Abstraction Lab Group Exhibition
June 6 - June 18, 2025
Location: Space 776 (37-39 Clinton St, New York, NY 10002)
Opening Reception: May 23 (Friday) from 6 to 8 PM
Office Space announces the curation of a group show at Space 776 by Chunbum Park, titled "Abstraction Lab." The exhibition will feature the works of Albert Abdul-Barr Wang, Sangho Han, Siha Park, and Sabrina Puppin.
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Press Release from Space 776:
New York, NY – Space 776 presents an exhibition of experimental abstraction by four artists: Sangho Han, Siha Park, Sabrina Puppin, and Albert Abdul-Barr Wang. The exhibition is curated by Chunbum Park of the Office Space Gallery.
Our world is filled with abstract colors and shapes. From the coloring of LEGO bricks to the tubular shapes of Tic Tac’s to the bokeh in the camera of the subway beaming lights as it enters the station… What is the language of abstraction but a way for ourselves to make sense of the alienly beautiful world surrounding us? Or perhaps it is the language internal to our selfhood prior to being born as humans, as our consciousness was forged in the cores of the stars, if we are to be conceived of as light.
Abstraction is often confused with nonobjective art, which is an internally derived abstract form of art without any basis in the external physical reality. In contrast, abstract art is said to be a reduction of the external reality. In this exhibition, abstract art will be understood as involving either approaches to image-making.
How can abstraction be revitalized since its climax in the form of Abstract Expressionism in the 1950s in New York? What do artists who consider themselves to be people of color or women have to offer that the white, male artists have overlooked in the field of ideas and visions?
A key concept might be the idea of “Ethnic Abstraction,” which argues for the explorations and representations of ethnicity or cultural background through abstract art. Possibly another important concept would be “Feminist Abstraction,” although the women artists of this exhibit may not consider their works to be entirely confined to the aims or goals of Feminism exclusively.
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(Read more on the Space 776 website)