July 25, 2017

Text: Zoe Kaplan

Blips: She Lives in Joshua Tree…

Concrete Realities by Andrea Zittel. Courtesy of the Artists and Bortolami.

Andrea Zittel lives in Joshua Tree, but the California-based artist’s work is currently appearing in two far-away cities. Known for upending how we think about daily life—she’s raised chickens and worn the same outfit for six months, all in the name of art—“Concrete Realities,” a joint show with Tom Burr at New York’s Bortolami gallery through August 11, explores site specificity; her Parallel Planar Panels and Hard Carpets are similar, but their placement on the wall or floor determines if they’re seen as art or furniture. In “Andrea Zittel: The Flat Field Works,” at New Art Centre in Salisbury, England, until September 17, she focuses on textiles, interpreting a Donald Judd bench in her own carpet-covered version.

Andrea Zittel bench, The Flat Field Works. Courtesy of Andrea Zittel/Sadie Coles HQ, London and New Art Centre.
Stained plywood, steel push-pins, and c-print photographs. Courtesy of the Artists and Bortolami.

Another installation view of Concrete Realities by Andrea Zittel. Courtesy of the Artists and Bortolami.

Hard Carpet in a geometric pattern by Andrea Zittel. Courtesy of the Artists and Bortolami.

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