HomeSick

Without Irreverence Show at Soho20

mmbock — Mon, 13 May 2013 08:29:58 +0000

Tue, May 21, 2013 – Sat, Jun 15, 2013

SOHO20 CHELSEA GALLERY
547 West 27th St. Suite 301
NEW YORK, NY 10001
T. 212.367.8994
F. 212.367.8984
info@soho20gallery.com

Free admission (all visitors, all hours)

Opening Reception May 23, 2013 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Press Release – Mailer

SOHO20 Chelsea presents “Without Irreverence,” new ceramic sculpture by Monica Bock. In To the Light House, Virginia Woolf suggests that, “A mother and child may be reduced to a shadow without irreverence.” Woolf’s novel of reconciliation, built on memories of familial loss and regeneration, is the initial inspiration for Monica Bock’s recent sculptural work using hand-altered glazed porcelain slip castings of a mother-daughter pair of early-twentieth century style dollhouse figures. Striking poses based on iconic temple acrobats, sky goddesses and divas, or succumbing to the weight of their own skins, Bock’s mothers and daughters dance en masse and gather in small conversations across the gallery walls, at once bound by and set free from the consequences of their intimacy.

Separation Anxiety at Pelham Art Center

mmbock — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:41:55 +0000

My Postpartum Miniature and portions of Don’t Forget the Lunches included in Separation Anxiety at the Pelham Art Center through March 31, 2012. A number of other wonderful artists making art about the emotional complexities of childhood and childrearing…

M-Word Book Launch at Postmasters Gallery, Chelsea

mmbock — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:06:30 +0000

If you’re in Chelsea this Sunday afternoon, you’re welcome to join us at Postmasters Gallery for the M-Word book launch. I’ll be there along with other artists whose work is included in the book. We’ll each be speaking briefly about our work, and Mary Kelly’s show will be up in the Gallery. See attached info and check out the Gallery site: http://www.postmastersart.com/

SIGHT unSEEN vol.2

mmbock — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:37:03 +0000

A guest led gallery tour featuring women artists exhibiting in New York City.

Saturday June 25^th, 2-4pm

Tour starts promptly at 2:00pm at

Postmasters Gallery, 449 W 19th Street

Led by artist and curator Jennifer Wroblewski.

Featuring gallery talks by Martin Aguilera of Cheim & Read and Monica Bock of SOHO20 Chelsea.

Join SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery and curator Jennifer Wroblewski for SIGHT unSEEN vol.2, the second in an ongoing series of gallery tours through the Chelsea arts district of New York City. SIGHT unSEEN encourages the examination and discussion of art by women and hopes to share with the public the myriad of provocative, inquisitive, and engaging works by women artists. This month’s tour will feature works by Sally Smart, Jessica Rohrer, and Louise Bourgeois.

Jennifer Wroblewski, born California, 1973, is a visual artist, curator, and professor. Her work consists of monumentally scaled drawing and drawing installation projects which explore the relationship of the expressive mark to written language, the relationship between performance and product, and historical aspects of drawing technique and language.

Wroblewski’s curatorial interests include the relationship between motherhood and art-making and the ways in which artists navigate this fraught terrain.
Her drawings and curatorial project were included in the feminist art survey The M Word: Real Mothers in Contemporary Art. In 2009/2010, she curated the exhibition Mother/mother-* at A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn.
This tour is FREE and open to the public!

The tour will commence at 2pm at Postmasters Gallery, and culminate at SOHO20 Chelsea just before 4pm for a reception with light refreshments and a brief talk by artist Monica Bock.

Other galleries featured in the tour include Cheim and Reid and P.P.O.W.

To RSVP and receive a complete list of galleries and addresses please email the gallery at soho20@verizon.net or call 212.367.8994

SOHO20 Chelsea is a 501(c)(3) organization that has been promoting the work of women artists through exhibitions and public events since 1973.

Home Sick: Solo Exhibition

mmbock — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:49:02 +0000

May 31 – June 25, 2011
Opening Reception: Thursday June 2nd, 6pm – 9pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 12noon – 6pm.
Soho20 Gallery Chelsea
547 W 27th St., Suite 301 New York, NY 10001 • 212.367.8994
www.soho20gallery.com
soho20@verizon.net

With her work in sculpture and installation, Monica Bock records and resists the loss to which bodies are subject. She conflates sacred, scientific and domestic imagery in work that is often based on castings of the body and of found objects. Her work employs ephemeral substances such as salt and soap, as well as apparently durable materials such as porcelain and cast iron. Recently, her work has focused thematically on the ordinary extremes of maternal life, as witness to both its intimacy and its alienation.

Also showing with the UConn MFA Exhibition

My work is profiled in this cool new collection

mmbock — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:24:52 +0000

Real Mothers in Contemporary Art

My work was in the show Maternal Metaphors curated by Myrel Chernick, and is featured in this new book Myrel and Jennie Klein have published with Demeter Press.

“This important new collection has seven sections examining multiple aspects of mothering in contemporary art: History, Criticism, Theory, Artists’ Writings, Text/Image work, Interviews, and Visual Art.

This stunning book includes full colour photographs and contributions from: Mary Kelly, Susan Suleiman, Mignon Nixon, Jane Gallop, Margaret Morgan, Andrea Liss, Aura Rosenberg, Barbara T. Smith, Sherry Millner, Ellen McMahon, Renée Cox, Gail Rebhan, Marion Wilson, Judy Glantzman, Denise Ferris, Youngbok Hong, Camille Billops, Patricia Cué, Monica Mayer, Cheri Gaulke, and more.”

Click here to view the flyer.

Spring 2011
444 pages $49.95
20% Preorder Discount – $39.96
978-0-9866671-2-1

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