Ishmael Randall Weeks

Steve Turner is pleased to present Constructive Resistance, a solo exhibition by Lima-based Ishmael Randall Weeks. Exploring the legacies of modernism and Arte Povera, Randall Weeks will present a room-sized sculptural installation, Ejercicios Para Un Nuevo Mundo V (Exercises For A New World V) that consists of cranium-size chunks of raw mineral ore (silver, gold and copper) sourced from three mines in the Peruvian Andes. The stones have been drilled and attached to steel-pipe armatures that were bent into forms representing outdoor playground structures common to Latin American housing developments of the 1960s.

Two wall works, Paisaje/Repisa I-II (Landscape/Shelf I-II) will also be presented. Each consists of shelves made of copper plating over steel that has been coated with the mineral dust that was left over from the process of creating the sculptural installation. The shelves hold a copperized mold of a calcified tree that was found in a mine, a copper-plated styrofoam plate, and some fragments of minerals.

Randall Weeks utilizes architecture as a metaphorical structure to address the impact of man on the landscape. He juxtaposes modernist architecture with structures common in Latin America–favela shacks, adobe and vernacular buildings–and he incorporates aspects of the do-it- yourself economy to find practical solutions when resources are scarce.

Born in Cusco, Peru in 1976, Ishmael Randall Weeks earned a BA in Fine Arts from Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson (2000) and attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2007). He has had solo exhibitions in at Eleven Rivington, New York (2009 & 2013); Revolver Gallery, Lima (2010 & 2014); Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City (2010 & 2014) and Federica Schiavo Gallery, Rome (2010). His work was included in the 10th Havana Biennial (2009) and the 9th Biennial of Cuenca (2007).

Born 1976 in Cusco, Perú
Lives and works in Brooklyn and Lima

EDUCATION

2007
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine

2000
Bachelor of Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016
Constructive Resistance, Steve Turner, Los Angele
2014
Soñar Para Mañana, Revolver Galeria, Lima

2013
Migrating Identities, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Cuts, Burns, Punctures, Drawing Center, New York
Quoin, Eleven Rivington, New York

2012
Parquette, Museum of Contemporary Art Rome (MACRO), Rome
Museo del Relave, Proyecto AFUERA, Cerro de Pasco, Perú

2010
Maquette For Landscape, Federica Schiavo Gallery, Rome
Un muro de Tochos, Arróniz Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City
Aún sin Título II, La Ex-Culpable, Lima
Aún sin Título I, Revolver Gallery, Lima

2009
Ishmael Randall Weeks, Eleven Rivington, New York
Trofeo, curated by Adriano Pedrosa, Zona Maco Sur

2008
Experimentos, Camuflajes y Bunkers, Galería Kiosko, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Refugio, Galería Lucía de La Puente, Lima

2006
Estructuras, Simulacros, Galeria German Kruger, ICPNA, Lima

2004
Rocoq, rocoq, pultín, Match Art Space, New York
Terra Funga, Centro Cultural Scotiabank, Cusco

2000
Essentially Linear, UBS Gallery, Bard College, New York

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014
Altarations: Built, Blended, Processed, University Galleries, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton

2013
Migrating Identities, curated by Betti-Sue Hertz, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Panorámica, Museo Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico
En Obras, curated by Iciar Sagarminaga, Galeria Nuble, Santander
Arte Al Paso, Colección Contemporánea del Museo de Arte de Lima, Museo Banco de la Republica, Bogota
How I Wrote Plastic Man, Invisible Exports, New York
PRIMERA DÉCADA, Artes visuales del siglo XXI en Lima, Galería Germán Krüger Espantoso, curated by Manuel Munive, ICPNA, Lima

