A photograph of a bright orange book standing upright. A red line divides the book cover into two; the lower half reads, "Upstairs at Steve's" and "Samara Golden, The Fabric Workshop and Museum."

A set of bright orange books, some stacked on the left and one on the right standing upright. The lower half of the books read "Upstairs at Steves."

A book spread featuring an article titled "On Collaboration" by Karen Patterson, curator at The Fabric Workshop and Museum. A gray picture on the lower right features a drawing of rock material with handwritten notes.

$A full-bleed book spread featuring an art installation consisting of a refracted architectural space ending with a repeated and mirrored stained glass window. The lower refractions are divided by wooden boardwalks with smaller clusters of sand, furniture, and assorted objects.$ $A book spread featuring three images. On the top-left, a person polishes a mirror from a forklift. On the lower-left, a woman sits on a mirrored surface as she polishes it with a rag. Mirrors behind her reflect and refract the room. On the right, a person on a silhouette of a person on a forklift is seen against a diagonally-gridded stained glass detail of a curved window.$

Samara Golden: Upstairs at Steve's

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Description

This 59-page catalogue reveals an intimate look behind the scenes of the FWM Studio—illustrating the trajectory of Samara Golden’s two-year residency and collaboration with the studio team—as well as the culminating 2021 exhibition, Upstairs at Steve’s.

This catalogue cover is hand-screenprinted with thermochromic ink, which changes color when heat activated.

Published by FWM, 2020
Hardcover, 59 pages
Designed by Jeremy Eric Tenenbaum with consultation by Samara Golden
Edited by FWM Curator Karen Patterson

The catalogue includes a foreword from FWM Executive Director Christina Vassallo, as well as essays on collaboration and themes of the exhibition by FWM Curator Karen Patterson.

ISBN: 978-1-7360146-0-8

About The Exhibition

$An installation view with two people overlooking a balcony, peering into a refracted architectural space ending with a mirrored stained glass window. The refractions are divided by wooden boardwalks.$

Samara Golden: Upstairs at Steve's

September 10, 2020–February 21, 2021

Upstairs at Steve’s depicts a complete upending of an outdoor tableau, set in a seaside landscape. The exhibition reveals a mysterious confluence of biography, history, psychology, and nature. Familiar household objects are strewn across the dunes, as if deposited from a natural disaster, with an accompanying soundscape adding another atmospheric layer.

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