Two-person exhibition

B Sides and Marginalia

Ian Swanson + Alex Bienstock

MX Gallery, New York

February 25 – March 31, 2018

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The exhibition considers the shared domestic life of Swanson and Bienstock and the difficulty of finding solitude amid social and mediated noise. Bienstock’s painted, screen-bound interiors meet Swanson’s attention to surveillance-camera vision in a conversation shaped by proximity, competition, mutual support, and touch.

Exhibition text and photography courtesy MX Gallery.

B Sides and Marginalia
MX Gallery, 167 Canal Street, New York
February 25 – March 31, 2018

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