2012
Bajo El Sol de La Muerte, Galeria Espacio Minimo, Madrid
Latinoamérica, Arte entre Identidad y Máscara, curated by Antonio Arévalo, 11th Art Stays Festival, Ptuj, Slovenia
Paved Paradise, DC Moore Gallery, New York
Decimo Paralello Nord, Ex-Ospedale Sant’Agostino, Modena
Revolver Galeria en NueveOchenta, Galeria Nueveochenta, Bogota
The Peripatetic School: Itinerant drawing from Latin America, curated by Tanya Barson, Banco de la Republica, Bogota
Dias Negros, Revolver Gallery, Lima
Voglio Soltanto Essere Amato, curated by MAP, EX3 art space, Florence

2011
El Placer es mas Importante que la Victoria, curated by Miguel Lopez, Tasneem Gallery, Barcelona
Community Without Propinquity, curated by Inheritance Projects, Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK
The Peripatetic School: Itinerant drawing from Latin America, curated by Tanya Barson, The Drawing Room, London
Dublin Contemporary, curated by Jota Castro and Christian Viveros Faune, Dublin
Contain, Maintain, Sustain, curated by Welmoed Laanstra, Sara Reisman, and Ernesto Santalla,
Washington Project for the Arts, Artisphere, Washington
Voglio Soltanto Essere Amato, Maga Museum of Art, Gallarte, Italy
Anonymous Presence, curated by Yoab Vera, Y Gallery, New Cork
Fronteras en Mutacion, curated by Sigismond de Vajay, Centro Cultural de España, Buenos Aires
Bruma, organized by Alexander Dellal and Revolver Gallery, 20 Hoxton Square Projects, London
S-Files Bienal, curated by Elvis Fuentes, Trinidad Carillo, and Rocio Arranda, Museo del Barrio, New York
Heterogénea, Centro Cultural Juan Parra del Riego, Lima
Tracing the Unseen Border, curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud and Ian L. Cofré, La MaMa la Galeria, New York
Objects of Devotion and Desire: Medieval Relic to Contemporary Art, curated by Cynthia Hahn,
Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, New York
Glossolalia 5.0, film screening curated by Cauleen Smith, The Kitchen, New York

2010
Planet of Slums, curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud and LaToya Ruby Frazier, Third Screening, New York
Greater New York, curated by Klaus Biesenbach, Connie Butler, and Neville Wakefield, MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
Formes y Desformes, curated by Antonio Arévalo, Galleria Zak, Siena, Italy
Dialogos en la coleccion de arte contemporáneo del MALI, curated by Tatiana Cuevas, Lima Art Museum (MALi), Lima
Altered Appropriations, curated by Jody Zellen, Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Orange, California
Painting and Sculpture, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York
smART, Miami Dade College, Miami
El Comienzo del Fin, curated by Revolver Gallery, Patricia Ready Galeria, Santiago
Lush Life, curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud and Franklin Evans, Collette Blanchard Gallery, New York
Des-Habitable, curated by Dermis Leon, Centro Cultural de España, Lima
Guatavita, Eleven Rivington, New York
Does the Angle Between two walls have a happy Ending?, curated by Ishmael Randall Weeks,
Federica Schiavo Gallery, Rome

2009
Slash: Paper under the knife, curated by David McFarden, Museum of Arts and Design, New York
Des-Habitable, curated by Dermis Leon, OTR Espacio de Arte, Madrid
Colectivo 2009, Arróniz arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City
Zegache, Museo Casa Lamm, Mexico City
Party at Chris’s House, curated by Phong Bui, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn
Proyectos, Galeria Revolver, Lima
Crisis in Progress, curated by Dorota Biczel and Emilio Tarazona, ICPNA San Miguel, Lima
10th Havana Bienal, Havana (national selection)
Postales De Lima, curated by Tatiana Cuevas, Sala Wiese, Lima
Trabajo de Espacio, Arróniz arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City
Desenhos (Drawings): A-Z, curated by Adriano Pedrosa, Museu Da Cidade, Lisbon, Portugal
Pulp Fiction, Eleven Rivington, New York

2008
Visions of Contemporary Art in Perú, Galería Lucía de La Puente, Lima
MALI Contemporary, Aquisitions and Donations 2008, Sala Wiese, Lima
Al Natural, Dibujo Nuevo, Sala Raul Porras Barrenechea, Lima
La Construcción del Lugar Común, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Lima

