Exhibition · Parent Company
Max Popov
Fleeting
Jan 3 – Feb 17
About the show
"Concourse, Do you wish me to —
Concrete, Economize as much as possible
Concurrent, Enquire of —"
—Adams Cable Codex, 1894
"On the first day of my residency, I went for a walk. I left the gallery, heading west on Willoughby to the former NY/NJ Telephone Company headquarters. By the final year of the nineteenth century, this building was a major confluence of telephone landlines, extending connections by wire, 21,000 miles in total, as far as Sag Harbor. Embellished with beaux-arts reliefs of archaic stone telephones bridged by coiling wire, mascarons of the god Mercury and a copper cornice, it stood as a symbol of acceleration, communication at the speed of thought. Reaching the city landmark, I found a permit through the glass, approving construction to install new antennas on the roof."
—Max Popov
Max Popov is an artist living in New York City. He holds a BFA from The Cooper Union. In 2023, Popov presented his first solo exhibition at Chatham Soccer, New York. His work has been included in numerous group shows and gatherings at The Intima, New York; Shower, Seoul; Swiss Institute, New York; Snooperverse / Moveable type, HISK exhibition space, Brussels; and Emily Harvey Foundation, New York.
The Studio Residency Program is designed to provide emerging artists working in installation or performance with a dedicated space to explore and develop their artistic practice. Over six weeks, the resident artists work out of the gallery space and create a culminating installation.
About Parent Company
Parent Company is an artist-run exhibition space founded in 2023 by Ada Potter. The project’s goal is to support artists through exhibition opportunities, public programs, and events. Parent Company seeks to foster a community of artists and art workers and facilitate a dynamic dialogue around art that is fundamentally inclusive and supportive.
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