TwoGirlsWorking  

 

 

 

Taking Stock  

CURRENT EXHIBITION

Public Record at
SPACE
curated by Murray Horne
for the Pittsburgh Biennial 2014

812 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222

spacepittsburgh.org

Gallery Crawl & Opening Reception,
September 26, 2014 - 5:30 PM

Rafael Abreu-Canedo
Matthew Biederman
Aljosa Abrahamsberg,
Marko Peljhan
& Brian Springer
Carolina Loyola-Garcia
Paolo Pedercini
Caroline Record
Martha Rial
Paul Rosenblatt
Susanne Slavick
Two Girls Working

     

What are men thinking? About themselves, their families, their jobs, their lives, their bodies, their future, their fathers, their sons, their lovers, their mothers, their sisters, their religion, their sexuality, their gender, their death? What is important to them and why? When do they feel like they have made contributions that mean something to them, to others? What is considered when making life decisions?

These questions intrigue us. Although the way men are portrayed by themselves and others has certainly expanded, the stereotype of men only caring about sex, money, sports, and gadgets (not necessarily in that order) abounds. That is certainly not the picture of the men we know in our lives. Our relatives, colleagues, and partners all seem more complicated than that.

But how to get to those stories? This work asks men to respond to the question “what do you do that makes you feel valuable?”



In The News:
Read today's article "Let's Talk About Art: Two Girls Working" By Joe Bisciotti in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette







Guillermo Perez
Guillermo Perez


Ken Spruill
Ken Spruill


Mark Hayward
Mark Hayward


Douglas Ward
Steve Stelling

 

Two Girls Working will continue to interview men and boys throughout the run of this exhibition. If you want to participate and respond to the question what do you do that makes you feel valuable? email the artists: twogirlsworking@gmail.com

Two Girls Working received state arts funding support for this exhibition through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.





Theo George
Theo George


Jeffrey Smith
Jeffrey Smith


Sean Beaufort
Sean Beauford


Nathan Davidson
Nathan and Silas Davidson


Douglas Ward
Douglas Ward