EQUATOR PRODUCTION – THE INTERIOR AND THE CARPET
Opening Reception:
VAROLA
Suite B256
Pacific Design Centre
Wednesday, March 22
5 − 9.30 PM
Featured Artists:
Alan Belcher| Walter Dahn | Jiri Georg Dokoupil | Liam Gillick | Emilia and Ilya Kabakov | Joseph Kosuth | Ken Lum | Jonathan Monk | Peter Nagy | Juliāo Sarmento | Rob Scholte | Rosemarie Trockel | Heimo Zobernig
EQUATOR PRODUCTION, New York
Petra Singh, Publisher
In collaboration with GoldenRuler
Equator Production is a proud partner of GoodWeave
ensuring our rugs are made by adult artisans, not children
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EQUATOR PRODUCTION
Equator Production is pleased to present The Interior and The Carpet at VAROLA (Suite B256), an exhibition of carpets produced by publisher, Petra Singh, Equator Production.
The exhibition includes carpets by internationally renowned artists: Alan Belcher, Walter Dahn, Jirí Georg Dokoupil, Liam Gillick, Emilia and Ilya Kabakov, Joseph Kosuth, Kem Lum, Jonathan Monk, Peter Nagy, Juliāo Sarmento, Rob Scholte, and Rosemarie Trockel. On view from March 22 – June 23, 2017 the exhibit opens with a public reception from 5.00 − 9.30 PM on Wednesday, March 22.
A new series of carpets by Cornelia Lauf for Equator Production, in a project managed by GoldenRuler, Rome (http://goldenruler.eu) is included, in addition to Equator’s roster of artists. A selection of carpets recently shown at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland in the exhibition, Walk, to Wall: Carpets by Artists will be included.
Devoted to producing carpets in limited editions, Equador Production was founded in Brussels by Petra and Ranbir Singh, together with art impresario Reiner Opoku in 1985.
In 2014, after a hiatus, a journey to Nepal, Petra Singh decided to revive the studio in full.
Equator Production collaborates with artists who incorporate their practice into the larger narrative of artistic historical evidence, blurring the domains of art, design and craftsmanship.
By commissioning carpet designs from contemporary international artists and orchestrating the execution and production of designs in limited editions by traditional weavers, Equator Production seeks to fuse both artistic processes, creating a long lost symbiosis between conception and captures the evolution of Equator Production.
For further information please visit http://www.equtorproduction.com
email info@equatorproduction, or call (646) 281 − 5270
During the reception, enjoy happy hour (cash bar) at Red Seven, located on the first floor of the Green Building. Valet, garage, and street parking are available and complimentary parking for press is available by calling the PDC Parking Office one day in advance, Monday – Fridy at (310) 360 − 6417.
For updated information please visit designLab at http://www.pacificdesigncenter.com
PARTICIPANTS
PETRA SINGH for EQUATOR PRODUCTION
Petra Singh was born in Germany. In 1985, shelved to Brussels where she co-founded Equator Production, a company devoted to producing artists’ carpets in limited editions. In the same years, her artistic practice was shown in art exhibitions in Amsterdam, Brussels and Basel. In 2000, she moved to New York City bringing Equator Production with her. She is also a passionate collector of contemporary art.
GOLDENRULER
GoldenRuler is a creational agency founded in Rome in 2012 by Veronica Bellei, Cornelia Lauf, Camilia Salvaneschi and Eleonare Tempesta to oversee
selected projects between art and craft. GoldenRuler engages world artists to realize bespoke projects for domestic, urban, or institutional environments. The projects realized utilizing the highest standards in concept, craftsmanship and delivery.
VAROLA
New York-based curatorial advisor Helen Varola established VAROLA at the landmark Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood in 2014. The gallery aims to present new ambitious projects with artists, operating as project space and production site for recent contemporary art with a focus on design as an extension of artistic practice.
DESIGNLAB
Pacific Design Center West Hollywood
designLab provides a platform to explore art that addresses the design center’s unique context of interior design. designLab is conceived and directed by New York-based curator Helen Varola and made possible by the support of Charles S. Cohen, owner and president of Pacific Design Center, collector and museum trustee at MOCA Pacific Design Center.
THE PACIFIC DESIGN CENTER
The Pacific Design Center is the leading resource for traditional and contemporary design in the West Coast. Founded in 1975 and designed by Argentinean architect Cesar Pelli, it is recognized internationally for its presentation of contemporary design and for serving the entertainment and arts community.
PRESS ENQUIRIES
EQUATOR PRODUCTION, New York
http://www.equatorproduction.com
(646) 281 − 5270
Contact:
Véronique Cadet
veronique@equatorproduction.com