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Greene Naftali
Exhibition
SOME DREAMERS OF THE GOLDEN DREAM
Greene Naftali, New York
Julie Becker
Untitled ("Making money for the art project that will never be finished"), 2002
Pencil on paper
9 x 11 inches
Lutz Bacher
Reflex Yellow, 2008
Wood, hardware, and paint
Dimensions variable
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Rachel Harrison
The Nineties, 2011
Wood, chicken wire, cement, acrylic, and water cooler
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Rachel Harrison
The Nineties, 2011
Wood, chicken wire, cement, acrylic, and water cooler
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Rachel Harrison
The Nineties, 2011 (detail)
Wood, chicken wire, cement, acrylic, and water cooler
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Rachel Harrison
Road Sign, 1999
Chromogenic print
21 3/8 x 26 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
Ed Ruscha
Psycho Spaghetti Western #4, 2010
Acrylic on canvas
54 x 120 inches
Alex Israel
Sky Backdrop, 2013
Acrylic on canvas
192 x 108 inches
Rachel Harrison
Telephone Booth, 2009
Wood, polystyrene, cement, acrylic, calling-card posters, thumbtacks, and rotary phone
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Rachel Harrison
Telephone Booth, 2009
Wood, polystyrene, cement, acrylic, calling-card posters, thumbtacks, and rotary phone
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Rachel Harrison
Telephone Booth, 2009 (detail)
Wood, polystyrene, cement, acrylic, calling-card posters, thumbtacks, and rotary phone
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Ed Ruscha
Psycho Spaghetti Western #12, 2011
Acrylic on canvas
34 x 60 inches
Julie Becker
1910 West Sunset Blvd, 2000
Mixed media sculpture
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Julie Becker
1910 West Sunset Blvd, 2000
Mixed media sculpture
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Julie Becker
Whole (Projector), 1999
C-print on aluminum
50 3/4 x 33 3/4 inches
Julie Becker
Whole (Notepad), 1999
C-print on aluminum
50 3/4 x 33 3/4 inches
Julie Becker
Whole (Screen), 1999
C-print on aluminum
50 3/4 x 33 3/4 inches
Julie Becker
Whole (Bar), 1999
C-print on aluminum
50 3/4 x 33 3/4 inches
Alex Hubbard
4077, 2013
Pigmented urethane, 78 1/2 x 83 x 19 inches
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Julie Becker
Untitled (roller coaster scaffolding), 2000
Mixed media on paper
11 x 14 inches
Julie Becker
Untitled ("Making money for the art project that will never be finished"), 2002
Pencil on paper
9 x 11 inches
Lutz Bacher
Reflex Yellow, 2008
Wood, hardware, and paint
Dimensions variable
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Rachel Harrison
The Nineties, 2011
Wood, chicken wire, cement, acrylic, and water cooler
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Rachel Harrison
The Nineties, 2011
Wood, chicken wire, cement, acrylic, and water cooler
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Rachel Harrison
The Nineties, 2011 (detail)
Wood, chicken wire, cement, acrylic, and water cooler
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Rachel Harrison
Road Sign, 1999
Chromogenic print
21 3/8 x 26 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches
Ed Ruscha
Psycho Spaghetti Western #4, 2010
Acrylic on canvas
54 x 120 inches
Alex Israel
Sky Backdrop, 2013
Acrylic on canvas
192 x 108 inches
Rachel Harrison
Telephone Booth, 2009
Wood, polystyrene, cement, acrylic, calling-card posters, thumbtacks, and rotary phone
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Rachel Harrison
Telephone Booth, 2009
Wood, polystyrene, cement, acrylic, calling-card posters, thumbtacks, and rotary phone
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Rachel Harrison
Telephone Booth, 2009 (detail)
Wood, polystyrene, cement, acrylic, calling-card posters, thumbtacks, and rotary phone
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Ed Ruscha
Psycho Spaghetti Western #12, 2011
Acrylic on canvas
34 x 60 inches
Julie Becker
1910 West Sunset Blvd, 2000
Mixed media sculpture
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Julie Becker
1910 West Sunset Blvd, 2000
Mixed media sculpture
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Julie Becker
Whole (Projector), 1999
C-print on aluminum
50 3/4 x 33 3/4 inches
Julie Becker
Whole (Notepad), 1999
C-print on aluminum
50 3/4 x 33 3/4 inches
Julie Becker
Whole (Screen), 1999
C-print on aluminum
50 3/4 x 33 3/4 inches
Julie Becker
Whole (Bar), 1999
C-print on aluminum
50 3/4 x 33 3/4 inches
Alex Hubbard
4077, 2013
Pigmented urethane, 78 1/2 x 83 x 19 inches
Installation view, Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream, Greene Naftali, New York, 2013
Julie Becker
Untitled (roller coaster scaffolding), 2000
Mixed media on paper
11 x 14 inches
Julie Becker
Untitled ("Making money for the art project that will never be finished"), 2002
Pencil on paper
9 x 11 inches
Press Release
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Greene Naftali is pleased to present Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream. The exhibition takes its title from Joan Didion’s 1966 essay about double-indemnity in the San Bernadino Valley, the “last stop for all those who came from somewhere else.”
Works include the New York debut of Ed Ruscha’s Psycho Spaghetti Western series; paintings by West-Coast artist Alex Hubbard, sodden with color and hanging on the brink of collapse; the vast, eerily empty skyscapes of L.A.- based Alex Israel; conceptualist Julie Becker’s menacing interiors, rendered in unflinching, paranoid detail; a major new sculpture by Rachel Harrison, which conjures at once a prehistoric American past and a deserted American future; and the gallery’s first collaboration with Lutz Bacher, which coincides with the artist’s moving – after four decades – away from California.