Weeds & Spores
Ann Agee
Loren MacIver
Polly Apfelbaum
Tony Matelli
Brett Bigbee
Suzanne McClelland
Matt Bollinger
Judy Pfaff
Frieda Dean
Anne Poor
Lois Dodd
Andrew Raftery
Rochelle Feinstein
Jeanne Silverthorne
Sharon Horvath
Kiki Smith
Robert Kushner
Joan Snyder
Judith Linhares
Patricia Treib
Christiane Löhr
Terry Winters
Weeds & Spores
C U R AT E D BY FAY E H I R S C H
NEW YORK
T
HE CURRENT CRAZE for “native” plants bespeaks an undercurrent of malaise about environmental
collapse. They cross over in a Venn diagram with “weeds,” which, as Google tells us, are simply plants that grow in the wrong place. Weeds, in turn, are the lure of bees and other pollinators that, we are told, hold the key to our salvation. The linkages from microscopic to macroscopic form the mesh of nature that demands nothing less than our creative notice—the province of art.
— Faye Hirsch
Ann Agee Untitled (Garniture Drawing 5), 2015
Ann Agee Untitled (Garniture Drawing 4), 2015
Ann Agee Maid in Form II, 2015
Polly Apfelbaum Love Alley 4, 2012
Brett Bigbee Wanting Nothing, 2019–22
Matt Bollinger Bull Thistle I, 2022
Matt Bollinger Wild Mustard, 2022
H
OW AND WHY and where we classify plants as undesirable is part of the story of our ceaseless
attempt to draw boundaries between nature and culture, wildness and domestication. And how intelligently and generously we draw those lines determines the character of most of the green surfaces of the planet. — Richard Mabey, Weeds: In Defense of Nature’s Most Unloved Plants
Frieda Dean Bicameral Moss, 2012
Lois Dodd White Flower, Queen Anne’s Lace, 2010
Lois Dodd Sunflower Petal in Grass, 2010
Lois Dodd Unidentified Plant, 2020
Lois Dodd Shoo-Fly Pods, 1996
Rochelle Feinstein Pensée, 2022
Sharon Horvath Parasitic Love Vine, 2014–2022
Robert Kushner Green’s Tree Garden Scroll, 2019
Judith Linhares Perfume, 2018
Christiane Löhr Große Bogenform / Big Arch Form, 2011
Christiane Löhr Kleiner gelber Kubus / Little Yellow Cube, 2011
P
O L L E N G R A I N S are produced by seed plants (angiosperms and gymnosperms), and spores
by ferns, lycopods, horsetails, mosses and fungi. They are produced in generally very large numbers during the reproduction process, and are dispersed by wind, water and animals. — BodenBewegungsdienst Deutschland
Loren MacIver Porte Bonheur, 1980
Tony Matelli Weed 634, 2022
Suzanne McClelland Healing Code (For Plant Kingdom Attunement), 2020
Judy Pfaff Spinner 1, 2018
Judy Pfaff Spinner 5, 2018
Judy Pfaff Spinner 10, 2018
Anne Poor Untitled (Cat and Vase in Window), 1995
Andrew Raftery We are not Angiosperms—Green Wall, 2020
Jeanne Silverthorne Studio Floor with Weeds and Caterpillars and Mannequin on Rubber Dolly, 2014
Kiki Smith Healers, 2018
Kiki Smith air light, 2021
Kiki Smith margarita, 2021
Joan Snyder Autumn Song, 2002
Patricia Treib Violet Billow Variation, 2022
Patricia Treib Violet Billow Variation II, 2022
Terry Winters Pollen, 2011
Checklist Ann Agee Untitled (Garniture Drawing 5), 2015
Matt Bollinger
porcelain
Bull Thistle I, 2022
16¾ x 12 x 4 inches
acrylic and flashe on canvas
Courtesy of the Artist and P.P.O.W, New York
30 x 24 inches
Untitled (Garniture Drawing 4), 2015 porcelain
Courtesy of the Artist and mother’s tankstation, Dublin / London
18½ x 12 x 5 inches
Wild Mustard, 2022
Courtesy of the Artist and P.P.O.W, New York
acrylic and flashe on canvas
Maid in Form II, 2015 porcelain 18½ x 11 x 10 inches Courtesy of the Artist and P.P.O.W, New York Polly Apfelbaum Love Alley 4, 2012 woodblock 32 x 68 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Durham Press Brett Bigbee Wanting Nothing, 2019–22 oil on linen 16 x 12 inches