2007
10º 00 S. 76º 00 W, Galería Leme, São Paulo
Popular-Pop, curated by Rodrigo Quijano, Lima Art Museum (MALi), Lima
Isla, Open Space, ARTE BA, Buenos Aires
Nomade, IX Bienal de Cuenca, Ecuador (national selection)
Legado Para el Futuro: The Permanent Collection 2005–2007, Lima Art Museum (MALi), Lima

2006
Arte y Urbe, curated By Jorge Villacorta, National Museum, Lima
EO IPSO, Match Art Space, New York
Cambios Estructurales I, curated By Ishmael Randall Weeks, San Marcos Museum, Lima

2005
Viceversa, Match Art Space, New York
Vitaminas, curated by Armando Williams, Impromptu Gallery, Trujillo, Perú
Noche de Arte, National Museum, Lima

2004
Frei Raüme, Frei Still e.v., Art Space, Berlin

2003
On Wheels, Vermont Studio Art Center, Johnson, Vermont

2000
Constellation, Fisher Arts Center, New York

AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, RESIDENCIES

2012
Full fellowship: MACRO Residency, Rome

2011
Award: New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), New York

2010
Full fellowship: ART OMI Residency, OMI, New York

2009-10
Award: Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation ‘Space Program,’ New York

2009
Fellowship: La Curtiduria Residency, Oaxaca

2008
Award: Art Matters Foundation, New York
Full fellowship: Kiosko Art Residency, Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Full fellowship: Sculpture Space Residency, New York

2007
Honorary mention: IX Cuenca Bienal, Ecuador
Full fellowship: Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine

2005-06
Award: Foundation for Contemporary Art, New York

2003
Full fellowship: Vermont Studio Art Center, Johnson, Vermont

2000
Project grant: Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS

2013
Hertz, Betti-Sue, Migrating Identities, San Francisco: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

2011
Barson, Tanya; dos Anjos, Moacir; de la Barra, Pablo Leon, and Isobell Whitelegg, The Peripatetic School: Itinerant Drawing from Latin America, London: Ridinghouse/Drawing Room

Hahn, Cynthia Jean, Objects of Devotion and Desire, New York: Hunter College Press, pp. 16, 66–67

Van Ginhoven Rey, Christopher, “A Veiled Intimacy,” in BRUMA exhibition catalogue, London: 20 Hoxton Square Projects

2010
Biesenbach, Klaus; Butler, Cornelia H., and Neville Wakefield, Greater New York 2010,
New York: MoMA PS1 Contemporary Art Center, pp. 112–13, 162–63

2009
de Vajay, Sigismond, ed., Of Bridges and Borders, Zurich: JRP Ringier Kunstverlag AG, pp. 253–67
Revere McFadden, David, Slash: Paper Under the Knife, Milan: 5 Continents, pp. 184–87
Cornell, Lauren; Gioni, Massimiliano, and Laura Hoptman, Younger Than Jesus: Artist Directory, London: Phaidon Press, p. 507
Era, Jorge Fernández, Integración y Resistencia en la era Global, Havana: Centro de Arte Contemporáneo
Wilfredo Lam, pp. 454–55

2008
Williams, Armando, Visiones del Arte Contemporáneo en el Perú, Lima: Galería Lucía de la Puente
Zegarra, Miguel and Jorge Villacorta, La Construcción del Lugar Común, Lima: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo

2007
Calle, Mercedes Espinoza and Rodrigo Abad Gómez, IX Bienal de Cuenca: Espacios, Tiempos Identitarios,
Quito: Centro de Documentación, pp. 64–67

2006
Quijano, Rodrigo, “Llámenme Ishmael: Notas sobre Balances y Tensiones en la Obra de Randall Weeks,” in Ishmael Randall Weeks: Estructuras, Simulacros, Lima: ICPNA
Alvarado, Luis; Dam, Paulo; del Valle, Augusto; López López, Miguel; Lerner, Sharon, and Jorge Villacorta, Post-Ilusiones: Nuevas Visiones, Arte Critico en Lima (1980–2006), Lima: Fundación Wiese, p. 113

