Benefit for the Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam

Sep 14–Oct 22, 2011

To Innogruate RFA's new space in Hollywood, we chose a show based on the first show of another space: Paula Cooper opened her eponymously named gallery in the fall of 1968. Her first show, organized by Robert Huot, Lucy Lippard, and Ron Wolin, Benefit for the Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam was a freeform exhibition that reflected the major changes afoot both in the world at large and that of contemporary art.

By redacting the names of the original artists from what primary materials could be found (press releases, images, interviews, reviews, etc), and then using those materials to create a new show Redling Fine Art presented an exhibition which looked to the past and the future through the lens of a completely different gallery and political landscape.

Artists included: Walead Beshty, Carol Bove, Sam Falls, Liz Glynn & Erlea Maneros Zabala

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Press

RFA Invitation card, edited from the original 1968 Paula Cooper Gallery announcement card

Benefit For The Student Mobilization Committee To End The War in Vietnam, Redling Fine Art, 2011. Installation view.

Carol Bove, Netting, 2011, sterling silver chain, wood, 90 x 52 x 1 inches.

Carol Bove, Netting (detail), 2011

Liz Glynn, We tried but couldn’t stop it, 2011 cast concrete replicas, after Andre, Judd, and Flavin circa 1967, damaged, dimensions variable (approximately 47 x 41 x 44 inches)

Liz Glynn, We tried but couldn’t stop it, 2011, cast concrete replicas, after Andre, Judd, and Flavin circa 1967, damaged, dimensions variable (approximately 47 x 41 x 44 inches)

Liz Glynn, We tried but couldn’t stop it, 2011 cast concrete replicas, after Andre, Judd, and Flavin circa 1967, damaged, dimensions variable (approximately 47 x 41 x 44 inches)

Erlea Maneros Zabala, six works from the series Exercises on Abstraction Series II, 2010, india ink on offset paper, 36 x 24 inches each

Erlea Maneros Zabala, Exercises on Abstraction Series II, 2010, india ink on offset paper, 36 x 24 inches

Benefit For The Student Mobilization Committee To End The War in Vietnam, 2011.
Installation view

Sam Falls, Untitled Violet (roll fade), 2011, paper, 26 x 19.5 inches

Sam Falls, (left to right) Untitled Silver (roll fade), 2011, paper, 30.5 x 20.5 inches; Untitled Red (roll fade), 2011, paper, 30.5 x 20.5 inches

Benefit For The Student Mobilization Committee To End The War in Vietnam, installation view, 2011

Walead Beshty, Remnant (FedEx® Tube ©2005 FEDEX 139752 REV 10/05 SSCC, Glendale, California, September 2, 2011), 2011 16mm (14 gauge) copper plate, 1 ¼ inch yellow zinc coarse screws, 96 x 48 inches , Walead Beshty, Template (FedEx® Tube ©2005 FEDEX 139752 REV 10/05 SSCC, Glendale, California, September 2, 2011), 2011 chipboard, clear plastic thumb tacks, 96 x 48 inches

Walead Beshty, Armature (FedEx® Tube ©2005 FEDEX 139752 REV 10/05 SSCC, Glendale, California, September 2, 2011), 2011 ½ inch medium density fiber board, jewelers rouge, #6 2 inch drywall screws, 96 x 48 inches

Benefit For The Student Mobilization Committee To End The War in Vietnam, 2011.
Installation view

original 1968 Paula Cooper Gallery announcement card