Kalup Linzy
12 Jan - 11 Feb 2012
KALUP LINZY
Notes From a Limerent
12 January – 11 February, 2012
The Breeder is pleased to present Kalup Linzy 's solo exhibition "Notes from A Limerent". Linzy ' s seventh video from the series "Conversations Wit De Churen", entitled "Notes from a Limerent" is presented along with large-scale photographs taken during the shooting of the film. All the works included in the show were part of Kalup Linzy's retrospective exhibition "Melodies, Drama, Limerence" that took place in La Conservera Center for Contemporary Art, Murcia, Spain in 2011.
Kalup Linzy was born in 1977 in Stuckey, Florida and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He has had solo exhibitions in The Moore Space, Miami, FL(2008); Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY (2007); and P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY (2006), The Breeder Playroom, Athens (2007). In 2009, the Studio Museum in Harlem honored Linzy with Kalup Linzy: If it Don't Fit, the first museum survey of the artist's work. In 2010 La Conservera Center for Contemporary Art in Murcia Spain hosted Linzy's second retrospective exhibition. Linzy's work has been included in Prospect.1 New Orleans Biennial curated by Dan Cameron. In 2008 works by Linzy were included in the exhibition "30 Americans", Rubell Family Collection in Miami. Among the group shows that he has participated are: Glasgow International: Festival of Contemporary Visual Art, Glasgow, Scotland; Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA; The Hydra School Project, Hydra, Greece; and The Hayward Gallery, London, UK. He has also been included in group exhibitions at Zacheta National Museum, Warsaw, Poland; Studio Museum, Harlem, NY; The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The El Salvador Biennial; Moscow Biennial, and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, among others. He has performed and screened work at venues including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival; British Film Institute, London, and Beursschouwburg, Brussels, Belgium. In 2010 Kalup Linzy created the duo "Kalup and Franco" with Hollywood actor James Franco and apart from their participation at soap operas (like General Hospital), they have presented several performances and have released an EP.
Notes From a Limerent
12 January – 11 February, 2012
The Breeder is pleased to present Kalup Linzy 's solo exhibition "Notes from A Limerent". Linzy ' s seventh video from the series "Conversations Wit De Churen", entitled "Notes from a Limerent" is presented along with large-scale photographs taken during the shooting of the film. All the works included in the show were part of Kalup Linzy's retrospective exhibition "Melodies, Drama, Limerence" that took place in La Conservera Center for Contemporary Art, Murcia, Spain in 2011.
Kalup Linzy was born in 1977 in Stuckey, Florida and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He has had solo exhibitions in The Moore Space, Miami, FL(2008); Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY (2007); and P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY (2006), The Breeder Playroom, Athens (2007). In 2009, the Studio Museum in Harlem honored Linzy with Kalup Linzy: If it Don't Fit, the first museum survey of the artist's work. In 2010 La Conservera Center for Contemporary Art in Murcia Spain hosted Linzy's second retrospective exhibition. Linzy's work has been included in Prospect.1 New Orleans Biennial curated by Dan Cameron. In 2008 works by Linzy were included in the exhibition "30 Americans", Rubell Family Collection in Miami. Among the group shows that he has participated are: Glasgow International: Festival of Contemporary Visual Art, Glasgow, Scotland; Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA; The Hydra School Project, Hydra, Greece; and The Hayward Gallery, London, UK. He has also been included in group exhibitions at Zacheta National Museum, Warsaw, Poland; Studio Museum, Harlem, NY; The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; The El Salvador Biennial; Moscow Biennial, and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, among others. He has performed and screened work at venues including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival; British Film Institute, London, and Beursschouwburg, Brussels, Belgium. In 2010 Kalup Linzy created the duo "Kalup and Franco" with Hollywood actor James Franco and apart from their participation at soap operas (like General Hospital), they have presented several performances and have released an EP.