Curious Green on Tomorrow Unlimited

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August 2, 2007 Curious Green, a show opening Saturday at LA's Circus Gallery, is a collaboration between two artists who discovered a shared fascination for I Am Curious (Yellow), and I Am Curious (Blue), the pair of sexually explicity, highly controversial, French New Wave–inspired films directed by Swedish director Vilgot Sjöman in 1967 and 1968 (they're available as a box set from Criterion Collection). The exhibition, which takes its name from a combination of the conceptual colors of Sjöman's films (themselves inspired by the colors of the Swedish flag), features a combination of painting and video work. At first glance, the two artists—New York–based Jen DeNike and New York/Stockholm–based Ylva Ogland—seem unlikely collaborators. Ogland makes quiet paintings of still lifes and exteriors, often including unexpected materials like feathers, crystals, and pearls, while DeNike made a splash at P.S.1's 2005 Greater New York show with her homoerotic videos of boys wrestling in outdoor settings. Both artists, however, seem invested in formalist concerns, specifically in their approach to portraiture, which promise to infuse Curious Green. The show's opening night this Saturday will also screen a sampling of several other videos by artists, including tech-jokester Cory Arcangel, venerable Fluxus performance artist Carolee Schneeman, and multidisciplinary artist Meredith Danluck, who found fame earlier this year by exhibiting the results of her attempts to document a brief encounter with Michael Jackson as he greeted his fans. And, to kick off a month-long "Summer Loving Series" at Circus Gallery, Jen DeNike will also screen her video and conduct a "pillow talk" with the audience on July 31. Tess Dawn Chan http://www.tomorrowunlimited.com/notes/2007/jul/26/curious-mix-curious-green-circus-gallery/