Mark Williams, PoC 47, 2022, oil, acrylic & pencil on cardboard, 24 x 30 in

Time and Materials

Nadia Coen, Mahmoud Hamadani, Armita Raafat, Michael David, Andrew Huston, Alyse Rosner, Paul Michael Graves, Bodo Korsig, Steven Salzman, Margaret Weber, Mark Williams

February 28 – March 28, 2026

 

Bienvenu Steinberg & C is pleased to present Time and Materials. The exhibition title is drawn from the building trades, the show assembles the work of 11 artists who either exploit non-traditional materials or create innovative visual representations of time-related phenomena. In the world of construction, time and materials contracts are frequently used for projects that are uncertain in scope or that might require the ability to make changes as the work proceeds. A similar makeshift spirit pervades the practice of many of the artists in the show,  a wide range of materials  from plastic drinking straws, broken mirrors, cardboard boxes and raw pigments, to paints used to replicate precious metals. Distinctions between high and low, between the precious and the provisional begin to dissolve to reveal how value is constructed and reimagined.