Carol Bove's Maccarone Exhibition RA Challenges Artistic Authorship with Ziprin Circle Collaborations
From September 7 to October 19, 2013, Maccarone gallery presented a solo exhibition by Carol Bove called RA, or Why is an orange like a bell? This exhibition featured twelve works that challenged traditional ideas about who creates art. Out of these, only six were attributed to Bove; the others were made by artists like Lionel Ziprin, Joanne Ziprin, Harry Smith, Richard Berger, and others from their Lower East Side community in the 1950s-60s. Bove's 'forced collaborations' utilized materials like concrete, brass, and steel. Notable pieces included a 2013 untitled sculpture with petrified wood, as well as the powder-coated steel works Solar Feminine and Hieroglyph. Bove also co-curated a reading room at 98 Morton Street, highlighting Ziprin and Smith's ephemera.
Key facts
- Exhibition RA, or Why is an orange like a bell? ran September 7 to October 19, 2013 at Maccarone gallery
- Only six of twelve works were attributed to Carol Bove, with others by Ziprin circle members
- Materials included concrete, brass, cast steel, and powder-finished steel
- Concurrent reading-room exhibition co-curated with Philip Smith at 98 Morton Street featured Ziprin ephemera
- Bove's site-specific installations Caterpillar at Highline Park ran through May 2014
- Equinox at Museum of Modern Art ran through January 2014
- Bove describes her approach as 'forced collaborations' incorporating others' works
- In 2012 interview she emphasized disaggregation where elements maintain individual autonomy
Entities
Artists
- Carol Bove
- Lionel Ziprin
- Joanne Ziprin
- Harry Smith
- Richard Berger
- Philip Smith
- Beatrix Ruf
Institutions
- Maccarone
- Highline Park
- Museum of Modern Art
- Art in America
- Qor Collective
- Inkweed Studios
Locations
- New York City
- United States
- 630 Greenwich Street
- 98 Morton Street
- Lower East Side