SEXXXITECTURE:
Alejandro Almanza Pereda, Daniel Gerwin, Rebekah Goldstein, Roman Liška, Max Maslansky, May Wilson, and Jake Ziemann

July 1 - August 1, 2015
Artist Reception: Wednesday, July 1, 6-8PM

"Any relationship between a building and its users is one of violence, for any use means the intrusion of a human body into a given space, the intrusion of one order into another." - Bernard Tschumi in Architecture and Disjunction

CULT | Aimee Friberg Exhibitions is pleased to present SEXXXITECTURE, a group exhibition featuring works by Alejandro Almanza Pereda, Daniel Gerwin, Rebekah Goldstein, Roman Liška, Max Maslansky, May Wilson and Jake Ziemann. The exhibition will open on Wednesday, July 1 with a public reception from 6–8PM and will be on view through August 1, 2015.

SEXXXITECTURE explores the complex relationship between architecture and people. The works in the exhibition examine how formal design and structure dramatically shape our experience of place as well as our encounters with others. Line, color and form have the power to create intense human desire. Where and how does the aesthete get turned on? Why is a well-appointed apartment, a luxury high-rise, or a designer house such an aphrodisiac to some? The artists featured in SEXXXITECTURE engage with fantasy and anticipation through diverse media, demonstrating how the built environment informs human sexual dynamics and inviting the viewer to question how we perceive and identify cues of visual arousal.

Alejandro Almanza Pereda’s totemic sculptures investigate the limits of his materials, defying the viewer’s expectations of what is physically possible; they seem to suspend reality in the same way as making love can erase consciousness of time and space. May Wilson uses volume, weight, and texture as references to skin and sausage-like appendages, finding humor in forms that are anthropomorphic yet created from inorganic, highly-processed industrial materials. Jake Ziemann’s ceramic sculptures slump and posture atop pedestals crafted from utilitarian materials such as crates and bricks, referencing both idiosyncratic nuances in the human shape and bodily gestures–and playfully emphasizing the obvious association between phallus and skyscrapers.

Daniel Gerwin, Rebekah Goldstein and Roman Liška’s works have less explicit formal relationships to the body, but reference it in other ways. Goldstein’s strong sense of color and playful perspectives suggest windows and doors that one could creep or crawl through–perhaps on the way to a forbidden tryst–and her titles suggest the pinks of flesh and genitals. Gerwin’s deconstructed home interiors evoke nostalgic recollections of intimate interactions through use of trompe l’oeil. Liška’s formalist constructions of sharp diagonals in contrast with materials of burlap and corrugated rubber evoke a sensual tension, suggesting censorship and bondage. Max Maslansky’s erotic scenes, created by painting images from 1970s pornography stills onto bed sheets, offer a peek into the illicit realm of the retro boudoir, where the lovers frolic amid the lines of mid-century modern furnishings.

Image: Max Maslansky, Interior Storybook (Queen bed), 2014, Acrylic on bedsheet, 80 x 60 inches
ALEJANDRO ALMANZA PEREDA - The only known complete protection from this event would be to prevent its occurrence, part III, 2015, Shelves, water, and found objects, Site-specific dimensions
DANIEL GERWIN - Dress Up, 2014, Oil and acrylic on shaped panel, 47 x 17 inches
DANIEL GERWIN - Garden at Night, 2014, Oil and acrylic on shaped panel, 38 x 47 inches
DANIEL GERWIN - Leaving Home, 2012, Oil and acrylic on panel, 40 x 37 inches
REBEKAH GOLDSTEIN - Release Me, 2015, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 65 x 52 inches
REBEKAH GOLDSTEIN - Soft Spot, 2015, Oil and acrylic on canvas, 65 x 52 inches
ROMAN LIŠKA - Dazzle Painting (black/white 2 x 2 grid), 2015, Foamed rubber on linen, aluminum stretcher, 94 x 71 inches
ROMAN LIŠKA - Dazzle Painting (white/black 2 x 2 grid), 2015, Foamed rubber on linen, aluminum stretcher, 94 x 71 inches
MAX MASLANSKY - Interior Storybook (Queen bed), 2014, Acrylic on bed sheet, 80 x 60 inches
MAX MASLANSKY - Flying V (pillow case), 2015, Acrylic on pillow case, 26.5 x 18.5 inches
MAX MASLANSKY - The Help (pillow case), 2015, Acrylic on pillow case, 33 x 17 inches
MAY WILSON - Hung1 (white), 2015, Sand, vinyl, and strapping, 1 foot x 2 feet x 3 feet
MAY WILSON - Hung2 (grey), 2015, Sand, vinyl, and industrial felt, 6 inches x 4 feet
JAKE ZIEMANN - like glitters raining on me, 2015, Oil and spray paint on canvas, 48 x 36 inches
JAKE ZIEMANN - ooh ooh ooh ooh pull me like, 2014, Spray paint and gouache on ceramic, gypsum, acrylic, cardboard, and bricks, Dimensions variable
JAKE ZIEMANN - Detail of ooh ooh ooh ooh pull me like, 2014, Spray paint and gouache on ceramic, gypsum, acrylic, cardboard, and bricks, Dimensions variable
JAKE ZIEMANN - sittin’ right here, real patient, 2014, Spray paint and gouache on ceramic stool, Dimensions variable
JAKE ZIEMANN - Detail of sittin’ right here, real patient, 2014, Spray paint and gouache on ceramic stool, Dimensions variable
JAKE ZIEMANN - wont you come down and put it down on me, 2014, Spray paint, gouache, and acrylic on ceramic, wooden slats, concrete residue, archival tape, and bricks, Dimensions variable
JAKE ZIEMANN - Detail of wont you come down and put it down on me, 2014, Spray paint, gouache, and acrylic on ceramic, wooden slats, concrete

