Martha Tuttle in As Above, So Below
The FLAG Art Foundation is pleased to present As Above, So Below, a group exhibition amassing artworks and ritual objects to explore frameworks of faith, uncertainty, death, remembrance, and transcendence. Looking at the physical structure of religious forms such as altar pieces, icons, and reliquaries, the exhibition asks—in the broadest sense—how and to what end we ascribe meaning to both everyday and extraordinary objects. By considering the myriad ways artists seek to invoke the transcendental through their materials, As Above, So Below considers whether by believing in certain objects, symbols, or rituals, we can bridge the astral and the divine, influence outcomes, and circumvent chance. Artists include Charles Avery, Stephan Balkenhol, Amy Bravo, Sophie Calle, Greg Carideo, CARO, James Casebere, Anne Collier, Ben Cowan, Charlotte Edey, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Harry Gould Harvey IV, Arghavan Khosravi, Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, Charles LeDray, Agosto Machado, Amalia Mesa-Bains, Matthew Alakaihu Miller, Chris Oh, Nicolas Party, Naudline Pierre, Ed Ruscha, Rose Salane, Lucas Samaras, Krista Louise Smith, Jeni Spota C., Martha Tuttle, Jeffrey Vallance, Suyi Xu, and Dustin Yellin.