THE UNTITLED SPACE X SAVEARTSPACE
“FUTURE VISION”
PUBLIC ART BILLBOARD EXHIBITION
NATIONWIDE FROM OCTOBER 25 – NOVEMBER 19, 2024
The Untitled Space is thrilled to announce a partnership with SaveArtSpace for an empowering public art series of billboards curated by Indira Cesarine titled “Future Vision” throughout the United States launching October 25, 2024, and on view through November 17th.
The Future Vision public art series features artwork by artists including FAITH XLVII, Natalie White, Suzanna Scott, Tiffany Trenda, and a collaboration by Fahren Feingold and Indira Cesarine (created together in 2020 for Art4Equality’s Billboard campaign, and revised for 2024).
“FUTURE VISION”
In today’s rapidly changing world, the importance of envisioning a hopeful and equitable future cannot be overstated. The “Future Vision” public art billboard exhibition presented by The Untitled Space in collaboration with non-profit SaveArtSpace will present compelling visual narratives on billboards throughout the nation that fight for our future.
Running from October – November in the run-up to the U.S. presidential election in major cities throughout the United States including New York City, Phoenix, Detroit, Miami, and New Orleans, this public art billboard campaign is not just about idealism, it’s about providing a roadmap for the future we want to build and protecting the social systems we want to preserve. By focusing on the importance of racial justice, gender equality, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, economic fairness, sustainability, and suffrage, this theme acts as a call to action.
Activism has always been a driving force for progress. The “Future Vision” public art billboard campaign aims to amplify the voices of those who are fighting for social justice and systemic change, and who envision a promising future. Art has the power to provoke thought, spark conversation, inspire, and elevate. By turning billboards into canvases for activist art, we can reach a broad audience while advocating for democracy and voter turnout during the 2024 election, with our freedoms and civil rights on the line.
In a time when social justice movements are gaining momentum worldwide, it is crucial to envision a future where justice is not just an ideal but a reality for all. With increasing political polarization, especially with the possibility of Project 2025 becoming a reality, the need for political advocacy is more urgent than ever. The 922-page document outlines a detailed plan to revoke LGBTQ+ rights, civil rights, women’s rights, and worker’s rights to create a conservative utopia where men remain in power. It is more important than ever to join the fight to protect democracy and human rights in the United States.
Through powerful imagery and innovative practices, the “Future Vision” campaign serves as an urgent reminder of the importance of voting and preserving our civil rights. Art has the unique ability to transcend cultural and linguistic barriers, reaching a diverse audience and evoking emotional responses that drive action. Turning billboards into canvases for activist art not only amplifies important messages but also democratizes art, making it accessible to a wider audience. By focusing on ideals such as equality, and diversity this theme motivates collective action toward a more just and harmonious world. The “Future Vision” billboard campaign aims to inspire, educate, and mobilize viewers.
“I am thrilled to curate this public art series that transforms billboards into canvases for social change across the nation. The ‘Future Vision’ theme invites artists to imagine and depict a better tomorrow during a critical time leading up to the presidential election. Your artwork can inspire viewers, spark meaningful dialogue, and encourage a promising future – making it an essential part of this nationwide initiative. The billboard transformed into an art display is an innovative, and ultimately accessible way to transform spaces normally dedicated to advertising into public art that has power and impact.” – Curator Indira Cesarine
On October 25, 2024, SaveArtSpace will launch public art installations for each selected work on billboard ad spaces in cities around the US. The public art will be on view for at least one month.
Selected Artists
FAITH XLVII They say blood is heavier the water, 70 x 46 inches, Oil on canvas
FAITH XLVII – Location: N 7th Ave & W Glenrosa Ave, Phoenix, AZ
Liberty’s journey as an artist began on the streets of South Africa in 1997, as a young graffiti writer known as Faith47. She rose to prominence on the international street art scene before becoming widely recognised for her multidisciplinary artistic practice.
Monumental and intimate, private and public, her artwork takes the form of murals, sculptures, video installations, tapestries and drawings.
