E. Jane
WHEN I THINK OF HOME, I THINK OF A BAG: A live performance by MHYSA
Saturday, April 10th, 5:00 PM EST
Canada, 60 Lispenard St. New York, NY 10013

LINK TO TWITCH STREAM

Marking the closing day of Black Femme: Sovereign of WAP and the Virtual Realm, Canada is pleased to present a live performance by MHYSA, the underground popstar alter ego of interdisciplinary artist E. Jane, titled WHEN I THINK OF HOME, I THINK OF A BAG, 2021. The performance will take place on Saturday, April 10th, promptly at 5 pm EST. MHYSA will perform a cover of ‘Home’ from the 1978 musical, The Wiz, with visual inspiration from Yoko Ono’s iconic Bag Piece, 1964. During this piece, MHYSA will perform in a hand-sewn fabric bag, a safe space encapsulated by a foreign environment. MHYSA will occupy the bag along with a webcam that will capture a live feed of the performance, giving the artist full autonomy over the consumption of their body and image.
No visitors will be permitted within the physical gallery space for the duration of the performance, lasting approximately 10 minutes. A Livestream will simultaneously be broadcasted via Twitch on an LCD Monitor displayed through the gallery window and streamed online via the Black Femme: Sovereign of WAP and the Virtual Realm online viewing room (https://canadaonlinevr.com/black-femme).

E. Jane (b.1990, Bethesda, MD) is an interdisciplinary artist and musician based in Brooklyn, New York. Inspired by Black liberation and womanist praxis, their work incorporates digital images, video, text, performance, sculpture, installation, and sound design. E. Jane’s work explores safety and futurity as it relates to Black femmes, as well as how Black femmes navigate/negotiate space in popular culture and networked media.

Since 2015, Jane has been developing the performance persona MHYSA, an underground popstar for the cyber resistance. MHYSA operates in Jane’s Lavendra/Recovery (2015-)--an iterative multimedia installation--and out in the world. Jane considers this project a total work of art--or Gesamtkunstwerk--that honors and examines the life of the Black diva and of Black femmes in popular culture. In 2018, MHYSA followed her critically acclaimed debut, fantasii, with a live EU/US tour. Highlight performances include the ICA and Cafe OTO in London and Rewire in The Hague. Her new album NEVAEH came out in February 2020 on Hyperdub records in London. E. Jane received their MFA from the University of Pennsylvania in 2016 and a BA in Art History with minors in English and Philosophy from Marymount Manhattan College in New York in 2012. They have performed at The Kitchen, MoCADA and MoMA PS1 as one half of sound duo SCRAAATCH alongside collaborator chukwumaa. They have exhibited their solo work in group shows in the US and internationally. Their installation Lavendra/Recovery has been shown as solo exhibitions entitled "Lavendra'' both at American Medium in Brooklyn, NY in 2017 and at Glasgow International 2018 in Scotland. In 2015 they wrote the widely-circulated NOPE manifesto, which was recently featured in Legacy Russell’s Glitch Feminism (2020 Verso). They were a 2016 recipient of the Wynn Newhouse Award, a 2019-2020 artist-in-residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem and are currently a Harvard College Fellow in New Media as a part of SCRAAATCH.

Xylor Jane's solo exhibition Love Streams on view at Campoli Presti, Paris from March 20 to April 23, 2021.

Xylor Jane is included in group exhibition curated by Margaret Tedesco and Leila Weefur SFAI 150 |A Spirit of Disruption at TheSan Francisco Art Institute through July 3, 2021.

Elisabeth Kley's solo exhibition Minutes of Sandwill be on view at the Fabric Workshop & Museum, Philadelphia from March 5 to August 15, 2021.

Michael Mahalchick is included in This Point is Exactly Midway Between Two Other Pointsa group exhibition, curated by Brooke Tomiello and Paul Keefe on view at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, New York through March 28, 2021.

Robert Janitz is included in Spirito Andantea group exhibition on view at Archivo Collectivo, Mexico City through March 26, 2021.

Xylor Jane's solo exhibition Back Rub / Foot Rubis on view at Parrasch Heijnen, Los Angeles through March 26, 2021.

Virtual event:🪞“A Day Ends / A Day Begins: Technology as a Language for Empathy” ⠀
February 4th from 6-7PM EST.

Samara Golden will be in conversation with Fabric Workshop and Museum curator Karen Patterson and author Leslie Jamison to discuss how, where, and when empathy reveals itself. Tickets for this event can be purchased through The Fabric Workshop's  website or onsite in the museum shop.⁠⠀

Katherine Bernhardt created a limited edition print with Art for Change to benefit Corporación Piñones se Integra (COPI), a non-profit that works to transform Puerto Rico's communities into spaces of greater cooperation, justice, and solidarity.⁠ "Piñones" 2021 is now available for purchase throughArt for Change.

Mary Manning is included in 'Ecology of Visibility' a group exhibition curated by K.O. Nnamdie at Anonymous Gallery on view February 2nd through March 1st, 2021

Mary Manning is included in The Ecology of Visibility, a group exhibition curated by K.O. Nnamdie on view at Anonymous Gallery through March 1, 2021.

Screen Time, an exhibition of new work by Christine Wang and Luke Murphy, is on view at Night Gallery January 30 through March 13, 2021.

