NEW YORK, NY.- 200E20TH presents Curious Company, a two-person exhibition featuring works by Mie Yim and Paul Joseph Vogeler, curated by Jenny Mushkin Goldman of Agency Esta. The exhibition is currently on view by appointment through August 28 in the Sky Garden Penthouse. As the third exhibition presented in the residence, Curious Company continues 200E20TH’s ongoing arts initiative, bringing contemporary art outside the traditional gallery setting and creating an interplay between the artwork and its domestic setting.
Curious Company brings together the distinct practices of Yim and Vogeler in a dialogue throughout the residence. Rather than presenting the works in a traditional white cube gallery, visitors engage with the artwork within a space where architecture, natural light, furnishings, and sweeping city views become part of the viewing experience.
Throughout the penthouse, a menagerie of unusual creatures, flowers, birds, vessels, disco balls, and ballet slippers emerges against the city skyline. Kaleidoscopic biomorphic forms meet delicate vanitas-like imagery in a dreamlike setting, where the familiar meets the uncanny and unexpected connections emerge.
Though markedly different in style, the artists share an interest in the uncanny and the imaginative, revealing curious points of connection between their practices. Together, their works create an unlikely dialogue around the thin line between danger and delight.
The Artists
Mie Yim is a New York-based painter. Recent solo exhibitions include Villa Magdalena in Madrid, Jupiter Contemporary in Miami, Smack Mellon, Broadway Gallery, Simone Subal Gallery, and Olympia Gallery in New York, and the Brattleboro Museum in Vermont. She is a recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, two New York Foundation for the Arts fellowships, and the Lillian Orlowsky and William Freed Grant, and has participated in residencies at Yaddo and the Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program. Her work is included in the collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, JPMorgan Chase, and the Weatherspoon Art Museum.
Paul Joseph Vogeler is a New York-based artist working in painting, drawing, and printmaking. He earned his BFA from the School of Visual Arts and MFA from Hunter College. Recent solo exhibitions include Last Rites at RX&SLAG Gallery, Paris; Naturaleza Nocturna at SGR Galera, Bogot; and Paul Joseph Vogeler at La Pera Projects, New York. His work is held in the collections of Berlinische Galerie Museum, Berlin; Bishopsgate Institute, UK Fetish Archive, London; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Rio de Janeiro; and Fondation d’entreprise Francs.
200E20TH
Developed by The Tidhar Group and designed by CetraRuddy, 200E20TH is a residential development in Gramercy Park. Founded in 1993, Tidhar has completed more than 550 projects, including over 20,000 homes and approximately 21.5 million square feet of commercial space. Douglas Elliman Development Marketing, a division of Douglas Elliman Realty, is the exclusive sales and marketing firm for 200E20TH.
