Full and Pure: Body, Materiality, Gender | June 10 - September 24, 2023

Works

Mark Aguhar, MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT PEOPLE CHANGING THEIR APPEARANCE IS THE RESISTANCE THEY MEET FROM PEOPLE WHO EXPECT THEM TO LOOK A CERTAIN WAY, 2012
Mark Aguhar, TAKING CONTROL OF MY PHYSICAL BODY IS THE ONLY WAY FOR ME TO EXERT AGENCY IN A WORLD DESIGNED TO DEMOLISH MY PERSONHOOD, 2011
Mark Aguhar, WHEN I BRUSH MY HAIR I IMAGINE WITH EVERY STROKE THAT EVERY PERSON WHOS MADE ME FEEL LIKE LESS THAN A PERSON IS GAGGING, 2011
Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), GREEN, 2022

Anaïs Duplan, For Alain, 2020

Overview

Maybe part of the human condition is to perpetually crave a tomorrow that would bring all that today falls short of delivering. If so, Full and Pure: Body, Materiality, Gender is just another expression of such an intuitive yearning.

Full and Pure: Body, Materiality, Gender explores the scene of deliverance by reflecting on the becomings of gender, bodies, and materiality. This exhibition is comprised of the works of 37 intergenerational artists creating in a range of mediums: from poetry, video, and sculpture, to painting, photography, and installation. Every work speaks to some combination of the three axes around which this exhibition is centered: the somatic, materiality, and gendered embodiment. All three are reconsidered in their most generous forms through processes of abstraction and experimentation. Indeed, this exhibition articulates that the body’s capacities must be reconceptualized expansively; that gender’s true nature exceeds digestible clarity; and that materiality’s potential can’t be fully appreciated without also recognizing its autonomy. It is upon these undeniable truths that Full and Pure’s tomorrow is predicated.

Artists Include:

Mark Aguhar

Diana Al-Hadid

Marcel Alcalá

Ida Applebroog

Patricia Ayres

Felipe Baeza

Linus Borgo

Seba Calfuqueo

Blake Daniels

Anaïs Duplan

Nicole Eisenman

Alannah Farrell

Helen Frankenthaler

Nash Glynn

Jarrett Key

Maria Lassnig

Leslie Martinez

Ana Mendieta

Manuel Neri

Ludovic Nkoth

Breyer P-Orridge

Ren Light Pan

Daisy Parris

Lydia Pettit

Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)

Christina Quarles

Mosie Romney

George Rouy

Maja Ruznic

Ilana Savdie

Joan Semmel

Shikeith

Devan Shimoyama

Hugh Steers

Chiffon Thomas

Willa Wasserman

Kiyan Williams

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The Green Family Art Foundation is pleased to present Full and Pure: Body, Materiality, Gender curated by Mara Hassan, opening on June 10, 2023, and remaining on view until September 24, 2023. Please join the Green Family Art Foundation for the opening reception of Full and Pure on Saturday, June 10 from 5-8 PM at 2111 Flora Street, Suite 110, Dallas, TX 75201. Opening reception is free and open to the public, no RSVP required.

Full and Pure: Body, Materiality, Gender presents a survey of contemporary art reflecting on the malleability of selfhood, gendered corporeality, and aesthetic forms. This intergenerational group of artists explores the mutability of the somatic, gender, and matter, reconsidering the possibilities of the self as an inquiry into what the future can hold for us. Artists in Full and Pure include:

Mark Aguhar	Helen Frankenthaler	Christina Quarles
Diana Al-Hadid	Nash Glynn	Mosie Romney
Marcel Alcalá	Jarrett Key	George Ruoy
Ida Applebroog	Maria Lassnig	Maja Ruznic
Patricia Ayres	Leslie Martinez	Ilana Savdie
Felipe Baeza	Ana Mendieta	Joan Semmel
Linus Borgo	Manuel Neri	Shikeith
Seba Calfuqueo	Ludovic Nkoth	Devan Shimoyama
Blake Daniels	Breyer P-Orridge	Hugh Steers
Anaïs Duplan	Ren Light Pan	Chiffon Thomas
Nicole Eisenman	Daisy Parris	Willa Wasserman
Alannah Farrell	Lydia Pettit	Kiyan Williams
	Puppies Puppies (Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo)

About the Curator:

Mara Hassan is a curator, writer, and art historian. She is currently pursuing a PhD in the Department of Art and Art History at Stanford University. Her research focuses on queer and gender-variant potentiality in modern and contemporary conceptual portraiture. After receiving her BA in Art History and Queer Studies from UCLA, she completed a post baccalaureate research fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh. Her curatorial research and writing has supported institutions such as the Hammer Museum, ONE Archives, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, the Mattress Factory, and more.

About the Green Family Art Foundation:

The Green Family Art Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.

The foundation's mission is to provide a venue for, make grants to museums for the benefit of, and educate others about contemporary artists we believe communicate important ideas that are relevant and discussion worthy today and in the future.

The exhibition is located at 2111 Flora Street, Suite 110, Dallas, TX 75201. Hours are Wednesday-Friday, 11am-5pm and Saturday-Sunday, 11am-6pm. Admission is free.

For press inquiries, please reach out to info@greenfamilyartfoundation.org or call 214-274-5656.

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