SELECTED ARTICLES

2013
MacAdams, Barbra, “Ishmael Randall Weeks,” ARTnews, April
Haber, John, “Quoin Tricks,” Haberarts.com, March
Bacon, Alex, “Ishmael Randall Weeks with Alex Bacon,” The Brooklyn Rail, February 5
Halle, Howard, “Ten just opened gallery shows you should see,” Time Out New York, January 14
“Quoin. Ishmael Randall Weeks,” Cura, January
Gopnik, Blake, “Ishmael Weeks Disturbs History,” The Daily Beast, January
Buhmann, Stephanie, “Two Seasons, a ‘Weeks’ and ‘Eight Recent Works,’” The Villager, January 17

2012
Lopez, Miguel, “Lima Remembers,” Art in America, September
Castro, Jan, “Peru’s Contemporary Sculptors,” Sculpture Magazine, March

2011
Anne Miller, Leigh, “A Continental Biennial,” Art in America, December
Chatruc, Celina, “Cruzar Las Fronteras,” La Nacion, July 10

2010
Bernabei, Valentina, “Ishmael Randall Weeks,” Flash Art, December
Saldari, Eloisa, “Da Federica Schiavo Le Transformazioni Orogenetiche di Randall Weeks,” ARTEeCRITICA, no. 65
Agliottone, Marianna, “Ishmael Randall Weeks, a Solo Show,” Exibart Magazine, September
Catton, Pia, “Greater Visions of Contemporary Art,” The Wall Street Journal, May 2
Viveros-Fauné, Pia, “‘Greater New York 2010’ is Worse than the Biennial,” The Village Voice, June 2
Paul, Carlos, “Artista Utiliza Arquitectura y Urbanismo para Reflejar Los Movimientos Sociales de AL,” La Jornada, May 7
Harris, Jane, “Slash: Paper under the Knife,” Time Out New York, January 14–20

2009
Ramonetti, Aridana, “Reinventar y Alterar: Una mirada a la obra de Randall Weeks,” Glamour Magazine Mexico, December
Micchelli, Thomas, “Ishmael Randall Weeks,” The Brooklyn Rail, May
TD Neil, Jonathan, “Next Greats,” Art Review Magazine, March
Montejo Navas, Adolfo, “Entre la Integración y la Resistencia,” LAPIZ magazine, May, pp. 67–76
González Rosas, Blanca, “Trabajo de Espacio,” Revista Proceso
“Pulp Fiction,” The New Yorker, February 4
Rivero, Gerson, “Tres Residencias,” El Deber, August
Otero, Diego, “Pero se Expone,” El Comercio, January
Otero, Diego, “Espectáculos y amenazas,” El Domincal, January

2007
Noceda, Jorge Manuel, “Cuenca, una bienal a orillas del tomebamba,” ART NEXUS, no. 67
Revoredo, Alberto, “Nuevas Coordenadas para el Arte,” El Comercio, September
Verlichak, Victoria, “IX Cuenca Bienal,” ARTE AL DIA, May/June, p. 80

2006
Román, Élida, “Experiencia imprescindible’ El Comercio, January
Escribano, Pedro, “IR y sus metáforas del mundo,” La Republica
Velasco, Claudia, “Restos del Futuro,” El Comercio, January
Martínez, Jack, “Dilema del Progreso,” La Primera, January
Bernuy, Jorge, “Estructuras, Simulacros,” Expreso, January
“Rastros del Futuro,” Caretas Magazine, January
Casas, “Tensiones y Balances,” Revista Casas, January

2005
Dalglish, Jamie, “Mad Dream Chamber,” NY ARTS, March

2004
“Canales de Weeks,” Caretas Magazine, December
Lauer, Vera, “Los Dibujos tóxicos,” La República, August