Rebirthing The Unwanted

Rebirthing The Unwanted 

December 12-13, 2024, 10:00 AM to 8:00 PM

Kinescope Gallery 

616 E 9th St, 

New York, NY 10009

Opening Reception 

Thursday, December 12, 2024, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

vignette is pleased to announce its inaugural group exhibition, Rebirthing The Unwanted. On view December 12-13, 2024 at Kinescope Gallery, 616 E 9th St, New York, NY 10009, this exciting group exhibition features 21 New York-based artists ranging from BFA & MFA students at SVA and Columbia University to some of today's most innovative voices in New York.

The exhibition brings together emerging and mid-career artists who explore the impact of mainstream value judgments on individuals in today's advanced stage of capitalism. Simply put, visual and sound artists whose practice examines how we evaluate objects, people, and places as "junk", "trash", or "dirt" invite us to reflect on our popular moral judgment of taste as "trashy”. From analyzing objects and memories from our childhood, to using discarded materials in artworks to question our perceived value of trash, to critiquing the damage caused by societal norms and overconsumption, the artists featured in Rebirthing The Unwanted successfully assist visitors in questioning the roots of their judgmental system and allow us to re-evaluate the need we feel to discard and renew certain people, places, and objects in our lives. 

Rebirthing The Unwanted includes work by Alejandro Valencia, Alex Syrenova, Claudia Shi, Dennis RedMoon Darkeem, Emily Glass, Hyunjun Yang, Jada Hairston, José Taborda, Koji Taylor & Aldo Aguilar, Kutay Tufekci, Laureline Edde, Léo Zhang, Magali, A Cult, Marisa Desimoni-Lage, Paloma Dubois, Ridwana Rahman, Ruby Driscoll, William Gary, Yasmin Lindemann, and Yshao Lin.

vignette is a creative project developed by Sophie Collinet as part of her Master's program in Arts Administration at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is grateful for Dr. Jennifer Lena's support, trust, and opportunity to explore the curriculum of the Trash Art class through a group exhibition. Dr. Lena will evaluate the curation and exhibition statement.