BRIAN BELOTT
Dome Paste, 2015
Acrylic on paper
89.5 x 108.5 inches
ROSS SIMONINI
Ablution Landscape, 2014
Acrylic, food, and tea on canvas
41 x 78 inches
ROSS SIMONINI
Podiatric Landscape No. 1 (The Witch), 2013
Acrylic on paper mounted on canvas
42 x 42 inches
BRIAN BELOTT
Applaud Pinwheels, 2015
Acrylic on paper
75 x 56 inches
ROSS SIMONINI
Podiatric Landscape No. 3 (The Meadow), 2015
Acrylic on paper mounted on canvas
42 x 24.5 inches
BRIAN BELOTT
Snow Goose, 2013-2015
Acrylic on paper
52 x 44.5 inches
BRIAN BELOTT
Walnut Mattress, 2015
Acrylic on paper
84.5 x 70 inches
ROSS SIMONINI
Untitled, 2013
Acrylic on paper
8.5 x 12 inches
ROSS SIMONINI
Podiatric Landscape No. 2 (The Lovers), 2015
Acrylic and tea mounted on canvas with a rubber yoga mat frame
17.25 x 42 inches
BRIAN BELOTT
Mustard Drawing (Cat), 2015
Mustard on paper
8 x 13.5 inches
BRIAN BELOTT
Mustard Drawing (Flowers), 2015
Mustard on paper
13.5 x 8 inches
BRIAN BELOTT
Mustard Drawing (Artist and Model), 2015
Mustard on paper
8 x 10.5 inches
BRIAN BELOTT
Mustard Drawing (4 Morandi), 2015
Mustard on paper
8 x 10.5 inches
BRIAN BELOTT
Mustard Drawing (Stripes), 2015
Mustard on paper
13.5 x 15 inches
BRIAN BELOTT
Mustard Drawing (Edison Bulb), 2015
Mustard on paper
10.75 x 8.25 inches
BRIAN BELOTT
Mustard Drawing (Dots), 2015
Mustard on paper
10.5 x 8.25 inches
BRIAN BELOTT
Mustard Drawing (Harpo), 2015
Mustard on paper
13.5 x 8 inches
BRIAN BELOTT
Mustard Drawing (Seltzer), 2015
Mustard on paper
13.5 x 8.5 inches
BRIAN BELOTT
Mustard Drawing (Horse No. 2), 2015
Mustard on paper
8.75 x 13.5 inches
BRIAN BELOTT
Mustard Drawing (Calculator No. 1), 2015
Mustard on paper
10.5 x 8.25 inches
BRIAN BELOTT
Mustard Drawing (Dad), 2015
Mustard on paper
8.25 x 10.75 inches
BRIAN BELOTT
Mustard Drawing (Calculator No. 2), 2015
Mustard on paper
10.5 x 8.25 inches
BRIAN BELOTT
Mustard Drawing (Boombox), 2015
Mustard on paper
13.5 x 15 inches
BRIAN BELOTT
Mustard Drawing (Horse No. 1), 2015
Mustard on paper
8 x 13.75 inches
BRIAN BELOTT
Mustard Drawing (Face), 2015
Mustard on paper
13.5 x 8 inches
ROSS SIMONINI
Orgasm with a Friend, 2012
Sumi ink on paper
60 x 42 inches
ROSS SIMONINI
Fat Ghost, 2015
Acrylic on paper
13.5 x 17 inches
ROSS SIMONINI
Slim Ghost, 2015
Acrylic, colored pencil, ash, and tea on paper
13.5 x 17 inches
Brian Belott
Ross Simonini
March 19 through April 25, 2015
Opening reception: Thursday, March 19, 6-8PM
Fredericks & Freiser is pleased to announce a two-person exhibition of new works by Brian Belott and Ross Simonini.
Brian Belott and Ross Simonini are friends and collaborators. In the recent past, they have written long, ferocious text messages to each other, waging deep and silent wars that lasted for many days. In fits, they have collaborated, mostly on collages and drawings, some of which have been collected together into an artists’ book open edition to be released in concert with this exhibition. Both artists work with a curious salad of materials – food, calculators, rugs, napkins – but this show is a collection of their recent work on paper and canvas, varying from modest to immodestly sized. In both cases, the artists’ ongoing work in performance and music seems to inform their markmaking. Belott draws with mustard on his rooftop in the rain. Simonini paints with his feet. Belott paints in the shower. Simonini washes the dishes with an unstretched canvas. Each looks for art under the kitchen table. Once, at the 2014 PERFORMA festival, the two of them conducted a 40-person choir to stomp and chant for their food.
About the artists
Brian Belott lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He has numerous solo exhibitions including most recently The Journal, NY. His recent group shows include OHWOW, CA; Venus Over Manhattan, NY; Canada, NY; and Gavin Brown Enterprise, NY. His work is included in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, NY.
Ross Simonini is an artist, writer, and musician living in New York. He has had a solo exhibition at Shoot the Lobster in Luxembourg. His group shows include Martos Gallery, NY; Human Resources, CA; and Blackston, NY, and has performed at Jack Hanley Gallery, NY and the Andy Warhol Museum, PA. He edits The Believer Magazine and is an adjunct professor at Columbia University. He is one half of the musical group NewVillager.
Fredericks & Freiser is located at 536 West 24th Street, New York, NY. We are open Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 6pm. For more information, please contact us by phone (212) 633 6555 or email info@fredericksfreisergallery.com, and visit us online at www.fredericksfreisergallery.com, and on Instagram @fredericksandfreiser.
