Wholesale: To The Trade Only, 1985–1997
Alexander Gray Associates
October 18 - December 16, 2006
New York, NY
Puett closed her series of store installations in 1998 and archived the contents—from dresses and patterns to financial records and shipping receipts—most of which were preserved with natural beeswax. This Pompeian action was the subject of a 1998 exhibition at the Centre d’Art Contemporain Kunsthalle in Fribourg, Switzerland. In her installation at Alexander Gray Associates, Puett critically revisits this material at a time when the lines between the art world and luxury branding are collapsing.
Installation view: J. Morgan Puett: Wholesale: To the Trade Only, 1985-1997, Alexander Gray Associates, New York, 2006
