Greene Naftali
Exhibition
ABC Powder
RICHARD ALDRICH, STEFFANI JEMISON, HELEN MARTEN, WALTER PRICE
Ground Floor
RICHARD ALDRICH
STEFFANI JEMISON
HELEN MARTEN
WALTER PRICE
Excerpt from Marten's essay, ABC Powder, written on the occasion of the exhibition:
In such moments, representation collapses into its most elementary forms, into the bigness of megastructures. Grain, texture, grammar – all become momentarily irrelevant except as underlying notations, a kind of abstraction-in-suspension that points directly at meaning without fully inhabiting it. What remains is a pre-symbolic state, an attitude rather than a language. It is as if language itself has been ground again into another kind of powder, gleefully suspended in air, and it must wait to settle into sequences of more acceptable pronounceability. The particulate becomes both medium and message, both the maker of signs and their obstruction. Air is the armature.
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Richard Aldrich
Cubism Stick, Appropriated UFO Path Drawing, Olivia Sculpture, 2024–25
Oil, wax, wood, mirror, canvas, and fabric on linen
82 x 61 1/2 inches (208 x 156 cm)
Richard Aldrich, Cubism Stick, Appropriated UFO Path Drawing, Olivia Sculpture, 2024–25 (detail)
Steffani Jemison
Untitled (Same Time), 2026
Silvered glass and graphite
24 x 18 inches (61 x 46 cm)
Installation view, ABC Powder, Greene Naftali, New York, 2026
Steffani Jemison
Untitled (Same Time), 2026
Silvered glass and graphite
24 x 12 inches (61 x 31 cm)
Steffani Jemison
Untitled (Same Time), 2026
Silvered glass and graphite
24 x 12 inches (61 x 31 cm)
Steffani Jemison, Untitled (Same Time), 2026 (detail)
Installation view, ABC Powder, Greene Naftali, New York, 2026
Helen Marten
Goat, 2026
Nylon paint on fabric, colored pencil on paper, sand-cast aluminum, Douglas fir, Valchromat, cast painted pewter, stained ash, foil, enamel painted biscuit bags, silk thread, and stainless steel hardware
67 x 57 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (170 x 146 x 21 cm)
Helen Marten, Goat, 2026 (detail)
Installation view, ABC Powder, Greene Naftali, New York, 2026
Steffani Jemison
Untitled (Projection), 2026
Steel, copper, paint, and video
Dimensions variable
Steffani Jemison
Bridge, 2025
4K video (color, sound)
15:52 minutes
Steffani Jemison
Bridge, 2025 (stills)
Installation view, ABC Powder, Greene Naftali, New York, 2026
Walter Price
American White Ibis, 2026
Acrylic, gesso, Sharpie, and gouache on canvas
55 x 66 inches (140 x 168 cm)
Walter Price, American White Ibis, 2026 (detail)
Installation view, ABC Powder, Greene Naftali, New York, 2026
Helen Marten
Sisters, 2026
Nylon paint on fabric, colored pencil on paper, sand-cast aluminum, Douglas fir, Valchromat, stained ash, foil, and stainless steel hardware
67 x 57 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (170 x 146 x 21 cm)
Helen Marten, Sisters, 2026 (detail)
Installation view, ABC Powder, Greene Naftali, New York, 2026
Richard Aldrich
Falling Falling Falling, 2025–26
Oil, wax, and oil bar on linen
82 x 53 inches (208 x 135 cm)
Richard Aldrich, Falling Falling Falling, 2025–26 (detail)
Installation view, ABC Powder, Greene Naftali, New York, 2026
Walter Price
Episodic memories, 2026
Acrylic and gesso on canvas
55 x 66 inches (140 x 168 cm)
Walter Price, Episodic memories, 2026 (detail)
Walter Price
How well the air flows, is how far the plane goes, 2026
Acrylic, gesso, and chrome pen on canvas
55 x 66 inches (140 x 168 cm)
Walter Price, How well the air flows, is how far the plane goes, 2026 (detail)
Installation view, ABC Powder, Greene Naftali, New York, 2026