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A solo show by Virginie Barré

December 1, 2006 - January 14, 2007


Following her participation in a number of group exhibitions at the gallery, Parker's Box is delighted to present Virginie Barré's first solo show in New York.

In her newest work, Virginie Barré has focused on what at first seems an unlikely marriage- that of the rich cultural capital of North American Indians, in fusion with the very particular esthetic of the 1920's Bauhaus. In the world of Virginie Barré, the inscrutability that radiates respectively from these contrasting currents makes them the happiest of bedfellows. The ancient truths and radical rationalism of Native American existence are readily embraced in the corridors of power of the Bauhaus, while the tribal elders of numerous native nations instantly recognize the spiritual dimension of Bauhaus design. As expressed by the French critic, Lili Reynaud-Dewar, discussing Virginie Barré's recent work: A whole array of Sioux, Apache and Cheyenne warriors peacefully invade the monuments of modernity. The architecture of Walter Gropius, costumes and masks of Oscar Schlemmer, and the furniture and objects of Marcel Breuer are tribalized, ritualized and carried like trophies according to an ethnological turnaround that has less to do with visual antagonism than with a redistribution of the powers of reason.

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Bauhaus, exhibition view, Parker's Box, 2006


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Bauhaus, 2006, series of 12 drawings, each: gouache, marker, 40 x 29 7/8 inches (101.6 x 75.89 cm)


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Bauhaus, exhibition view, Parker's Box, 2006
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Bauhaus, exhibition view, Parker's Box, 2006, installation with five mannequins: platform, resin, military blanket, overall: 146 x 196 x 196 inches (370.8 x 246.4 x 487.8 cm)


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Bauhaus, exhibition view, Parker's Box, 2006, installation with three mannequins: resin, military blanket


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Bauhaus, exhibition view, Parker's Box, 2006, installation with three mannequins: resin, military blanket
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Arithmetic Composition (from the "Bauhaus" series), 2006, installation with mannequin: resin, military blanket, mannequin: 25 x 45 x 38 inches (63.5 x 114.3 x 96.5 cm)


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Arithmetic Composition (from the "Bauhaus" series), 2006, installation with mannequin: resin, military blanket, mannequin: 25 x 45 x 38 inches (63.5 x 114.3 x 96.5 cm)


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Bauhaus (from the "Bauhaus" series), 2006, installation with mannequin: resin, military blanket, mannequin: 48 x 33 x 23 inches (121.9 x 83.8 x 58.4 cm)
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Telephone Picture EM1, 1922 (from the "Bauhaus" series), 2006, installation with mannequin: resin, military blanket, mannequin: 48 x 20 x 11 inches (121.9 x 50.8 x 27.9 cm)


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Itten (from the "Bauhaus" series), 2006, installation with mannequin: resin, military blanket, mannequin: 22 x 60 x 36 inches (55.9 x 152.4 x 91.4 cm)


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Bauhaus Emblem, Oskar Schlemmer, 1922 (from the "Bauhaus" series), 2006, installation with mannequin: resin, military blanket, mannequin: 14 x 65 x 22 inches (35.5 x 165.1 x 55.9 cm)
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The Bowman and Coffee Table by Erich Brendel, 1924-1974 (from the "Bauhaus" series), 2006, gouache, marker, 40 x 29 7/8 inches (101.6 x 75.89 cm)


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Hopi Girl and Television on Castors by Hans Gugelot, 1956 (from the "Bauhaus" series), 2006, gouache, marker, 40 x 29 7/8 inches (101.6 x 75.89 cm)


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Sioux Girl and "b" Typography by Herbert Bayer, 1926 (from the "Bauhaus" series), 2006, gouache, marker, 40 x 29 7/8 inches (101.6 x 75.89 cm)
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Mósa and Kubus Armchair by Peter Keller, 1925 (from the "Bauhaus" series), 2006, gouache, marker, 40 x 29 7/8 inches (101.6 x 75.89 cm)


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"La Farce de l'escalier" by Oskar Schlemmer, 1927 and "a", "u" Typography by Herbert Bayer, 1926 (from the "Bauhaus" series), 2006, gouache, marker, 40 x 29 7/8 inches (101.6 x 75.89 cm)


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Sioux Invocation, "Homage to the Square" and Armchair by Joseph Albers, 1926-1927 (from the "Bauhaus" series), 2006, gouache, marker, 40 x 29 7/8 inches (101.6 x 75.89 cm)
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Hopi Girl and Carousel Slide-Projector (SAV 2000) by Hans Gugelot, 1963 (from the "Bauhaus" series), 2006, gouache, marker, 40 x 29 7/8 inches (101.6 x 75.89 cm)


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Indian and Chess Piece (from the "Bauhaus" series), 2006, gouache, marker, 40 x 29 7/8 inches (101.6 x 75.89 cm)


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Hopi Girls and "u", "s" Typography by Herbert Bayer, 1926 and Costume by Oskar Schlemmer (from the "Bauhaus" series), 2006, gouache, marker, 40 x 29 7/8 inches (101.6 x 75.89 cm)
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Wallpapers and Mascarade, Hopi Girl, Crdle by Peter Keller, 1922 (from the "Bauhaus" series), 2006, gouache, marker, 40 x 29 7/8 inches (101.6 x 75.89 cm)


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Hopi Girl and Chair Prototype B5 by Marcel Breuer, 1926 (from the "Bauhaus" series), 2006, gouache, marker, 40 x 29 7/8 inches (101.6 x 75.89 cm)


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Apsarokes and Barcelona Armchair by Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe, 1929-1948 (from the "Bauhaus" series), 2006, gouache, marker, 40 x 29 7/8 inches (101.6 x 75.89 cm)

Photo credit: Claire Lesteven

Artist:

Virginie Barré

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