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Madeline Gins: Infinite Systems

Madeline Gins: Infinite Systems

Exhibition at Hessel Museum of Art

CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art
33 Garden Rd
Annandale-On-Hudson, NY 12504

On view from April 5, 2025 through May 25, 2025

Public reception: Saturday, April 5, 1-4 PM

“Infinite Systems presents works by the artist-architect-poet Madeline Gins (1941–2014). The exhibition—the first solo presentation on Gins—shifts the focus from her collaborations with her husband, Arakawa, under the moniker Arakawa+Gins, to her rarely shown independent practice. A selection of her writing and visual works from the 1960s to the 2000s, many exhibited for the first time, are displayed alongside archival materials, including ephemera, manuscripts, and photographs drawn from the Reversible Destiny Foundation.” – Charlotte Youkilis, Curator.

We are excited to share that Madeline Gins will have her moment to shine thanks to CCS Bard College. As mentioned above, rarely seen works from her own creative practice will be showcased through drawings, paintings, and poems alongside archival materials. The exhibition will also be accompanied by a publication with contributions from friends; Susan Bee, Lucy Ives, Tausif Noor, and Aviva Silverman.

For more information, please visit  https://ccs.bard.edu/museum/exhibitions/1052-madeline-gins-infinite-systems.

Portrait of Madeline Gins, ca. 1966. Black and white photograph print
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Reversible Destiny NOW: Arakawa and Madeline Gins’ Exercises for Not Dying

Reversible Destiny NOW: Arakawa and Madeline Gins’ Exercises for Not Dying

Exhibition at Mitaka City Gallery of Art

Mitaka City Gallery of Art
5F CORAL, 3-35-1 Shimorenjaku Mitaka-shi Tokyo
181-0013 JAPAN

The exhibition will be on view from March 22, 2025 through May 18, 2025

In celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Reversible Destiny Lofts—Mitaka (In Memory of Helen Keller), this exhibition looks back on the history of Arakawa+Gins’ collective work up to Mitaka Lofts, and unravels why and how this structure came to be in Mitaka. Completed in 2005, the building is still encompassed with vibrantly colored offices and residences. It has since become a favorite landmark of Mitaka City. The many projects that Arakawa and Gins undertook, continue to offer us new perspectives on the world, even after their passing.

For more information, https://www.architectural-body.com/?p=19900&lang=en

ARAKAWA+GINS, photo by Masato Yamamoto
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Introduction to Art Archive XXVII: Correspondence-Poetry or Letters and Affects—Shuzo Takiguchi and Shusaku Arakawa/Madeline Gins

Introduction to Art Archive XXVII: Correspondence-Poetry or Letters and Affects—Shuzo Takiguchi and Shusaku Arakawa/Madeline Gins

Exhibition at the Art Space, Keio University Art Center (KUAC)

Keio University Art Center
2-15-45, Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo
108-8345, Japan

On view from March 17, 2025 through May 30, 2025

Shuzo Takiguchi (1903-1979) and Shusaku Arakawa (1936-2010) inspired each other through an ongoing exchange of letters, which continued after Arakawa moved to the United States. Madeline Gins (1941-2014) joined later on in the correspondences. Takiguchi’s handmade book, called koushin-shi (correspondence-poem or correspondence-papers), embodied this exchange, blending finished and unfinished elements. The letters between Arakawa/Gins and Takiguchi often went beyond typical updates, using humor and creativity to transform letters into a new form of communication. These private, esoteric messages created a “blank” space, which is explored as a site of collaboration and reflection on their relationship.

For more information, http://www.art-c.keio.ac.jp/en/news-events/event-archive/artarchive27/

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A Rose Is

Arakawa, And/Or in Profile No. 2, 1974, acrylic, graphite and plastic rose, glass vase, wood and builder’s level on canvas, 77 1⁄2 x 107 x 6 1⁄2 in.
Arakawa, And/Or in Profile No. 2, 1974. Acrylic, graphite and plastic rose, glass vase, wood and builder’s level on canvas, 77 1⁄2 x 107 x 6 1⁄2 inches

A Rose Is

Exhibition at the FLAG Art Foundation

FLAG Art Foundation
545 W 25th St #9
New York, NY 10001

On view from February 27, 2025  through June 21, 2025

Opening reception: Thursday, February 27, 6-8 PM

“The FLAG Art Foundation is pleased to announce A Rose Is, an expansive group exhibition that examines the ubiquity and multivalent meaning of the rose throughout art history and visual culture. Across a wide array of media, including video, sculpture, painting, and text, the exhibition considers the rose in all of its symbolic and ritual complexity, ultimately seeking to complicate our familiarity with it as a vehicle for consumption and desire.”

Arakawa’s painting And/Or in Profile No. 2, 1974, will be presented alongside artists including Cy Twombly, Louise Bourgeois, Andy Warhol, Lee Krasner, George Platt Lynes, and others. As the exhibition suggests, the literary and linguistic life of the rose is perceived within this juxtaposing piece. Please join us in defining what #ARoseIs.

For more information, https://www.flagartfoundation.org/exhibitions/aroseis