Opening Sunday, January 24 11-5 pm RSVP

Viewing days: Sun  2/14 11am – 4pm, Sat 2/27 11am – 6pm, Thurs 3/11 4pm – 7pm and by appointment 

Closing Sunday, March 21st 11 am – 7 pm

Congress Yard Projects’ first exhibition of 2021, hard & SOFT will submit the artworks to continuous display outside, throughout the wet dragging days of late winter. This turns our previous format on its head from the summer series of weekend-long exhibitions where artworks susceptible to the elements are moved inside nightly.

Rather, hard & SOFT will run for 1344 hours, from late January till Spring Equinox, showcasing works that stand resolute under the weight of the grey dripping sky, alongside works that embrace weathering transformation and decay. On view will be a range of works from the most obstinately impervious, to those that might melt, fade, or rot away in reaction to the elements, as well as some that depend upon the impacts of duration and exposure for their full potential. At times, the exhibition will be only open to viewers when it is raining, and others just available after dark, to make the most of the existing perceptual conditions.

Artists:
Hannah Bakken
Shelby Baldridge
Amy Bay
Bruce Conkle
Misha Davydov
Sarah Farahat
Emily Ginsburg
Linda Hutchins
Ariana Jacob
Brandi Kruse
Shelbie Loomis
maximiliano
Mack McFarland
Mazey Moon
Mark Owens
Anna Gray & Ryan Wilson Paulsen
Julie Perini
Jess Perlitz
M Prull
Michael & Jen Reinsch
Reuben Roqueni
Emily Squires
Elaina Tardif
Vo
Samuel Wildman
Olya Zovskaya