April 8th – June 17th
COMPETERE is a survey of Contemporary artist couples who are individually a vital part of the current New York art scene. This exhibition explores the concerns of artist couples while also comparing and contrasting the variety of artmaking approaches and choices related to gender, location, and context.
“The Latin word competere means to “strive together.” It is the root of the English word “competition.” Whereas “competition” suggests rivals, one faction determined to overcome the other – competere means two equals striving for the betterment of both.
In America, we are unaccustomed to such self-effacing practices. We are dog-eat-dog, everyone out for themselves. Yet, Art, unlike sports, politics, technology or industry, is a more benevolent enterprise. Within the artistic community, artists work in the privacy of their studios, all the while, keeping an eye on what other artists are doing, often feeding off a shared synergy to inform their own work. Art is evolutionary, building upon itself and what came before. Competere is ubiquitous and instrumental in Art history…”
– Betsy Eby and Bo Bartlett
Thank you to our Sponsors:
Exhibition Sponsors: JoAnne and Robert Hecht
Programming Sponsors: Becky and Sidney Yarbrough
Reception Sponsors: Anonymous Donors
Catalog Sponsors: Anna and Jake Flournoy
Hausmeister by Neo Rauch
© Neo Rauch | VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn Courtesy the artist, Galerie EIGEN + ART Leipzig/Berlin and David Zwirner
Versuch by Rosa Loy
Courtesy the artist and Lyles & King, New York. Image: Charles Benton
LY by Matvey Levenstein
Image Courtesy the Artist
Farmers Wives by Lisa Yuskavage
© Lisa Yuskavage | Courtesy of the artist and David Zwirner | Private Collection
Anbar by Steve Mumford
Steve Mumford, Courtesy of Postmasters Gallery
Power Plant by Inka Essenhigh
Image courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
Shoal by Sir Frank Bowling
Frank Bowling © 2021 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/DACS, London
Young & Old by Rachel Scott
Image Courtesy of the Artist
The Divide by Danny Ferrell
Image courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY | Collection of Rob Huang, Taiwan
Girls in Flower by Devan Shimoyama
Courtesy of the artist and De Buck Gallery
Sailboat by Isca Greenfield Sanders
Image courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
Hat and Scarf by Sebastian Blanck
Image Courtesy of the artist | Photographed by Miles McEnery
Islands by Eric Fischl
Image Courtesy of the Artist
Sand, Shadows, Time by April Gornik
Image Courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY | Collection of Avery and Miles McEnery, Bronxville, NY
She Was Both Eros and Psyche by Betsy Eby
Image Courtesy of the Artist
Flying Man by Bo Bartlett
Image courtesy of the artist and Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
Untitled by Jordan Sokol
Collection of Susan Nicholson
Void by Amaya Gurpide
Image Courtesy of the Artist
Sarah with Gazing Ball by Will St. John
Image Courtesy of the Artist
Love and Youth by Colleen Barry
Image Courtesy of the Artist
Untitled (Black Love) by Carrie Mae Weems
© Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.
Hook, Line, and Sinker by Jeffrey Hoone
Image Courtesy of the Artist
Rowing Man by Wade Schuman
Private Collection | © Wade Schuman, Courtesy of Forum Gallery, New York, NY
For the Rev by Kate Javens
Courtesy Marcia Wood Gallery
Three Widows by Rachel Feinstein
© Rachel Feinstein. Photo: Rob McKeever. Courtesy Gagosian
The Climber (Study) by John Currin
© John Currin. Photo: Rob McKeever. Courtesy Gagosian
