Exhibitions
Arnold J. Kemp: Less Like an Object and More Like the Weather
02.17.2022 – 04.10.2022
Photo by Robert Heishman.
Exhibition Summary
Masks have occupied Arnold J. Kemp’s imagination for close to three decades, and they are doubly present in the project developed for the Neubauer Collegium, the centerpiece of which is a sprawling installation consisting of hundreds of hand-sculpted ceramic objects, paired with two large-scale photographs of the artist’s hand eerily animating a flaccid Fred Flintstone mask.
Arnold J. Kemp (b. 1968) is a Chicago-based American artist whose work ranges across an array of media including installation art and sculpture, painting and photography, and performance and poetry. Over the years, Kemp has sought to articulate his long-standing interest in challenging and interrogating the politics of “othering” so central to the imperial project of Western enlightenment. He has pursued this interest through a variety of forms and motifs, among which the mask stands out as the artist’s most persistent iconographic concern. Masks have occupied Kemp’s imagination for close to three decades, and they are doubly present in the project developed for the Neubauer Collegium, the centerpiece of which is a sprawling installation consisting of hundreds of hand-sculpted ceramic objects, paired with two large-scale photographs of the artist’s hand eerily animating a flaccid Fred Flintstone mask: “speech acts” that are exquisitely articulate in their wordlessness.
Curated by Dieter Roelstraete
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Exhibition Narrative
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Arnold J. Kemp: Opening Reception
Arnold J. Kemp: Opening Reception
With a Fred Flintstone Rubber Disguise, Artist Arnold Kemp Explores What Masks Really Reveal
With a Fred Flintstone Rubber Disguise, Artist Arnold Kemp Explores What Masks Really Reveal
ARTnews reviews Less Like an Object and More Like the Weather, Arnold J. Kemp's exhibition at the Neubauer Collegium, and explores the role of masks and other modes of disguise in his artistic ...
Featured Exhibition: Arnold J. Kemp, “Less Like an Object and More Like the Weather”
Featured Exhibition: Arnold J. Kemp, “Less Like an Object and More Like the Weather”
Mousse Magazine features Arnold J. Kemp's exhibition, Less Like an Object and More Like the Weather.
Looking the Other Way: A Review of Arnold J. Kemp at M. LeBlanc and the Neubauer Collegium
Looking the Other Way: A Review of Arnold J. Kemp at M. LeBlanc and the Neubauer Collegium
Newcity reviews two solo exhibitions by Arnold J. Kemp: Less Like an Object and More Like the Weather at the Neubauer Collegium and Talking To The Sun at M. LeBlanc.
REVIEW: Arnold J. Kemp, Less Like an Object and More Like the Weather
REVIEW: Arnold J. Kemp, Less Like an Object and More Like the Weather
Bridge Magazine reviews Arnold J. Kemp's exhibition at the Neubauer Collegium, Less Like an Object and More Like the Weather.
Art Top 5: April 2022 (Newcity)
Art Top 5: April 2022 (Newcity)
Newcity's list of top five exhibitions to see in April 2022 features Arnold J. Kemp's exhibition at the Neubauer Collegium, Less Like an Object and More Like the Weather.
Spring Museums Guide: What to See and Where
Spring Museums Guide: What to See and Where
The Hyde Park Herald includes a description of Arnold J. Kemp's Less Like an Object and More Like the Weather in its 2022 spring museums guide.
Viewer vs Viewed: Arnold J. Kemp Considers the Role of Masks
Viewer vs Viewed: Arnold J. Kemp Considers the Role of Masks
Masks have haunted Arnold J. Kemp’s pictorial and sculptural practice since the late 1990s. He first turned to drawing West African masks, spurred on by a hunch that traditional African carving may ...
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Carousel with 3 slides shown at a time. Use the Previous and Next buttons to navigate, or the slide dot buttons at the end to jump to slides.
Arnold J. Kemp: Opening Reception
Arnold J. Kemp: Opening Reception
Carousel with 3 slides shown at a time. Use the Previous and Next buttons to navigate, or the slide dot buttons at the end to jump to slides.
With a Fred Flintstone Rubber Disguise, Artist Arnold Kemp Explores What Masks Really Reveal
With a Fred Flintstone Rubber Disguise, Artist Arnold Kemp Explores What Masks Really Reveal
ARTnews reviews Less Like an Object and More Like the Weather, Arnold J. Kemp's exhibition at the Neubauer Collegium, and explores the role of masks and other modes of disguise in his artistic ...
Looking the Other Way: A Review of Arnold J. Kemp at M. LeBlanc and the Neubauer Collegium
Looking the Other Way: A Review of Arnold J. Kemp at M. LeBlanc and the Neubauer Collegium
Newcity reviews two solo exhibitions by Arnold J. Kemp: Less Like an Object and More Like the Weather at the Neubauer Collegium and Talking To The Sun at M. LeBlanc.
REVIEW: Arnold J. Kemp, Less Like an Object and More Like the Weather
REVIEW: Arnold J. Kemp, Less Like an Object and More Like the Weather
Bridge Magazine reviews Arnold J. Kemp's exhibition at the Neubauer Collegium, Less Like an Object and More Like the Weather.
Art Top 5: April 2022 (Newcity)
Art Top 5: April 2022 (Newcity)
Newcity's list of top five exhibitions to see in April 2022 features Arnold J. Kemp's exhibition at the Neubauer Collegium, Less Like an Object and More Like the Weather.
Spring Museums Guide: What to See and Where
Spring Museums Guide: What to See and Where
The Hyde Park Herald includes a description of Arnold J. Kemp's Less Like an Object and More Like the Weather in its 2022 spring museums guide.
Carousel with 3 slides shown at a time. Use the Previous and Next buttons to navigate, or the slide dot buttons at the end to jump to slides.
Featured Exhibition: Arnold J. Kemp, “Less Like an Object and More Like the Weather”
Featured Exhibition: Arnold J. Kemp, “Less Like an Object and More Like the Weather”
Mousse Magazine features Arnold J. Kemp's exhibition, Less Like an Object and More Like the Weather.
Carousel with 3 slides shown at a time. Use the Previous and Next buttons to navigate, or the slide dot buttons at the end to jump to slides.
Viewer vs Viewed: Arnold J. Kemp Considers the Role of Masks
Viewer vs Viewed: Arnold J. Kemp Considers the Role of Masks
Masks have haunted Arnold J. Kemp’s pictorial and sculptural practice since the late 1990s. He first turned to drawing West African masks, spurred on by a hunch that traditional African carving may ...
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