TPG1 Anthroptic by Ethan Ham and Benjamin Rosenbaum (Winter 2007)
Anthroptic is a hand-made artist book that contains 8 folios pairing one image with one “chapter” of the story. The images were taken from Ham’s online project “Self-Portraits” in which he trained a...
View ArticleTPG2 Earth-Kiln-Bay-Kiln-Bay by Presley Martin (Spring 2007)
Earth-Kiln-Bay-Kiln-Bay was created during the spring of 2007 by Martin and the San Francisco Bay. Martin discovered a beach in Berkeley, CA strewn with weathered bricks. He collected these cast-off...
View ArticleTPG3 "I began building on a piece of land" by Christine Kesler (Summer 2007)
"I began building on a piece of land" is part landscape painting, part collage. The surfaces of some pieces are heavily built up from found bits of paper and debris, while others are delicately...
View ArticleTPG4 Conversation by Brian Stuparyk (Fall 2007)
Conversation is a signed and numbered 6 color silkscreen print. "In Conversation, the two popsicles are, as suggested, conversing. However, they are only talking in vague terms to each other, and only...
View ArticleTPG5 "You were there, too" by Davin Youngs (Winter 2008)
"You were there, too" is a three booklet set. Youngs uses photographic portraits and answers to “relationship defining questions” to create these individual depictions of his relationships with three...
View ArticleTPG6 A Message For You by Aaron Cedolia (Spring 2008)
A Message For You consists of individual videos, one for each subscriber, in which a stranger says the words “I love you, I miss you, I wish you were here." We've set aside the last few pieces in this...
View ArticleTPG7 Text/ile by Maggie Leininger (Summer 2008)
Text/ile - "A white plastic box inscribed with a colorful legend, anonymously medical or scientific in origin, opens to reveal a woven textile, folded upon itself, black and white threads that merge...
View ArticleTPG8 State of the Arts by Joesph Del Pesco (Fall 2008)
State of the Arts is an unconventional exhibition project, facilitated by Artists Space curator Joseph del Pesco, where the medium is the message. The four enclosed letterpress posters are the result...
View ArticleTPG9 Hermosa Beach, CA by David Horvitz (Winter 2009)
Hermosa Beach, CA is an edition of viewmaster reels and viewers accompanied by a text written by the artist, David Horvitz. The reels depict a lone figure, the artist's mother, with her back turned to...
View ArticleTPG10 Still Life With Strawberries by Stephanie Dean (Spring 2009)
Still Life With Strawberries is an edition of 50 archival photographs measuring 9.5"x14" and printed on Hannemuhle 308. Stephanie on the Modern Groceries Series: I am creating a series of still life...
View ArticleTPG11 Phases of the Moon by Helena Keeffe (Summer 2009)
Phases of the Moon is an edition of 50 framed sets of moon phase lapel pins. Each set is accompanied by a digital widget that displays the current lunar phase and it's corresponding pin. The fabric...
View ArticleTPG12 DIY Survial Kit by Whitney Lynn (Fall 2009)
DIY Survial Kit “DIY Survival Kit” is an edition of 65 by artist Whitney Lynn designed to prepare you for the ultimate disaster. Whether an earthquake, tornado, or chemical weapon attack, Lynn...
View ArticleTPG13 Center for Missed Connections Information Initiative by Ingrid...
Center for Missed Connections Information Initiative is an edition of 100 booklet sets by artist Ingrid Burrington designed to help you better understand the loneliness and sexual tension that...
View ArticleTPG14 Map(256+128) 3 by Matthew Cella (Spring 2010)
Map(256+128) ³ is an edition of UV prints on brushed anodized aluminum accompanied by 3D viewing glasses. Created by Matthew Cella, Map(256+128)3 presents a densely colored pixelated landscape which...
View ArticleTPG15 Old Tricks for New Monkeys by Nava Lubelski (Summer 2010)
Old Tricks for New Monkeys is an edition of 70 machine embroidered canvases. The work contrasts the accidental with the meticulous, depicting the chaos of a spill, delicately recreated with thread.
View ArticleTPG16 Lichen Books: On the Road by Rebecca Blakley (Fall 2010)
Lichen Books: On the Road In the sixteenth issue of The Present Group, artist Rebecca Blakley sneaks a contemporary coming-of-age tale into “the novel that defined a generation”. “On the Road” is an...
View ArticleTPG17 I want you to have this by Steve Lambert (Winter 2011)
I want you to have this “I want you to have this” by Steve Lambert is an edition of 80 birch boxes and 4 cardstock hang-tags silk-screened with the text “I want you to have this”. It is a tool to...
View ArticleTPG18 5 improvisations within the mundane to affirm the present moment by...
5 improvisations within the mundane to affirm the present moment by Aaron GM is The Present Group's eighteenth edition. Each usb drive contains an interactive video of Aaron performing in 5 locations...
View ArticleTPG19 Audio/Visual by Joe Hardesty (2011:3)
Audio/Visual Frosted horse breath in the misty Belgian countryside, the morbidly obese enjoying KFC while taking in a centaur hunt, a lovingly rendered portrait of Jimmy Carter. These are some of the...
View ArticleTPG20 A different kind of warmth by Julia Goodman (2012:1)
A different kind of warmth is a series of 50 beet papyrus compositions and stains created by artist Julia Goodman. Grown in her garden, hand picked, sliced and pressed, Julia's beets are part of an...
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