2007-2008 Workspace Resident Simone Leigh is currently featured in The Future As Disruption at The Kitchen in New York, curated by Rashida Bumbray and Matthew Lyons

Simone Leigh, Brooch #2, terracotta, colored porcelains, lab apparatus, steel, luster glazes

"The genre of science fiction, in all its various manifestations in books, television, music, and movies, has long provided a rich and valuable resource for artists who seek to critique contemporary society by looking forward. Science fiction transports us beyond the horizon of our current technologies and established ways of life in order to enable a renewed outlook on the present and, in particular, on today’s pressing political issues such as the environment, consumerist culture, and life during wartime. By envisioning possible ramifications of the technological, social, psychological, and political conditions of our current moment, the artists in this exhibition create works in sculpture, video, painting, and photography that are evocative of a daily existence quite distinct from our own. Artists include Julieta Aranda, Joan Banach, Sean Dack, Jonah Freeman,Olalekan B. Jeyifous, Simone Leigh, Ann Lislegaard, Adam Pendleton, Mungo Thomson, and William Villalongo."

The Future As Disruption
June 18–August 1
Exhibition Hours: Tue-Fri, 12-6pm; Sat 11-6pm FREE

The Kitchen
512 West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011
212-255-5793
www.thekitchen.org