedrelow
Watch the latest episode of Soap Factory Gallery 4, for more information on What Remains:
Soap Factory July 2010 from Soap Factory on Vimeo.
Our Soap Factory building dates back to 1882, when the brick and wood warehouse was erected by Union Pacific Railways Storage Company for the growing rail traffic associated with the newly built Stone Arch bridge. The marks of this century of change is written on the surfaces of The Soap Factory.
It is these traces of the working lives of the dead that, perversely, make The Soap Factory such a vibrant, living and real space for creative work. In our building we live from day to day with the traces, the records and remains of those who have lived and worked before us. Art as material culture is the by-product of human activity, traces of time spent, messages from the living to their many possible futures. When an artist is finished with their work, what remains? Our annual show from submissions suggests that perhaps it is a city from zip ties, a cardboard pendulum, glittering chandeliers of candy, a meteor strike, drifting projectors, diaries, music, a living maze.
To learn more about each artist, please visit their websites:
Leslie Kelman