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Justin Vivian Bond
FALL OF THE HOUSE OF WHIMSY
Oct 30–Dec 18, 2011

Justin Vivian Bond, *Fall of the House of Whimsy*. Installation view

Justin Vivian Bond, Fall of the House of Whimsy. Installation view

PARTICIPANT INC presents The Fall of the House of Whimsy, the first solo exhibition of Justin Vivian Bond, including paintings, photographs, and installations incorporating elements of Bond’s former Second Avenue loft, soon-to-be demolished. A piano, record player, couch, and vanity, among other personal effects, create an intimate context for Bond’s delicate pencil and watercolor portraits of friends, lovers, radical faeries. As well, it serves as a space in which impromptu performances can occur. The scripted environment of the exhibition is mirrored in Bond’s photographs of the former loft, providing glimpses of life in this House of Whimsy. Unlike Bond’s solitary childhood imaginings of it, this now placeless dream house is populated by whimsical/subversive figures, rendered in Bond’s portraits.

 

Thursday, November 10, 8 pm
For Performa 11
Full Moon Tranifestation Circle with Justin Vivian Bond and Friends

Thursday, December 1, 2011, 
8:30pm screening, performance at 10pm

Jim Hodges, Carlos Marques da Cruz, and Encke King
Video screening with performance by Justin Vivian Bond
Distributed for 2011 World AIDS Day/Day With(out) Art by Visual AIDS

Justin Vivian Bond, *Fall of the House of Whimsy*. Installation view

Justin Vivian Bond, Fall of the House of Whimsy. Installation view

Justin Vivian Bond, *Fall of the House of Whimsy*. Installation view

Justin Vivian Bond, Fall of the House of Whimsy. Installation view

Justin Vivian Bond, *Cat Boy*, 2011. Watercolor and pencil on paper

Justin Vivian Bond, Cat Boy, 2011. Watercolor and pencil on paper

Justin Vivian Bond, *Nuh-uh*, 2010. Watercolor and pencil on paper

Justin Vivian Bond, Nuh-uh, 2010. Watercolor and pencil on paper

Justin Vivian Bond, *Sammy Jo*, 2001. Watercolor and pencil on paper

Justin Vivian Bond, Sammy Jo, 2001. Watercolor and pencil on paper

More from Season 10

Sadie Benning, *Old Waves Record One / Old Waves Record Two*, 2011. Video still, black & white, sound, Record One: 32:25 min, Record Two: 28:20 min
Sadie Benning
TRANSITIONAL EFFECTS
Sep 18–Oct 23, 2011
Justin Vivian Bond, *Sammy Jo*, 2001. Watercolor and pencil on paper
Justin Vivian Bond
FALL OF THE HOUSE OF WHIMSY
Oct 30–Dec 18, 2011
Ron Athey / Julie Tolentino, *Resonate/Obliterate*, 2011. Photo: Paula Court
Ron Athey and Julie Tolentino
RESONATE/OBLITERATE
Dec 16, 2011
Renée Green, Screening: *Endless Dreams and Water Between*, 2009.
Renée Green
ENDLESS DREAMS AND WATER BETWEEN
Jan 22, 2012
Travis Boyer, *Crocking Off The Bloom* in progress
Travis Boyer
CROCKING OFF THE BLOOM
February 2, 3, 4, 2012
f.p. boué
INFINITE INSTANT, BOOK LAUNCH
Feb 5, 2012
Jeffrey Gibson
ONE BECOMES THE OTHER
Feb 19–Mar 25, 2012
Lovett/Codagnone, *Make Anarchy and Disorder Your Trademarks*. Billboard project with LA><ART
LAURA PARNES AND LOVETT/CODAGNONE
Apr 21–May 19, 2012
Sheila Pepe and Diana Puntar, *Lucid Dream Lounge*. Installation view
Sheila Pepe and Diana Puntar
LUCID DREAM LOUNGE
Apr 29–Jun 3, 2012
Rose Kallal, *Start Begin Feel Again*, 2012. 4-channel video installation, 16mm
Rose Kallal
START BEGIN FEEL AGAIN
Jun 10–Jul 22, 2012
Tony Feher monograph, designed by Takaaki Matsumoto Inc., New York, and published and distributed by Gregory R. Miller & Co., New York.
TONY FEHER MONOGRAPH
Jun 26, 2012

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