“(hot girl) summer featuring (hot girl) summer art” by Jeanette Hayes
A Solo Exhibition Curated by Indira Cesarine
OPENING RECEPTION
July 23rd, 2019
RSVP: events@untitled-space.com
EXHIBITION ON VIEW
July 23th – August 13th
THE UNTITLED SPACE
45 Lispenard Street, NYC 10013
The Untitled Space is pleased to present solo exhibition, “(hot girl) summer featuring (hot girl) summer art by Jeanette Hayes”. Curated by gallery director Indira Cesarine, the exhibit will open on July 23rd, 2019, and will be on view through August 13th, 2019. Jeanette Hayes is a multidisciplinary visual artist known for her collage-like aesthetic. Her works address pop culture imagery with an adventurous style, often juxtaposing high and popular culture with images of the female form in all shapes and sizes, provoking stereotypes with a mischievous liberation. “(hot girl) summer featuring (hot girl) summer art by Jeanette Hayes, a title inspired by HOT GIRL MEG, explores a playful and light-hearted mentality about summertime through a series of graphite on paper drawings and oil paintings.
Featuring conglomerated collages with iconic images spanning Frida Kahlo to Minnie Mouse, each work speaks to her vision of a “hot girl summer.” Hayes stated of the exhibition theme, “With everyone currently entrenched in daunting political times, I decided to delve into a body of work that would be amusing and could give the viewer a break from real life. These fantasy collages are composed with art historical/ pop culture references and memes/imagery found on Instagram and TikTok, laced together with my own unique creations. The viewer is encouraged to explore these works and discover details that invoke (or trigger) happiness and nostalgia, hope for a fun future (maybe a future as soon as later tonight) or even rage, if that is what you enjoy.”
Hayes has participated in a number of successful solo and group exhibitions, including The Untitled Space group shows, “IRL: Investigating Reality” 2019, “EDEN” at SPRING/BREAK ART SHOW 2019, “SECRET GARDEN: The Female Gaze on Erotica” 2017, and “LIFEFORCE” 2016. This will be her first solo exhibition at the gallery.
Jeanette Hayes (b. 1988) is a painter/multimedia artist based in New York. Originally from Chicago, Hayes moved to NYC and received a BFA from Pratt Institute. Her work addresses the traditional preservation of non-traditional technological and pop imagery through painting, video, digital manipulation, and Internet collages. Hayes’ interests include cultural phenomena and the confrontation of conventionality and subject matter. Her fascination with the amalgamation of images we each navigate through every day and their correlations to civilization and ownership in 2019 has propelled her practice. With international solo shows in Sweden, Italy, and Belgium, Hayes has also shown in New York Hayes at Half Gallery, the Hole, Regina Rex, Castor Gallery, Romeo, Bleecker Street Arts Club, the National Arts Club and more.
Most recently, Hayes was curated by the Culture Corps to create a public art installation at the Hudson Yards, which is currently on view until November 2019. Jeanette Hayes has made animated GIFs and videos for Proenza Schouler, CHANEL, Alexander Wang, Cynthia Rowley, Vogue, and Opening Ceremony. She has received artist sponsorships from BlackBerry and Blick Art, and was chosen by Purple magazine to create their artist book in 2016, which she titled “five”. Hayes has been featured in the New York Times, Vogue Japan, i-D, Complex Magazine, Interview Magazine, Dazed, the Coveteur, Purple Magazine, Paper Magazine, Playboy and TimeOut New York chose Hayes as one of the “5 most important new artists in New York City.” Jeanette Hayes lives and works in New York City.
ABOUT THE UNTITLED SPACE:
The Untitled Space is an art gallery located in Tribeca, New York in a landmark building on Lispenard Street. Founded in 2015 by Indira Cesarine, the gallery features an ongoing curation of exhibits of emerging and established contemporary artists exploring conceptual framework and boundary-pushing ideology through mediums of painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, video and performance art. The gallery is committing to exploring new ideas vis-à-vis traditional and new mediums and highlights a program of women in art as well as special events aligned with our creative vision.
ABOUT CURATOR INDIRA CESARINE
Indira Cesarine’s work as a curator for The Untitled Space gallery includes solo shows for artists Sarah Maple, Rebecca Leveille, Alison Jackson, Fahren Feingold, and Kat Toronto aka Miss Meatface as well as group shows “EDEN” and “(HOTEL) XX” at SPRING/BREAK Art Show; ”SECRET GARDEN” presenting the female gaze on erotica; “SHE INSPIRES,” a group show of 60 artists exhibiting works honoring inspirational women; internationally-celebrated group shows “UPRISE/ANGRY WOMEN,” and “ONE YEAR OF RESISTANCE” responding to the political climate in America since the election of Trump, as well as numerous other critically- acclaimed exhibitions. Recent press on Indira Cesarine and The Untitled Space includes Vogue (US), Vogue Italia, CNN, Forbes, Newsweek, W Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Teen Vogue, New York Magazine, i-D Magazine, Dazed and Confused, and The Huffington Post among many others.
