Two-person exhibition

Mystic Pilgrims

Ian Swanson + Johnny Stanish

Peekskill Project V / HVCCA, Peekskill, New York

September 29, 2012 – July 28, 2013

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Wide installation view of Mystic Pilgrims at Peekskill Project V
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Wide installation view with suspended works in Mystic Pilgrims
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Suspended paintings in Mystic Pilgrims
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Two suspended paintings in Mystic Pilgrims
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Suspended paintings viewed from below in Mystic Pilgrims
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Suspended painted work viewed from below in Mystic Pilgrims
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Suspended photographic paintings in Mystic Pilgrims
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Painting installed in a window opening in Mystic Pilgrims
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Floor work in Mystic Pilgrims
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Freestanding sculptural work in Mystic Pilgrims
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Suspended sculptural work in Mystic Pilgrims
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Architectural intervention in Mystic Pilgrims
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Window intervention in Mystic Pilgrims
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Paired window interventions in Mystic Pilgrims
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Illuminated neon work in Mystic Pilgrims
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Peekskill Project exterior context
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Mystic Pilgrims was a two-person exhibition by Ian Swanson and Johnny Stanish presented during Peekskill Project V, the citywide program organized by the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art.

Installed in a vacant industrial interior, the exhibition treated the building as an active material. Suspended paintings, freestanding structures, floor works, and architectural interventions were distributed through the open room, using its exposed beams, windows, masonry, and existing utilities as part of the installation.

The exhibition was conceived as a shared spatial project rather than a conventional pairing of discrete bodies of work.

Photography courtesy the artists and HVCCA.