32 x 22 inches Courtesy of the Artist and mother’s tankstation, Dublin / London Frieda Dean Bicameral Moss, 2012 porcelain 5 x 8 x 4 inches Courtesy of the Artist Lois Dodd White Flower, Queen Anne’s Lace, 2010 oil on Masonite 16 x 19⅜ inches
Sunflower Petal in Grass, 2010 oil on aluminum flashing 5 x 7 inches
Robert Kushner Green’s Tree Garden Scroll, 2019 acrylic and ink collage on joined paper
Unidentified Plant, 2020
18½ x 101⅝ inches
oil on aluminum flashing
Courtesy of the Artist and DC Moore Gallery
5 x 7 inches Shoo-Fly Pods, 1996
Judith Linhares
oil on aluminum flashing
Perfume, 2018
5 x 7 inches
oil on linen 26 x 22 inches
Rochelle Feinstein Pensée, 2022 acrylic, enamel, Moriki Kozo paper,
Courtesy of the Artist and P.P.O.W, New York Christiane Löhr
string cardboard on canvas
Große Bogenform / Big Arch Form, 2011
40 x 38 inches
plant stalks
Courtesy of the Artist and
5½ x 15¾ x 15¾ inches
Candice Madey Gallery
Courtesy of the Artist and Jason McCoy Gallery
Sharon Horvath
Kleiner gelber Kubus / Little Yellow Cube, 2011 grass stalks
Parasitic Love Vine, 2014–2022
4 x 4½ x 4½ inches
acrylic and mixed media paper on canvas
Courtesy of the Artist and Jason McCoy Gallery
81 x 96 inches Courtesy of the Artist
Loren MacIver Porte Bonheur, 1980 oil on canvas 21¾ x 18 inches
Spinner 5, 2018 woodcut, hand painted dye on paper 12 x 12 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Tandem Press Spinner 10, 2018
Tony Matelli Weed 634, 2022 painted bronze 23 x 15 x 8 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Andréhn-Schiptjenko
woodcut, hand painted dye on paper 12 x 12 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Tandem Press Anne Poor Untitled (Cat and Vase in Window), 1995 oil on linen
Suzanne McClelland Healing Code (For Plant Kingdom Attunement), 2020 polymer on canvas
42½ x 36 inches Courtesy of Anna Poor Andrew Raftery
40 x 30 inches
We are not Angiosperms—Green Wall, 2020
Courtesy of the Artist and
letterpress
Marianne Boesky Gallery
12 x 13½ inches, each sheet Courtesy of the Artist and Ryan Lee Gallery
Judy Pfaff Spinner 1, 2018 woodcut, hand painted dye on paper 12 x 12 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Tandem Press
Jeanne Silverthorne
Joan Snyder
Studio Floor with Weeds and Caterpillars and
Autumn Song, 2002
Mannequin on Rubber Dolly, 2014
oil and mixed media on canvas
platinum silicone rubber, phosphorescent
50 x 96 inches
pigment 11 x 28 x 24 inches ©Jeanne Silverthorne, courtesy Marc Straus Kiki Smith Healers, 2018 etching, Hahnemühle copperplate on white paper 24½ x 29 7/8 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Harlan and Weaver
Patricia Treib Violet Billow Variation, 2022 oil on paper 7½ x 5½ inches Courtesy of the Artist and Bureau, New York Violet Billow Variation II, 2022 oil on paper 7½ x 5½ inches Courtesy of the Artist and Bureau, New York
air light, 2021 intaglio on chine-collé 9 x 11 inches Courtesy of the Artist and Harlan and Weaver
Terry Winters Pollen, 2011 suite of 9 relief prints with embossment on
margarita, 2021
Twinrocker handmade paper
intaglio on chine-collé
18⅛ x 14⅝ inches
9 x 11 inches
Courtesy of the Artist and Two Palms
Courtesy of the Artist and Harlan and Weaver
This catalogue is published on the occasion of the exhibition “Weeds & Spores” on view from June 22 through August 12, 2022 at 291 Grand Street, New York 10002.
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