On the Air at Ulterior Gallery: Radio-Inspired Group Show Explores Language and Transmission
Ulterior Gallery in New York hosts "On the Air," a group exhibition that runs from June 13 to July 17. This showcase delves into the theme of broadcasting unique yet reproducible language through diverse mediums such as photographs, audio loops, and fabricated advertisements. Visitors are welcomed by Hanne Lippard's silk banners, while works like ahem #6 (2017) utilize throat-clearing to draw in the audience. The Institute for the Study of the Urtext features linocut reliefs alongside Day-Glo flyers and a phone number that discusses George Fox's rejection of Puritan principles. Rita McBride's kiosk presents the term FREE, and Rick Myers's pieces include bite-marked scraps. Yusuf Hassan's collages, inspired by punk zines, examine how distribution influences ideas. This review appears in ArtReview's September 2026 issue.
Key facts
- On the Air is on view at Ulterior Gallery, New York, from 13 June to 17 July.
- The group exhibition takes radio transmission as its point of departure.
- Hanne Lippard's white silk banners feature closed captions without visual antecedents, including ahem #6 (2017) and ahem #10.
- The Institute for the Study of the Urtext presents nine linocut reliefs with Day-Glo flyers and a phone number that connects to a metallic voice discussing George Fox.
- Rita McBride's purple newspaper-distribution kiosk displays the word FREE.
- Rick Myers's dated scraps of paper have mysterious bite marks.
- Yusuf Hassan's collages, including punk poetry now! And Various Others (2026–ongoing), reference punk and queercore zines from the seventies.
- The exhibition recalls DIY aesthetics that petered out in the late 1990s but resists nostalgia for a pre-internet era.
Entities
Artists
- Hanne Lippard
- Rita McBride
- Rick Myers
- Yusuf Hassan
- George Fox
Institutions
- Ulterior Gallery
- Institute for the Study of the Urtext
- BlackMass Publishing
- ArtReview
Locations
- New York
- United States