Deconstructing notions of value and place, investigating forms of domination, she explores the shapes of human perception. In quest of the divine expressing a longing for a deeper connection to the wisdoms of the natural world.
There is too the active investigation and questioning of the human condition, its deviant histories and our own inherent existential search.
She has shown at the Musée des Beaux-arts In Nancy, France, the Calais Museum of Fine Art, the Bernard Magrez Foundation in France, Mana Contemporary and the Brooklyn Museum, both in the USA.
Connect with FAITH XLVII on Instagram at @faith47.
Natalie White – Location: Washington Ave & S Dupre Street, New Orleans, LA
Natalie White is a provocative artist and feminist activist whose work–featured in more than 20 solo exhibitions and collected by several museums–spans such varied modes of expression as self-portraiture, sculpture, embroidery, abstract paintings, works on paper and performance.
A native of West Virginia, she arrived in New York as a wide-eyed 17- year-old and, almost by accident, became a muse for such prominent visual artists as Peter Beard, Spencer Tunick, George Condo and even Sean Lennon before harnessing her fierce drive and unapologetic spirit to her own creations. She has performed at the Art Basel Miami Women in Art in collaboration with the Brooklyn Museum’s Elizabeth Sackler Center.
As Vice President of Equal Means Equal, an organization that lobbies for the enactment of the Equal Rights Amendment, she presented the “Natalie White for Equal Rights” show at the Hole in 2015 and the following year led a 16-day, 250-mile march from NYC to Washington, D.C., to promote the fight for the ERA to be included in the Constitution.
White’s works have been acquired by the Sackler Center and the Carnegie Museum of Art and are in the private collections of William T. Hillman, Lawrence Benenson, Maurice Marciano, The Mugrabi Collection and Eric Schmidt.
Connect with Natalie on Instagram at @nataliewhiteartist.
Suzanna Scott – Location: NE 2nd Ave & I-195 Overpass, Miami, FL
b. 1974, Pennsylvania, United States. North American artist, Suzanna Scott, simultaneously seduces and repulses the viewer through her excessive use of sutured stitching, skin-like surfaces, witty references to various body parts, and shades of the color pink. She gravitates towards sculpting in multiples using everyday materials and discarded objects.
By embracing repetition as a tool throughout her work, Scott emphasizes the ever/never evolving social struggles we face at the intersection of existence within our body and society. She uses her work to step into and examine the sticky landscape surrounding gender, sexuality, equality, and bodily autonomy.
Scott’s work has been exhibited across the United States and internationally in Chile, Malta, Spain, Russia, Germany, France and Mexico. She lives in Ruston, Louisiana where she rage-stitches daily in her garage studio.
COIN CUNTS STATEMENT
In our reality of untruths and the political validation of misogynistic and racist undercurrents in the United States, the Coin Cunts stand as a visual symbol of empowerment and equality for all people with a vulva. By exposing the mysterious interior of a ubiquitous object, we find each Coin Cunt is distinct just as every human is unique. A tease to the imagination, these transposed coin purses challenge our visual, political and cultural associations of gender, money and power. Since their inception, the Coin Cunts have given voice to and raised awareness for many causes around the globe such as reproductive rights, the gender pay gap, bodily autonomy, FGM (female genital mutilation), racial disparities in reproductive health and the list continues to grow.
ARTIST STATEMENT
So much has been said about the body. There is still more to say. Our body houses us. It contains our inner life. Our thoughts and desires are our own until we voice them to others. It is the visible object we project on the world and it defines us by gender, race and age.
Through my work I explore forms in and of the body. I am fascinated by its bulbous shapes, layers of sinew and skin, undulating folds, knobby joints and the constant hum of discharged thought and bodily secretions. It is both sensual and ghastly. It brings us pleasure and pain. From birth to death we are captive to the human form we call our body.
I bind, stitch, layer and sculpt using found objects and a variety of materials including; cloth, paper, thread, resin and wax. Through physical process and the repetitive nature of my work, I thrive and give voice to the body.
