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A Loose Understanding of the Space-Time Continuum

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A Loose Understanding of the Space-Time Continuum

Mohair

118 x 118 inches
300 x 300 cm

Unique, series of 3

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Healing of Psychosomatic Illness

Tiger’s eye, jasper and hematite, bronze

20.5 x 23.75 x 17.75 inches
52 x 60 x 45 cm

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Healing of Psychosomatic Illness

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Rick

Glass

3.5 x 9.6 x 4.75 inches
8.9 x 24.4 x 12.1 cm

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Rick

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June at the Cloisters

Tiger’s eye, jasper and hematite, bronze

84 x 32 x 26 inches
213.4 x 81.3 x 66 cm

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June at the Cloisters

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Ammonoid Alpha

Cashmere, stainless steel

30 x 29 x 33.5 inches
76 x 74 x 85 cm

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Ammonoid Alpha

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Lone Pickle in Empty Fridge

Stainless steel, glass, resin, auto paint

74.5 x 49 x 26.25 inches
189 x 124.5 x 67 cm

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Lone Pickle in Empty Fridge

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Don’t Even Get Me Started

Bronze, stainless steel, glass, terracotta, cement, aluminum, steel

Estimated Dimensions:
30 x 56 x 50 inches
76.2 x 142.2 x 127 cm

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Don’t Even Get Me Started

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What? This Old Thing?

Bronze

72.75 x 29.5 x 26.75 inches
185 x 75 x 68 cm

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What? This Old Thing?

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The Loose Lemon Drops in His Pocket

Glass, aluminum

Estimated Dimensions:
72 x 32 x 24 inches
182.9 x 81.3 x 61 cm

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The Loose Lemon Drops in His Pocket

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Fleeting Goth Phase

Tiger’s eye, jasper and hematite, glass, aluminum

79.75 x 16.5 x 13.25 inches
202.6 x 41.9 x 33.7 cm

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Fleeting Goth Phase

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A Little Help Across the Sidewalk Please

Rose quartz, glass, wool

26 x 18.5 x 18.5 inches
66 x 47 x 47 cm

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A Little Help Across the Sidewalk Please

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Ammonoid Omega

Cashmere, stainless steel

33.75 x 38 x 32 inches
86 x 96.5 x 81 cm

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Ammonoid Omega

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Slide to the Left

Stainless steel, concrete, glass fiberglass, ceramic, bamboo, wool

79 x 25 x 21 inches
201 x 63.5 x 53 cm

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Slide to the Left

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Ability to Verbalize Feelings

Bronze, sodalite

17 x 26 x 18 inches
43 x 66 x 46 cm

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Ability to Verbalize Feelings

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All The Things I Forgot

Bronze

54 x 39 x 36 inches
137 x 99 x 92 cm

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All The Things I Forgot

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Kinky Colon

Ceramic, glass, stainless steel, aluminum

78.8 x 27.25 x 25.25 inches
200.2 x 69.2 x 64.1 cm

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Kinky Colon

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Pig of the Sea

Wood, steel, cashmere upholstery

Estimated Dimensions:
42 x 96 x 42 inches
106.7 x 244 x 107 cm

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Pig of the Sea

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Remember Dreams, Access to Ancient Wisdom

Jadeite, glass

31.5 x 21.5 x 21.5 inches
80 x 55 x 55 cm

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Remember Dreams, Access to Ancient Wisdom

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One Shoe, A Fold of Love Handle, a Rogue Dog Ball

Bronze

35 x 21 x 21 inches
89 x 53 x 53 cm

Edition of 8, 4 AP, Prototype

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One Shoe, A Fold of Love Handle, a Rogue Dog Ball

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The Tiny Thing I Forgot

Bronze

24.5 x 13 x 17.5 inches
62 x 33 x 44.5 cm

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The Tiny Thing I Forgot

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Purification of the Heart

Rose quartz, bronze

30.75 x 21 x 19.5 inches
78 x 53 x 50 cm

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Purification of the Heart

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The Slug in the Wall

Glass

9.75 x 8.5 x 3 inches
25 x 22 x 7.5 cm

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The Slug in the Wall

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Stye Goes to Paris

Fiberglass

Estimated Dimensions:
40 x 40 x 40 inches
102 x 102 x 102 cm

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Stye Goes to Paris

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Reception Desk for the Unknown

Bronzes

37.5 x 83 x 25.5 inches
95.3 x 210.8 x 64.8 cm

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Reception Desk for the Unknown

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Storage for Light, Emotions, and Transient Thought

Aluminum, glass

86 x 73 x 20 inches
219 x 186 x 51 cm

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Storage for Light, Emotions, and Transient Thought

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Slide to the Right

Stainless steel, concrete, glass fiberglass, ceramic, bamboo, wool

73 x 37 x 37 inches
185.4 x 94 x 94 cm

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Slide to the Right

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Moon Child

Powder-coated aluminum, stainless steel, ceramic

Estimated Dimensions:
15 x 50 x 36 inches
38.1 x 127 x 91.4 cm

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Moon Child

Misha Kahn

Soft Bodies, Hard Spaces

February 27 — April 4, 2020

Friedman Benda, New York, NY

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About the Exhibition

Friedman Benda is pleased to present Misha Kahn’s third solo show at the gallery. In Soft Bodies, Hard Spaces, the Brooklyn-based artist exploits innovative processes across different media to propose an alternative environment, reflecting our natural sense of being.

The exhibition title references Kahn’s interest in the incongruity of what he refers to as our “strange, soft bodies” within the “hard, violent right angles” in which we reside. “Our entire material culture constantly places images of the natural world in rectangular frames and builds textures that riff off the tension between our constructed civilization and our desire to escape it,” he says.

Soft Bodies, Hard Spaces illustrates Kahn’s peripatetic workflow, which alternates between analog and digital production and equalizes material hierarchy. The works incorporate cast metal, hand-weaving, and ceramic as part of his studio practices, as well as glass, which Kahn explored as a guest artist at The Corning Museum of Glass.

Kahn debuts ambitious new works in his Claymation series, which melds 3D scans of carved objects with virtually fabricated forms – forecasting the inevitable convergence of human touch with the computer’s own “intelligent” inclinations. “A Loose Understanding of the Spacetime Continuum,” a monumental tapestry on view, depicts a weaving sample designed in virtual reality and translated into handwoven mohair and embroidery.


About Misha Kahn

Misha Kahn was born in Duluth, Minnesota in 1989 and graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 2011 with a BFA in Furniture Design. A commissioned installation is currently on view in speechless: different by design at Dallas Museum of Art, an exhibition of multisensory, interactive, and immersive experiences that will then travel to High Museum of Art. Kahn’s work has been exhibited internationally and is in the permanent collection of numerous museums, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Speed Museum of Art, Louisville, and the Corning Museum of Glass. According to design technologist John Maeda, “Misha creates work for a parallel wonderland, where traditional perception of material and structure is pushed to the edges of the room to make space for one big party.”



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