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ECHO ECHO: Rachel Bridges and Ivan Bridges at CULT Bureau, Oakland
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Two Handfuls Of Silver Dust: Rhonda Holberton
April 27 - June 17, 2023

LEGACY: Binta Ayofemi, Adrian L. Burrell, Rachel Bridges, Ivan Bridges, Masako Miki, and Jean Isamu Nagai
January 18 - April 1, 2023

ZHIVAGO DUNCAN: Measuring Consciousness
September 15 - December 10, 2022

CULT Bureau: Gaze Interrupted
September 17 - November 19, 2022

AMY NATHAN: Slipknot Loophole
May 14 - August 26, 2022

Rebekah Goldstein: Welcome Home Stranger
March 19 - May 7, 2022

Sapiens / Stories at CULT Bureau
November 10, 2021 - April 30, 2022

Physics & Fiction
January 20 - March 12, 2022

Chris Fallon: Irresistible Deception
October 15 - December 18, 2021

Sapiens / Stories on 8-Bridges
October 7 - November 3, 2021

Masako Miki: New Mythologies
June 16 - October 12, 2021

Tales of Metamorphosis: Rebekah Goldstein, James Perkins, and Amy Nathan
June 3 - 30, 2021

Janus II - CULT's 7 Year Anniversary Exhibition
April 9 - May 20, 2021

Troy Chew: Yadadamean
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We’re all in this together
August 14 - October 10, 2020

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June 26 - August 29, 2020

Ritual of Succession
January 10 - March 28, 2020

Record of Succession at fused space
January 13 - March 27, 2020

AMY NATHAN: Glyph Slipper
September 13 - December 7, 2019

FEMALE TROUBLE 2
June 28 - August 3, 2019

RUXUE ZHANG
April 20 - June 15, 2019

MASAKO MIKI: Shapeshifters
January 12 - March 23, 2019

JASKO BEGOVIC (SKO HABIBI): HUMAN_E.T.
November 30 - December 14, 2019

REBEKAH GOLDSTEIN: See You On The Flipside
September 8 - November 25, 2018

FEMALE TROUBLE
June 9 - July 28, 2018

TERRI LOEWENTHAL: Psychscapes
March 2 - May 19, 2018

VECINOS
October 27, 2017 - January 20, 2018

RHONDA HOLBERTON: Still Life
January 10 – March 4, 2017

REBEKAH GOLDSTEIN: Release Me
October 21 - December 10, 2016

NO SHOW MUSEUM: Yves Klein, Maria Eichhorn, Daniel Knorr, Etc.
One Night Only: Monday, October 17, 2016

DESIRÉE HOLMAN: Selected Works
September 17 - October 8, 2016

SHE MOONAGE DAYDREAM:
Facundo Argañaraz, Leah Guadagnoli, Desirée Holman, Kara Joslyn, Max Maslansky, Liz Robb, Tamra Seal, Emily Weiner, & Cate White

July 16 - August 20, 2016

PABLO DÁVILA: Ladies & Gentlemen,
We Are Floating In Space

May 13 - July 9, 2016

MASAKO MIKI: Conversations with Fox, Feather, and Ghost
March 4 - April 30, 2016

SUZY POLING: Total Internal Reflection
January 15 - February 27, 2016

DAN GLUIBIZZI: You Don’t Have to be Alone Tonight
November 6 – December 19, 2015

FRANCESCO IGORY DEIANA: Haptic Render
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ADAM SORENSEN: In Situ
May 1 - June 27, 2015

KLARA KÄLLSTRÖM & THOBIAS FÄLDT: Village / High Hills
February 27 - April 25, 2015

PRINCE RAMA: How To Live Forever
January 25 – February 21, 2015

JOSEPH DUMBACHER & JOHN DUMBACHER: Divert (Out of Line)
November 7, 2014 – January 16, 2015

REBEKAH GOLDSTEIN: Passenger
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A PATTERN LANGUAGE: Michelle Grabner, Angie Wilson & Lena Wolff
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MICHELLE BLADE: Gathering Into Being
April 25th – June 7th, 2014

MIGUEL ARZABE: /*Reject Algorithms*/
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JACQUELINE KIYOMI GORDON: Drawings
March 7 – April 19, 2014

FRITZ CHESNUT: Purr Valley
& Rhonda Holberton

January 10 - February 22, 2014

UNSEEN: Miya Ando, Miguel Arzabe, Chris Duncan, Klea Mckenna & Dean Smith
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Past Off-Site Exhibitions

RHONDA HOLBERTON: Still Life 2
April 7 - May 26, 2018

LAS COSAS QUE PINTAN / PAINTING IN AN EXPANSIVE FIELD
Works by Miguel Arzabe & Juan Sorrentino

April 9 – May 17, 2015

EBB: Gina Borg and Chris Russell at Loczi Design
December 10, 2014