Katherine Bradford is included in Friend Zone: curated by Vaughn Spann a group exhibition at Half Gallery, New York. On view through February 24, 2021.

Matt Connors is included in Nothing of the Month Club a group exhibition at Off Paradise, New York on view through April 27, 2021.

Matt Connors is included in an online exhibition New Visions: After De Keyserorganized by David Zwirner Hong Kong. Online through March 6, 2021.

Jason Fox and Katherine Bradford are included in Different Strokes, a group exhibition curated by Marcus Jahmal, on view at Almine Rech London January 13 through February 20, 2021.

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Marc Hundley, Scott Reeder, and Tyson Reeder are included in La Boîte-en-Valise, an online group exhibition by Office Baroque.

Elisabeth Kley is included in DOWNTOWN 2021, a group show curated by Sam Gordon, on view at La MaMa Galleria January 7th through February 20th, 2021.

We are excited to announce that Elisabeth Kley's Fountain with Arches and Nautilus Border (2019) is now in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art. ⠀

This work was acquired as a gift of Avo Samuelian and Hector Manuel Gonzalez. Special thanks to @gordonrobichaux who featured this work in Kley's 2019 exhibition, GARDEN, with Tabboo!⁠⠀

Photo by Gregory Carideo⁠⠀

Canada is pleased to participate in Art Basel Miami 2020. The online fair will open to VIPs on Wednesday, December 2nd and to the public on Friday, December 4th.

Our presentation includes new works by gallery artists Katherine Bernhardt, Katherine Bradford, Matt Connors, Jason Fox, Marc Hundley, Denzil Hurley, Xylor Jane, Robert Janitz, Sahar Khoury, Elisabeth Kley, Sadie Laska, Elizabeth McIntosh, Michael Mahalchick, Mary Manning, RJ Messineo, Luke Murphy, Robin Peck, Scott Reeder, Tyson Reeder, Joan Snyder, Anke Weyer, and Rachel Eulena Williams.

A selection of works will be installed at Canada, on view December 2nd through 5th.

As Artist-in-Residence at the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Samara Golden created a limited-edition heat-activated blanket, which is now available for purchase to FWM Members. ⁠

From The Fabric Workshop: "As part of her residency, Golden researched patterns found in historical swatch books in noted textile collections. The original intent, as mentioned in a spring interview with FWM Curator Karen Patterson, was to contrast historic patterning with a screenprinted pattern using thermochromic ink for touchable blankets to be featured in Upstairs at Steve's. While COVID-19 has since changed the context of the communal handling of surfaces and materials, this research evolved into a limited edition of 18 blankets for sale through FWM."

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Michael Mahalchick is in a group show 'Mask' at Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery. On view through October 23 through November 28th, 2020.

Matt Connors organized an exhibition of photographs by Luigi Ghirri titled The Idea of Building, on view at Matthew Marks October 22nd through December 19th, 2020.

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On view October 7, 2020 through January 17, 2021.

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On Friday, September 25th, galleries in Tribeca and Soho will be open late to celebrate current exhibitions throughout the neighborhood. An interactive map of the participating galleries can be viewed at this link.

Elizabeth McIntosh's solo exhibition 'Show Up' is on view at Oakville Galleries in Gairloch Gardens & at Centennial Square August 12th through Sunday, November 29th.

Elisabeth Kley in group show The Essential Goods Show at Fisher Parrish, Brooklyn. On view through August 30, 2020.

Katherine Bradford in 'Painting the Essential: New York, 1980-Present' an online group exhibition curated by painter Chris Martin and presented by Timothy Taylor Gallery. 

Frieze New York Online
May 8-15, 2020
Preview May 6-7

Katherine Bernhardt, Katherine Bradford, Jason Fox, Xylor Jane, Robert Janitz, Elisabeth Kley, Sadie Laska, Willy Le Maitre, Lily Ludlow, Mary Manning, RJ Messineo, Scott Reeder, Tyson Reeder, Joan Snyder, Anke Weyer, and Rachel Eulena Williams.

Canada

Felix Art Fair
The Hollywood Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Room 111
February 13-16, 2020

Katherine Bernhardt
Katherine Bradford
Jason Fox
Marc Hundley
Sahar Khoury
Elisabeth Kley
Lily Ludlow

Visitor information

For more information please call 212.925.4631 or email [email protected]

​Michael Mahalchick is included in 'All of Them Witches' a group show curated by Dan Nadel & Laurie Simmons⁠at Deitch Projects, Los Angeles.
On view through April 11th.

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On view through January 30th.

On view from September 14 to October 13, 2019, the exhibition hours will be Friday to Sunday, 12-5 PM.  An opening reception is scheduled for Saturday, September 14, 5-7 PM.

"Katherine Bernhardt: Francesco D’Angelo" published by Karma Books, New York

This book collects a series of new portraits by the critically acclaimed New York–based painter Katherine Bernhardt (born 1975). The drawings depict a man named Francesco D’Angelo, whom she met while traveling in Peru. The two began sending photos back and forth through WhatsApp of their daily lives.
The drawings are accompanied by a group of photo pairings that Bernhardt made of him, alongside other depictions of D’Angelo, as well as images found online that point to similarities between him and others (an image of Jesus in Michelangelo’s Last Judgment, for example).