Nothing Personal

Nicole Klagsbrun is pleased to present an exhibition in collaboration with Julie Saul drawn from Klagsbrun’s collection. The show celebrates a decades-long friendship between Saul and Klagsbrun and features a diverse selection of photographic works spanning more than thirty five years by a wide range of artists, including Sally Apfelbaum, Shimon Attie, Marco Breuer, Clegg and Guttmann, Barbara Ess, Dan Graham, Peter Greenaway, Raymond Hains, John Hilliard, Matthew Day Jackson, Ange Leccia, Chris McCaw, Bruce Nauman, Hirsch Perlman, Mika Rottenberg and Alona Harpaz, Mika Rottenberg, Ahlam Shibli, Paul Sietsema, Xaviera Simmons, A. L. Steiner, Billy Sullivan, Vibeke Tandberg, and James Welling.

From a conversation between Saul and Klagsbrun:

Julie Saul Nicole, do you remember when we became friends?

Nicole Klagsbrun You came to my gallery [Cable] in the mid-1980s to borrow a Clegg and Guttmann, and we hung out at the Gramercy Art Fair.

JS Oh yes, before the world went global. How would you describe your collecting?

NK I supported some of the artists that I was showing by buying their art. I never planned on becoming a collector, but it connected me with the artists, and that connection was important.

JS When we came up with the idea for show, I remember you said, “I don’t want to get personal,” so I came up with the title “Nothing Personal,” which is ironic, since I think so much of the show traces your own story and ideas—but you don’t want to be the focus here, of course. So, the pictures tell a story, and the story seems to be in some way about a sense of place as a theatrical setting.

NK I studied set and costume design in Belgium and theater taught me how to see things in a three-dimensional space. After college, I moved to New York, and I began to work at a gallery, which of course entails thinking more about two-dimensional space—curating art works onto walls, for example. Still, I kept seeing in three dimensions as well. As you pointed out, I was particularly drawn to photography with conceptual themes. So, yes, I think that comes through in the exhibition.

The exhibition will remain on view through April 2022. Gallery hours are Thursday and Friday 11am to 6pm and by appointment. For more information or images contact info@nicoleklagsbrun.com.

Hirsch Perlman
Untitled (Loos House)
1988
Photograph, plexiglass, foamboard
14 x 18 1/2 inches image
18 3/4 x 22 x 2 3/4 inches framed
Edition of 2
(HP02(NKG))
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Shimon Attie
Almstadtstrasse (formerly Grenadierstrasse)/corner Schendelgasse
1992
Color Photograph
20 x 24 inches
Edition 17/25
signed on back
(SAT77(NK).17)
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Ahlam Shibli
Women in Field
2000
c-print
11.81 x 15.75 inches
30 x 40 centimeters
Edition 1/4
(ASh01(NKG).1)
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Xaviera Simmons
Around the Y
2010
Digital C-Print
40 x 50 inches
Edition 2/3, +2AP
(XS22(NKG))
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Ahlam Shibli
untitled (Wadi Saleib in Nine Volumes no. 18), Haifa, Palestine)
1996 - 1998
chromogenic color print
10.43 x 12.99 inches
26.5 x 33 centimeters
Edition 2/2
(ASh02(NKG).2)
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Peter Greenaway
The Draughtsman's Contract: Photographic Time Passing
1982
Photos and collage on paper
17 x 12 inches (framed)
43.2 x 30.5 centimeters
signed on the back
(PG0136(NKG))
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Matthew Day Jackson
High, Low and In-between
2008
Fifteen 4" x 5" contact proofs printed from hand-drawn negatives, collaged with Scotch tape, then mounted to archival paper, then to Rives BFK
Edition of 5
20 1/4 x 15 1/8 inches
51.4 x 38.4 cm
(MDJ16(NKG))
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Sally Apfelbaum
Untitled (Yaddo)
1992
sun print
5 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches
(SA58)
NFS

Bottom:
Sally Apfelbaum
Untitled (Yaddo)
1992
Sun print
5 3/4 X 4 3/4 inches
(SA57.1(NK))
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Barbara Ess
Untitled
1984
c-print
42 x 28.75 inches (framed)
106.7 x 73 centimeters
Edition of 5
(BE01(NK))
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Mika Rottenberg and Alona Harpaz
infinite #1
2008
c-print
42.5 x 41 inches (frame)
108 x 104.1 cm
41.5 x 39 inches (image)
105.4 x 99.1 cm
Edition 01/30
(AHMR01(NKG).01)
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Mika Rottenberg
Still from Squeeze
2010
Digital C-print
21 x 14 inches (image)
53.3 x 35.6 centimeters
22.25 x 15.25 inches (frame)
56.5 x 38.7 centimeters
2AP, Edition 2/7
(MR251(NKG).2)
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Ange Leccia
Ikebana
1987
Color Photograph
17 1/4 x 20 1/4 inches framed
(ALe01(NK))
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James Welling
Tile photograph 10 (from a series of 8 prints)
1985
black and white silver photograms 8 x 10 inches
Edition 1/10
signed, editioned, titled, and stamped LWSYR on verso
(JWel01(NK).1)
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Paul Sietsema
Untitled
2000
C-print
11 x 14 inches
13 3/4 x 16 3/4 inches framed
Edition 1/5
(PS02(NKG).1)
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Marco Breuer
Untitled (Fuse/Day)
1999
gelatin silver print, burned
19 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches
(MB01(NK))
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Chris McCaw
Sunburned GSP #448 (Mojave)
2010
black and white silver print
8 x 10 inches
Signed on back
(CMcw01(NK))
NFS

Raymond Hains
La grille
1948
silver print
9.45 x 7.09 inches (image)
19.69 x 15.75 inches (frame)
(RHa04(NKG))
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John Hilliard
Study for 'Blind Date'
1984
c-print, mounted
26 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches
Signed on front
(JHil01(NK))
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Vibeke Tandberg
Living Together (Multiple)
1996
C-print sublimation montage
5.75 x 7.75 inches (image)
9 x 12.5 inches (frame)
Edition of 15
(VTa01(NK))
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Sarah Anne Johnson
Girls on Beach
2003-04
c-print
8.5  x 13 inches (print size)
21.6 x 33 centimeters
Edition 1/15
Signed on back
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A.L. Steiner
Untitled (Layla in bathtub with coffee cup)
1999
C-print mounted to plexiglass
24 X 36 inches
Edition 4/5
(AS10(NK).4)
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Clegg & Guttmann
Tababasco
1985
Cibachrome
16.25 x 12.75 inches
41.3 x 32.4 cm
Edition of 2, 1 AP
(CG18)
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Bruce Nauman
Coffee Thrown Away Because It Was Too Cold
1966/2020
Inkjet Print
20 x 23 3/4 inches
Edition 5/8
(BN01(NKG).5)
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