Deepali Gupta Lucas Tahiruzzaman Syed Patrick Perry
In circulation
Deepali Gupta, Patrick Perry, and Lucas Tahiruzzaman Syed draw inspiration from concepts first presented in Lewis Hyde's seminal text, The Gift for the exhibition In Circulation. The premise is simple - creative talents are, at their most basic, ‘gifts’. When Art is stripped of capitalism’s commercial entanglements the artwork sheds its ability to be commodified and can circulate more freely - thus the artwork has been placed in circulation. Each artist creates ways for their artwork to be given freely as small gift tokens. Deepali Gupta conceives and prints a variety of limited edition writings, Patrick Perry creates a series of hand-printed, and signed black and white photographs and Lucas Tahiruzzaman Syed composes multiple digitized musical compositions. Participants are strongly encouraged to take artworks and then circulate the artworks however they see fit; sharing on social media, gift-giving, or other non-commodified exchanges, keeping the artworks in circulation.
Perry states, “the overarching concept for In Circulation is a confluence of making and altruism. We aim to bring a sense of community sharing the outcomes of our endeavor in the absence of art commodification.”
Deepali Gupta is a performance artist, theater practitioner, and songwriter. Their work circulates ideas surrounding madness and divinity as they relate to the colonized and feminized body. Deepali is a neuroqueer person concerned with Mad studies and disability rhetoric. Their art is made in an effort to enact transformational justice and reach abolitionist futures. Current projects include I Love You Stranger (diagnosing the mirror), in development with Ars Nova; and the United States v. Gupta (in collaboration with Caitlin Sullivan and Lucy Jackson), commissioned by JACK and in development with support from the Brooklyn Arts Council, New York State Council on the Arts, and the NYC Women's Fund for Media, Music, and Theatre.
Lucas Tahiruzzaman Syed (he/him) is a composer, video editor, and music producer with a passion for music, theater, games, and new media. Upcoming antics include a production of the musical The Brontës (Composer) at The University of East London, a new orchestral work with NYC’s Queer Urban Orchestra, and his debut game Of Two Minds (Game Designer, Composer) with writer-director Michael Bergmann.
Patrick Perry (he/him) is an multidisciplinary artist who endeavors to connect the spaces between dichotomies; beautiful/ugly; ordinary/extraordinary; art/craft. Creating site-specific work and installations, his art pivots between the subtlety of the interstice. Recent exhibitions include Unfit for Print at MoCA Westport and Cladogram at the Katonah Museum of Art.
Show runs: December 5 - January 8, 2022
Opening: Sunday December 5, 2021 from 3 to 5 PM
IN-PERSON VIEWING: BY APPOINTMENT
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