ARTISTS

JAMES CASEBERE

Born in Michigan in 1953 and based in New York, James Casebere is a pioneering figure in constructed photography whose practice over the past four decades has explored the intersections of architecture, history, and narrative. After studying at Michigan State University, the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (BFA, 1976), the Whitney Independent Study Program in 1977, and CalArts (MFA, 1979), Casebere began developing meticulously crafted models based on architectural, cinematic, and art historical sources, which he would photograph to create evocative images of abandoned or depopulated spaces. His work has shifted from examinations of American mythologies to institutional architecture, probing how social structures—such as commerce, labor, religion, and law—shape collective realities. Casebere's work has been collected by major institutions including the Whitney Museum, MoMA, the Guggenheim, LACMA, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, amongst others. Casebere has received numerous awards, including fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the American Academy in Rome. Survey exhibitions of his work have been presented at Haus der Kunst, Munich; BOZAR, Brussels; and Espace Images Vevey, Switzerland.

Opening on September 25, 2025, The Spatial Unconscious is a major presentation of the artist’s work. Spanning four decades, this exhibition brings together a selection of Casebere’s rarely seen works in various media many of which have not previously been shown in New York. The exhibition includes working Polaroids, waterless lithographs, early black-and-white and recent color photographs, as well as sculpture. Casebere has long been recognized for his innovative approach to photography, merging the sculptural and the architectural with the conceptual. As a central figure of the Pictures Generation, his practice has consistently challenged the boundaries of medium, using photography not as documentation but as the artwork itself to explore how individual and collective realities are constructed.

The Spatial Unconscious was made possible with generous support from Sean Kelly Gallery.

PRESS RELEASE

COUNTER)INDUCTION

Hailed by The New York Times for its “fiery ensemble virtuosity” and for its “first-rate performances” by The Washington Post,

counter)induction is a critically acclaimed new music collective, whose members include Miranda Cuckson, violin; Benjamin Fingland, clarinet; Daniel Lippel, guitar; Jessica Meyer, viola & composer; Caleb van der Swaagh, cello; Ning Yu, piano; Kyle Bartlett, composer; Douglas Boyce, composer; Ryan Streber, composer. Formed in 1998 after a series of collaborations between composers from the University of Pennsylvania and musicians from Julliard School of Music , the New York-based ensemble has performed at Miller Theatre, Merkin Concert Hall, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, among other presitgious venues; and headlined numerous festivals, including the Music at the Anthology Festival, Boston Conservatory New Music Week, the Columbia Music Scholarship Conference, and the conference of the International Consortium for Auditory Display. c)i has premiered numerous pieces by both established and younger emerging American composers; including Eric Moe, Suzanne Sorkin, Ursula Mamlok, and Lee Hyla.

Rotations is a concert that explores a diverse range of compositional styles through the unique perspective of an unconventional ensemble of instruments. It traces the currents and connections across existing and unexplored musical territories, guided by technical and historical viewpoints, with a specific focus on the integration of the classical guitar in chamber music settings.

The program features two works composed for c)i, with premieres planned in Spring 2025: Mark Rimple's Phantasmagoria, which considers creators from the last hundred years: Varo, DuChamp, Zappa, Picasso, and Eliot; and Yoon-Ji Lee's yet-to-be-titled work, featuring the Boston-based composer's unconventional, non-linear music, interweaving rapidly transforming gestures, textures,, and tone colors, all weaved intricately into both acoustic and electroacoustic mediums. Other works include Kyle Bartlett's Before, that imagines an origin of music, and postulates a rapid elevation of complexity, as the proto-language quickly develops grammar and signification that is resonant with but different from chamber music's primary tongue; and Douglas Boyce's Dit de l'alerion that connects the Modern with the Ancient, drawing from Machaut's poem/essay on falconry and the character of human relations. Typically for a counter)induction concert, all these pieces investigate counterpoint and virtuosity, modernity and historicity, art and ontology.

The performance on April 4, 2025 by Dan Lippel, Benjamin Fingland, Caleb van der Swaagh, and Jessica Meyer was made possible through funding by the Augustine Foundation. PRESS RELEASE

BRIAN ALFRED

Brian Alfred is an American artist and educator based in Brooklyn, New York. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1997 from Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Fine Arts in 1999 from Yale University. He has shown in numerous group and solo exhibitions, and his work may be found in the collections of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; among others.

Alfred also hosts SOUND & VISION, the long running podcast of conversations with artists and musicians about the creative process, whose guests have included Diana Al-Hadid, Jules de Balincourt, Inka Essenhigh, Dominique Fung, Kahlil Robert Irving, Byron Kim, Hein Koh, Tony Matelli, Hilary Pecis, James Siena, Alexandria Smith, and Chloe Wise. In 2022, Atelier Editions published Why I Make Art: Contemporary Artists' Stories About Life & Work, a selection of 30 interviews from 2016 to 2020.

You Could Feel The Sky , a mid-career survey of Brian Alfred’s work from 2003 through the present, was our inaugural exhibition and debuted several never before exhibited pieces. Paintings, collages, and digital animations depict a range of scenes: domestic interiors, urban cityscapes, portraits of musicians, and idyllic environmental vistas. Alfred’s imagery balances serene explorations of place, at times, with a sense of unease and caution. Drawing technical and aesthetic inspiration from the Japanese ukiyo-e printmaking tradition, he builds the images by creating architectural spaces and layering of surfaces and shapes with a depth of light and form. His imagery—a combination of his own experiences, imagined locations, and sourced imagery—explores the many facets of the current world we live in.

The opening reception ofYou Could Feel The Sky on September 7, 2024 featured a special performance by artist-musician Hisham Akira Bharoocha. By popular demand, the exhibition was extended from December 13, 2024 to February 7, 2025; and as a related public program on January 17, 2025, Alfred interviewed artist Dana Piazza for a live recording of Sound and Vision, Episode 459. PRESS RELEASE

DERRICK BELCHAM

Derrick Belcham is a Canadian filmmaker based in Brooklyn. His documentaries, music videos, and dance films are widely acclaimed. He has worked with headline artists, such as Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Laurie Anderson, Paul Simon, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yo-Yo Ma, among many others. He has created works, lectured, and exhibited at such institutions as M+, Hong Kong; Musee d’Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canada; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; MoMA PS1, Queens, NY; Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY; the Glass House, New Canaan, CT; and Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ. He has taught at University of Southern California and Princeton University.

Belcham's retrospective video installation, 15/50/150: Song & Dance, was on view from January 18-28, 2024; and featured 50 films from the last 15 years and 150 artists. The opening reception was a private artist party that introduced WB to New York City's creative community and included the New York premiere of Green to Gold, a film by Belcham and Emily Terndrup with choreography and performance by Bobbi-Jene Smith & Or Schraiber and music by The Antlers.