On View February 1 - February 23
“Forcing Feelings Into Shape Molds” is a collection of sculptures, prints, and works on paper. It is also a grouping of quilts, a table set with tools for working and eating, a stack of puddles, and a floating brain in space. Styrofoam from a dumpster, glued with hobby glue, is cast and colored. Prints made from other prints layer and touch until they can — strong enough — stand together as one. Works made on flat surfaces rise onto walls, gesturing toward lightness. Is it going to break? Is it going to hold? Invisible labors — of sensitivity, of care, of not looking away — are the glue that holds one shape to another shape, and the whole thing together. The shapes themselves are tangled guts, and touches, and gentle reminders to stay awake.
—Molly Prentiss
BEKA GOEDDE
is a sculptor and printmaker who has exhibited work at Al Held Foundation (Boiceville, NY), American Academy of Arts and Letters (New York, NY), Galerie Rene Blouin (Montreal, Canada), Soloway (Brooklyn, NY), Sunday Takeout (Brooklyn, NY), Zane Bennett Gallery (Santa Fe, NM), Inside Out Art Museum (Beijing, China), Deborah Berke Partners (New York, NY), Assembly Room (New York, NY), and Helen Day Art Center (Stowe, VT), among other venues. Goedde received an MFA in Sculpture from Bard College, and holds a BA from Barnard College in Behavioral Neuroscience and Philosophy. Goedde has been awarded residencies at Cill Rialaig in Ballinskelligs, Ireland; Obracadobra in Oaxaca, Mexico; Interlude, Yaddo, Joshua Tree Highlands Artist Residency, Millay Colony, Women’s Studio Workshop, and PS122. Goedde co-founded the design label E for Effort in 2010, which has been carried in the shops of The New Museum, The Jewish Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, and The Whitney Museum in New York, Toledo Art Museum (Toledo, OH), Available Items (Tivoli, NY), Artware Editions (NY, NY), and Special Special (NY, NY). Goedde has taught at City College New York, MassArt, NYU, and Columbia University, and has been on the faculty of the Studio Arts department at Bard College teaching printmaking, drawing and natural dyes courses since 2015. Goedde co-curated the first four exhibitions in Verse Work/Shop (Red Hook, NY) during its inaugural year.
VERSE Work/Shop
VERSE is committed to artful, lived design in the Hudson Valley.
We believe in the integrity of materials / the synergy of light + space / the depth of time + place / & the potency of celebration.
Talk Shop is the recurring series of exhibitions featuring regional artists and makers showcased at VERSE Work/Shop. Intermediary programming, such as this solo exhibition, is integrated in our yearly calendar. Follow us on Instagram as we share about current and upcoming programs.
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