Connect with Suzanna on Instagram at @suzanna_scott.
Tiffany Trenda – Location: 8 Mile Rd & Orleans St, Detroit, MI.
Tiffany Trenda is a performance and new media artist based in Los Angeles, with a career spanning over two decades. Her performances have been presented at prestigious venues, including the Broad Art Museum, the World Expo in Shanghai, Architecture + Design Museum, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Exploratorium: The Museum of Science, Art & Human Perception. Notably, she was featured in the performance program of Metamorphoses of the Virtual during the 55th Venice Biennale. Trenda’s work has also been exhibited at the Faena Art Center in Buenos Aires in the acclaimed show Auto Body and in the special projects section of Context Art Miami. More recently, her art has exhibited at Laboratorio Arte Alameda in Mexico City, Art Center Nabi in South Korea, Brand Library and Art Center, and Art in Flux at the Barbican in London. Additionally, her pieces are part of the permanent collections at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art and Beinecke Library at Yale University. Trenda holds a BFA from Art Center College of Design and an MFA from UCLA’s Design and Media Arts program.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
Tiffany Trenda’s work engages with the intersection of the human body and emerging technologies. Rooted in performance and new media, her practice navigates the shifting boundaries between the real and the virtual, prompting viewers to confront the evolving concepts of identity and embodiment in today’s increasingly digital landscape. Trenda challenges the way our presence is mediated by technology, urging us to reconsider the ways we experience and understand the world around us.
Her work investigates how technology is transforming our phenomenological understanding of the body and material reality. She focuses on the subtleties of human experience as mediated through digital constructs, creating a conversation that blurs the lines between traditional and future mediums. Trenda’s practice opens a conversation between human subjectivity and machine perception, encouraging reflection on the ever-evolving relationship between the body, technology, and materiality in the digital age.
BEYOND PERFORMANCE PROJECT:
In “Beyond Performance,” Trenda ventures into the realm of performance art and artificial intelligence. Through the integration of smart applications and her performance archive of over two decades, she introduces a new dimension to the traditional understanding of the body in performance art. These imaginative performances only exist in the digital realm, blurring the boundaries between what is real and what is fictional. These imagined performances push the limits of what can be, challenging conventional notions of identity and representation within simulated experiences. Beyond Performance is an ongoing project presented on Tiffany Trenda’s Instagram. It was also presented at the USC School of Cinematic Arts and Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art.
Connect with Tiffany on Instagram at @tiffanytrenda.
Indira Cesarine and Fahren Feingold – location: Nostrand Ave & Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Indira Cesarine is a multifaceted curator, artist, and entrepreneur whose work bridges the worlds of art, fashion, and media. As the founder and director of The Untitled Space, Cesarine has curated numerous critically acclaimed exhibitions that explore themes of feminism, identity, and social justice. Her visionary approach to curation emphasizes the transformative power of art and its role in fostering dialogue and driving societal progress. Cesarine’s diverse background informs her dynamic curatorial style, making her a leading figure in the contemporary art scene. Through her work at The Untitled Space, she continues to champion emerging and established artists, creating impactful exhibitions that resonate with global audiences.
Cesarine’s work as a multidisciplinary artist includes photography, video, painting, printmaking, and sculpture. Empowering feminist themes are often a point of departure for her artwork, which is influenced by autobiographical content, her Latinx heritage, and women’s history. Cesarine had her first solo show at the age of sixteen at Paul Mellon Arts Center. After graduating with a triple major from Columbia University, she continued her career in London where she received photography commissions by Vogue, GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, and many other international titles while still in her early twenties.
