NADA Miami: The Macroscope
Michiko Itatani, Baxter Koziol, & Adam Lupton
December 5th - December 9th, 2023
Ice Palace Studio, Booth C-104
1400 N Miami Ave, Miami, FL 33136
After celebrating its first year, Storage joins NADA Miami 2023 to exhibit the works of Michiko Itatani (b. 1948), Baxter Koziol (b. 1995), Adam Lupton (b. 1987). The presentation of these four artists in Storage’s debut art fair commemorates a solo exhibition each at the gallery–Itatani’s being currently on view.
At NADA Miami 2023, we present The Macroscope, exploring the body through the corporal, the adornment, and the atmospheric in the context of our contemporary socio-political discourse. As evidenced by thinkers such as Elaine Scarry, Elizabeth Povinelli, and Donna Haraway, the awareness of self is inextricably supported by the physicality of sensation. The Macroscope posits pain and (dis)comfort as encounters of flesh and sensation, being and the world. We center on this mode of potential, where the external and the intimacy of the flesh might be taken apart and reformulated.
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Michiko Itatani’s paintings focus on the relationship between architectural space and the body, her complex and mythical atmospheres acting as reflections of a space where people can gather. Through the sheer scale of Itatani's works, viewers are invited to enter new structural fields which philosophize the cosmic possibilities of the future.
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Baxter Koziol explores the social construction of rupture and the body, working exclusively with a single needle to hand stitch his soft sculptures, blankets, and suits out of pieces of used clothing, found objects, and VCR tapes of classic films. These objects are flesh extensions, awaiting the body to clothe and armor its form.
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Adam Lupton’s work grows out of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), where his every day existence is filled with rituals of reassurance, mantras and projections, creating internal “mental somersaults” that mediate his interaction with the external world. Lupton employs non-traditional methods including stamping, printmaking, and craft applications to express alternative portraits of himself, ‘fleshing out’ the emotions of his intrusive thought processes and eliding the interior and exterior of the body.
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Founded in 2020 by Onyedika Chuke, Storage is a contemporary art gallery in TriBeCa, New York. Our program is rooted in our commitment to sustaining a culturally diverse roster of emerging, mid-career, and established artists. We aim to produce trailblazing dialogues through groundbreaking exhibitions to empower artists and communities. Located in the historic 52 Walker Street Building alongside leading Manhattan-based galleries, our doors are open to welcome you.