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MIREILLE MOSLER, LTD, MOLLY SPRINGFIELD

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NEW YORK CITY — In her first solo exhibit in New York City, Molly Springfield will show her new works at Mireille Mosler, Ltd. “The world is full of objects,” will be on view at the gallery through February 2.

Springfield meticulously redraws photocopies of books on conceptual art, exploring the relationship between text and image by referencing artists who investigate or utilize language in their own practice, as well as by centering her own work on appropriated text.

The drawings in “The world is full of objects” include passages from three familiar books on conceptual art: Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966 to 1972 by Lucy Lippard, Conceptual Art by Ursula Meyer, and Conceptual Art: A Critical Anthology, edited by Alexander Alberro and Blake Stimson. Springfield focuses on pages of the books that refer to language and text-based art.

Excerpts from The World Is Full Of Objects by Douglas Huebler and Sentences on Conceptual Art by Sol LeWitt, as well as monograph reproductions of General Strike Piece by Lee Lozano and Daily Schedules by Mary Kelly, are also subjects of Springfield’s drawings.

The installation of ten drawings loosely refers to the organization of a book, beginning with a table of contents, continuing with a number of inside pages and ending with an index of illustrations. At first glance, Springfield works realistically depict black and white photocopies, but on further inspection the evidence of a laborious process and the artist’s hand is apparent.

Springfield received her MFA from the University of California, Berkeley. She has had solo shows at Thomas Robertello Gallery in Chicago, Steven Wolf Fine Arts in San Francisco and Transformer in Washington, D.C.

Mireille Mosler Ltd is at 35 East 67th Street. For information, 212-249-4195 or www.mireillemoslerltd.com.