There is Something Left to be Desired
Various Artists
Bea Camacho, Enzo Camacho, Amy Lien, Michael Sanchez
Bea Camacho, Enzo Camacho, Amy Lien, Michael Sanchez
14 August – 12 September 2009
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14 August – 12 September 2009
These sticks appear to be left by André Cadere, reincarnated as a dandy with a passion for interior whimsy rather than as a trenchant institutional critic.
Mauve has been difficult to pinpoint ever since it was first synthesized in 1856 by William Henry Perkin. Even during its brief moments of fashionability, it flirted with bad taste. This seemingly mild pink-violet was derided by Whistler as “pink trying to be purple.” Our mauve, wherever on the color scale the viewer chooses to locate it, is no more purely ‘mauve’ than any other. Mauve is always compromised, not quite essential enough. Because it is so equivocal, mauve has no conceivable place in lifestyle branding, not even as a peppering of comfort-kitsch into international modern chic.
But these castings of a bamboo pole, with their lush ombrés, which recall the Spring-Summer 2009 season of Comme des Garçons Shirt, can nevertheless pass for objects of high design with an uncertain utility. In their blanket installation, which breezes over the differences among BoConcept, Natuzzi Italia, Vitra, and the gallery, they neither make the design boutique into a gallery nor vice versa. Both of these moves would have an easy moral thrust. If our sticks are critical at all, it is through their obsequious spinelessness.
The price for each deliberately placed stick is based on the general price point of whatever space it is displayed in, assigning more or less surplus value. As a metaphor for our profit margins, the gradient is more than just a vacuous surface.
It is entirely possible that these slick sticks will stand the test of time.
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About the Artist
About the Artists
Bea Camacho (b. 1983, Manila, Philippines) is a visual artist who works in installation, performance, and video. She received her B.A. in Visual and Environmental Studies from Harvard University, where she was awarded the Albert Alcalay Prize for Outstanding work in Studio Art and the David McCord Prize for Achievement in the Arts.
She is a recipient of the Thirteen Artists Award from the Cultural Center of the Philippines. She was also selected as an exhibiting artist for the 2006 Asian Contemporary Art Week in New York City and for the 2009 International Women Artists Biennale in Incheon, Korea. Recently, her exhibition at MO_Space, Memento Obliviscere, was shortlisted for the Ateneo Art Awards 2018.
Her work has been exhibited in galleries internationally, including the Japan Society (New York), Osage Gallery (Hong Kong and Singapore), Ikkan Art Gallery (Singapore), Valentine Willie Fine Arts (Kuala Lumpur and Manila), Silverlens (Manila), Finale Gallery (Manila), MO_Space (Manila), and Green Papaya Art Projects (Manila). She has also shown her work in institutions including the Cultural Center of the Philippines, National Museum of the Philippines, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Museum of Contemporary Art and Design in Manila, the Musee d'Art Moderne in St. Etienne, Kyoto Art Center, Hangaram Museum, EuGon Museum of Photography, Triennale di Milano Design Museum, Queens Museum of Art, Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston and the Tate Modern.
Enzo Camacho (b. 1985, Philippines) received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and his Master’s degree in Fine Arts at the Hochschule fur bildende Kunste (HFBK) in Hamburg, Germany. He is known for collaborating with Amy Lien. In 2013, they received an Achievement Grand Award from the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)/Karl H. Ditze Stiftung HFBK, Germany. Recently in 2015, they participated in a six-month residency as artists/curators at Gluck 50 in Milan, Italy. They were also granted an artist-in-residence program from NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore in November 2015.
His individual and collaborative work with Amy Lien has been included in group exhibitions at Bortolami Gallery (New York), Galerie Crone (Berlin), Mathew (Berlin), Green Papaya Art Projects (Quezon City, Philippines), Light and Space Contemporary (Quezon City, Philippines), LOST Projects (Marikina, Philippines) and the Jorge B. Vargas Museum (Quezon City, Philippines), among others. In 2011, they had solo exhibitions at 57 Canal (New York) and Republikha Art Gallery (Quezon City, Philippines), as well as a performance at the Museum of Modern Art (New York). In 2014, they had a collaborative show at 47 Canal, New York for the second time entitled Leak Light Time Heat. They also had a collaborative performance with Christian Najouks in the same year which was shown both in the Philippines and in Germany. It was entitled G-SPVK SPEAKS BITCHES ON ICE. Enzo Camacho and Amy Lien had recent collaborative exhibitions at Physics Room, New Zealand entitled Urban Aspiration and Not with nothing but. With nothing. held at Project Native Informant in London, UK. Both exhibitions were shown in 2015.
Amy Lien (b. 1987, USA) is currently living and working in New York. She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University. She also finished her MFA at Hochschule fur bildende Kunste (HFBK) in Hamburg, Germany. She is known for collaborating with Enzo Camacho. In 2013, they received an Achievement Grand Award from the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)/Karl H. Ditze Stiftung HFBK, Germany. Recently in 2015, they participated in a six-month residency as artists/curators at Gluck 50 in Milan, Italy. They were also granted an artist-in-residence program from NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore in November 2015.