Her artwork has been featured internationally at many galleries, museums, and art fairs, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hudson Valley MOCA, The Watermill Center, Mattatuck Museum, Albany Institute, National Museum of Women, CICA Museum, Smack Mellon, San Luis Obispo Museum, French Embassy Cultural Center, Art Basel Miami, SCOPE Art Fair, Rockefeller Center, Cannes Film Festival, and SPRING/BREAK Art Show to name a few. Her artwork and exhibitions have been featured internationally in numerous publications including The New York Times, Vogue, Forbes, Newsweek, W Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, i-D, Dazed, New York Magazine, and The Huffington Post among many others.
Aside from founding The Untitled Space gallery, she is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Untitled Magazine, founder of Art4Equality, a non-profit initiative supporting equality in the arts, as well as founder of Untitled Productions. She currently lives and works in Tribeca, NY.
Connect with Indira on Instagram at @indiracesarine.
Artist Fahren Feingold’s (1980 – 2023) ethereal watercolors gained recognition from collectors and critics alike for their sensitive, dreamy colors, graceful brush strokes, and depiction of the female figure. With her palette of bright pastels and soft colors, she invited viewers to step inside her dreamlike world, giving new voices to women of the past and present while exploring larger notions of female constructs in contemporary society. Her artwork and exploration of the female form empowered many and served as a testament to the strength of her artistic vision. Her watercolors featuring bold feminine nudes referenced her own photographs as well as imagery from early 20th century French erotica, and vintage American magazines from the 70s and 80s. Celebrated as “a trailblazing artist on a meteoric rise” by Vogue, Feingold’s work was featured in many international publications that celebrated her visual aesthetic and captivating signature style.
After earning her BFA between Parsons and Glasgow School of Art, she worked as a fashion designer for a number of top brands prior to dedicating her career to her passion for painting. In 2016, her dreamy watercolors caught the eye of the legendary Nick Knight, who commissioned her for SHOWStudio. Represented by The Untitled Space since 2017, Feingold was featured in a number of exhibitions presented by the gallery including her solo shows “FAHREN FEINGOLD” (2017), “PEEP SHOW” (2018), “Golden Touch” (2018), “HIGH ON LIFE” (2021), “WET DREAMS” (2021), and “LIVING FOR LOVE” (2023). Other notable exhibitions included “Moving Kate,” curated by Nick Knight; “The Vulgar” at The Barbican London, “Red Hot Wicked” Studio C Gallery LA, “Les Femmes” at Tethy’s Art, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Art4Equality x SaveArtSpace’s Public Art Billboard exhibition throughout New York City, and Sotheby’s “Take Home A Nude” supporting the New York Academy of Art.
Feingold passed away at the young age of 43 after an accelerated battle with cancer. She leaves behind a legacy of creativity, innovation, and an enduring impact on the art world with her paintings emphasizing femininity.
View more artwork by Fahren Feingold on Instagram at @fahrenhaute.
Participating Organizations
The Untitled Space
The Untitled Space, established in 2015 by curator and artist Indira Cesarine, is an innovative contemporary art gallery located in Tribeca, New York. Renowned for its dedication to amplifying the voices of women and marginalized artists, The Untitled Space fosters a dynamic and inclusive environment that promotes cutting-edge and thought-provoking art. The gallery is celebrated for its unique curatorial vision, presenting exhibitions that address pressing social and political issues through a multidisciplinary approach. With a commitment to promoting art as activism, The Untitled Space has become a vital platform for artists who challenge conventions and inspire change.
Press on The Untitled Space includes Vogue (US), Vogue Italia, Forbes, Newsweek, W Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Teen Vogue, New York Magazine, i-D Magazine, Dazed, Artnet, Artsy, Hyperallergic, Marie Claire, CNN Style, Huffington Post and The New York Times among many others.
Read More about The Untitled Space exhibitions on Wikipedia.
Connect with The Untitled Space on Instagram at @untitledspaceny.
SAVEARTSPACE
Founded in 2015, SaveArtSpace is a non-profit organization that works to create an urban gallery experience, launching exhibitions that address intersectional themes and foster a progressive message of social change. By placing culture over commercialism, SaveArtSpace aims to empower artists from all walks of life and inspire a new generation of young creatives and activists.
