Vijay Masharani
Vijay Masharani (b. 1995) is an artist and writer. He lives and works in Queens.
ANTOINE CATALA:
Everything is Okay
By Vijay Masharani
It would be difficult to come up with a more oblivious statement than “everything is okay.” We can read it as either a provocation—an offensively false assertion—or an expression of denial.
American Artist: I'm Blue (If I Was █████ I Would Die)
By Vijay MasharaniIf you assign no sound to the redaction in I'm Blue (If I Was █████ I Would Die), it has the same amount of syllables as its referent, the first line of the chorus from Eiffel 65's 1999 chart-topping single, I'm Blue. The last word in that line is spelled out "da," but when you listen to Jeffrey Jey's compressed scatting, it sounds more like "die." But the redacted word is there, as an absolute pretext to death.
Torey Thornton: Sustenance Traversing Foundational Urgencies (STFU [some])(Re-Faux Outing)
By Vijay MasharaniThough he pays careful attention their formal qualities, sourcing objects based on their color, surface quality, or other aesthetic affinities, Thornton also chooses objects according to more specific criteria, tending to favor those that are quite cheap, and have some kind of subcultural connotation.
![Torey Thornton, <em>Sustenance Traversing Foundational Urgencies (STFU [some])(Re-Faux Outing)</em>, installation view, ESSEX STREET, New York, 2019. Courtesy the artist and ESSEX STREET.](https://brooklynrail-web.imgix.net/article_image/image/23254/Masharani-Thornton-1.jpg?w=200&q=80&fit=max)
PABLO HELGUERA & SUZANNE LACY:
The Schoolhouse and The Bus: Mobility, Pedagogy, and Engagement
By Vijay Masharani
Both the works in The Schoolhouse and The Bus are over; in this exhibition, we are presented with an archive.
Imperfect Tools for Navigation
By Vijay MasharaniCurated by the Philadelphia-based artist-run space High-Tide gallery and hosted by American Medium, Imperfect Tools for Navigation showcases the work of three intermedia artists working in disparate formats.
TRAVIS FITZGERALD: Until Adwaita
By Vijay MasharaniAt the time of his death in 2006, the Aldabra giant tortoise Adwaita was 255 years old. To this day, he stands as the longest living terrestrial animal in recorded history. His name refers to the non-dualistic Hindu philosophy of Advaita Vedanta, which argues that individual experience in and of itself is illusory; in reality, all beings are constitutive of one form of pure consciousness (Brahman). By titling his solo show at Interstate Projects Until Adwaita, Travis Fitzgerald hints that this monism is a point of entry for him.
CARLOS REYES:
West Side Club
By Vijay Masharani
In his first exhibition with Bodega, Carlos Reyes showcases a series of sculptures constructed from wood salvaged from the sauna of the West Side Club. Described on the club’s website as a “premier social relaxation club for gay and bisexual men,” the West Side Club has been at its Chelsea location since 1995.
