Free

5pm member preview
6pm public reception
6:30pm Artist/Curator talk

BMoCA’s Present Box exhibition opening reception for 2023 Month of Photography!

Join us for the opening of Rectangled by artist Risa Friedman! The artist and curator will be in attendance for a discussion of the exhibition and the inspiration behind it.

Risa Friedman’s Rectangled is a nostalgic homage to counting rectangles in the puzzle section of the newspaper in her grandparents’ kitchen in Queens, New York. Friedman transforms the architecture of BMoCA’s interior brick-lined lobby space into an immersive puzzle of parallelograms through the presentation of framed prints and photo-covered blocks. Friedman will activate the installation throughout the month-long duration of the exhibition by adding photo-covered blocks for visitors to count and rearrange. Through this interactivity, she simultaneously creates the opportunity to experience child-like wonder while attributing the stacking of right angles to the inescapable tasks of adulthood.

Presented in conjunction with Risa Friedman: Rectangled in BMoCA’s Present Box.

Image credit: Risa Friedman, installation view of Alto Blocks (detail), 2022.