The Last Day of Disco, Installation View

Curated by K.O. Nnamdie

Giovanni Leonardo Bassan, Jimmy Beauquesne, Matthew Tully Dugan, Claire Fontaine, Nick Hoecker, Will Sheridan Jr., Alexander Shchurenkov, Marlon Kroll, Boris Mikhailov, Kayode Ojo, Madeleine Ray Hines and Gaby Sahhar

The Last Day of Disco, born here out of fleeting enjoyment and livelier times, the spoils of a nondescript consumerist lifestyle, and aims to capture this sense of testimonial depiction or closeness with reality. A collective slow-down, then to a halt, then a death onset by the pandemic.

Indeed this stagnant static experience on a global scale makes contact once more. Affecting many - including marginalized groups. Some work in The Last Day of Disco possesses incredibly high stakes and unbelievably boring everyness. Despite a lot of these works’ slowness, or stillness: these works remain alive.

Whit Stillman’s 1988 American comedy-drama film, The Last Days of Disco, is his third film in what he called his “Doomed-Bourgeois-in Love series.” Loosely based on his experiences in various nightclubs in Manhattan, including Studio 54.

The Last Day of Disco, Installation View
The Last Day of Disco, Installation View
The Last Day of Disco, Installation View
The Last Day of Disco, Installation View
The Last Day of Disco, Installation View
The Last Day of Disco, Installation View
The Last Day of Disco, Installation View
The Last Day of Disco, Installation View
The Last Day of Disco, Installation View
Gaby Sahhar, Acceleration Bone, 2022
Oil on canvas, 41 1/2 x 33 1/2 inches
Giovanni Leonardo Bassan, LSD, 2022
Acrylic, varnish, oil pastel, pencil on linen, 35 1/2 x 48 1/4 inches
Kayode Ojo, Not yet titled, 2022
ASOS DESIGN embellished fringe mini dresses in black, Hamilton StandsKB400 Classic American Folding Sheet Music Stand (Chrome), Paxcoo 30 Pack Necklace Jewelry Chain Bulk Silver Snake Chain Necklace for Jewelry Making, 1.2 mm (22 Inches), Rhinestone Jewelry Corporation #17012 - Fringe Hoop Earrings - 5”, WXJ13 Swivel Clasps Lanyard Snap Hook Lobster Claw Clasp and Keychain Rings, yueton Pendants-Teardrop Chandelier Crystal Pendants Glass Pendants Beads, pair of Glacier Bay 30x36” mirrors, 72 x 30 x 57 inches
Kayode Ojo, The Last Days of Disco, 2022
Video, sound, 12 min loop,
Jimmy Beauquesne, PURPOSE, episode 1, His tear turned pink, 2020
Colored pencil on paper, 61 x 91 cm / 24.02 x 35.83 inches
Kayode Ojo, That black guy that only fucks architects, 2022
Kettle One vodka bottles (chilled at zero degree celsius), refrigerator, my dad is a lawyer (performance),
Boris Mikhailov, Untitled (from the Dances series), 1978/2022
Silver gelatin print, 49 x 73 cm
Marlon Kroll, Nightowls (backbone), 2022
Colored pencil and acrylic on muslin over panels, 72 3/8 x 16 1/16 inches
Marlon Kroll, Sense of time, 2022
Dual 1214 turntable, coin, 12 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches
Madeleine Ray Hines, Soles, 2022
Oil on linen, 20 x 20 inches
Will Sheridan Jr., how did you want me to behave,
Permanent marker on tape, 27 x 1 3/4 inches
Matthew Tully Dugan, Self-Portrait, 2022
Acrylic and silkscreen on canvas, 51 x 34 inches
Claire Fontaine, 371 Grand (The keys open the Reena Spaulings gallery), 2006
Metal key and wire, 3 x 1 x 1/2 inches
Nick Hoecker, International Male I, 2020
International male shirt, German Bundeswehr tank top, industrial rubber, brass artist frame, 32 x 20 inches
Nick Hoecker, International Male II, 2020
International male shirt, German Bundeswehr tank top, industrial rubber, brass artist frame, 32 x 20 inches
Nick Hoecker, Altar/Alter, 2021
Mazda Miata car mat, Berlin wall fragment, 17 x 30 inches
Alexander Shchurenkov, After, 2022
Polished stainless steel, brass doorknob, polyester mesh tank-top, gold confetti, Dimensions variable
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