Her individual and collaborative work with Enzo Camacho has been included in group exhibitions at Bortolami Gallery (New York), Galerie Crone (Berlin), Mathew (Berlin), Green Papaya Art Projects (Quezon City, Philippines), Light and Space Contemporary (Quezon City, Philippines), LOST Projects (Marikina, Philippines) and the Jorge B. Vargas Museum (Quezon City, Philippines), among others. In 2011, they had solo exhibitions at 57 Canal (New York) and Republikha Art Gallery (Quezon City, Philippines), as well as a performance at the Museum of Modern Art (New York). In 2014, they had a collaborative show at 47 Canal, New York, and a collaborative performance with Christian Najouks which was shown both in the Philippines and in Germany. In 2015, they had collaborative exhibitions at Physics Room, New Zealand and Project Native Informant in London, UK.
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About the Artists
About the Artist
Bea Camacho (b. 1983, Manila, Philippines) is a visual artist who works in installation, performance, and video. She received her B.A. in Visual and Environmental Studies from Harvard University, where she was awarded the Albert Alcalay Prize for Outstanding work in Studio Art and the David McCord Prize for Achievement in the Arts.
She is a recipient of the Thirteen Artists Award from the Cultural Center of the Philippines. She was also selected as an exhibiting artist for the 2006 Asian Contemporary Art Week in New York City and for the 2009 International Women Artists Biennale in Incheon, Korea. Recently, her exhibition at MO_Space, Memento Obliviscere, was shortlisted for the Ateneo Art Awards 2018.
Her work has been exhibited in galleries internationally, including the Japan Society (New York), Osage Gallery (Hong Kong and Singapore), Ikkan Art Gallery (Singapore), Valentine Willie Fine Arts (Kuala Lumpur and Manila), Silverlens (Manila), Finale Gallery (Manila), MO_Space (Manila), and Green Papaya Art Projects (Manila). She has also shown her work in institutions including the Cultural Center of the Philippines, National Museum of the Philippines, Metropolitan Museum of Manila, Museum of Contemporary Art and Design in Manila, the Musee d'Art Moderne in St. Etienne, Kyoto Art Center, Hangaram Museum, EuGon Museum of Photography, Triennale di Milano Design Museum, Queens Museum of Art, Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston and the Tate Modern.
Enzo Camacho (b. 1985, Philippines) received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University and his Master’s degree in Fine Arts at the Hochschule fur bildende Kunste (HFBK) in Hamburg, Germany. He is known for collaborating with Amy Lien. In 2013, they received an Achievement Grand Award from the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)/Karl H. Ditze Stiftung HFBK, Germany. Recently in 2015, they participated in a six-month residency as artists/curators at Gluck 50 in Milan, Italy. They were also granted an artist-in-residence program from NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore in November 2015.
His individual and collaborative work with Amy Lien has been included in group exhibitions at Bortolami Gallery (New York), Galerie Crone (Berlin), Mathew (Berlin), Green Papaya Art Projects (Quezon City, Philippines), Light and Space Contemporary (Quezon City, Philippines), LOST Projects (Marikina, Philippines) and the Jorge B. Vargas Museum (Quezon City, Philippines), among others. In 2011, they had solo exhibitions at 57 Canal (New York) and Republikha Art Gallery (Quezon City, Philippines), as well as a performance at the Museum of Modern Art (New York). In 2014, they had a collaborative show at 47 Canal, New York for the second time entitled Leak Light Time Heat. They also had a collaborative performance with Christian Najouks in the same year which was shown both in the Philippines and in Germany. It was entitled G-SPVK SPEAKS BITCHES ON ICE. Enzo Camacho and Amy Lien had recent collaborative exhibitions at Physics Room, New Zealand entitled Urban Aspiration and Not with nothing but. With nothing. held at Project Native Informant in London, UK. Both exhibitions were shown in 2015.
Amy Lien (b. 1987, USA) is currently living and working in New York. She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard University. She also finished her MFA at Hochschule fur bildende Kunste (HFBK) in Hamburg, Germany. She is known for collaborating with Enzo Camacho. In 2013, they received an Achievement Grand Award from the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)/Karl H. Ditze Stiftung HFBK, Germany. Recently in 2015, they participated in a six-month residency as artists/curators at Gluck 50 in Milan, Italy. They were also granted an artist-in-residence program from NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore in November 2015.
Her individual and collaborative work with Enzo Camacho has been included in group exhibitions at Bortolami Gallery (New York), Galerie Crone (Berlin), Mathew (Berlin), Green Papaya Art Projects (Quezon City, Philippines), Light and Space Contemporary (Quezon City, Philippines), LOST Projects (Marikina, Philippines) and the Jorge B. Vargas Museum (Quezon City, Philippines), among others. In 2011, they had solo exhibitions at 57 Canal (New York) and Republikha Art Gallery (Quezon City, Philippines), as well as a performance at the Museum of Modern Art (New York). In 2014, they had a collaborative show at 47 Canal, New York, and a collaborative performance with Christian Najouks which was shown both in the Philippines and in Germany. In 2015, they had collaborative exhibitions at Physics Room, New Zealand and Project Native Informant in London, UK.
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