Meg Hitchcock
Meg Hitchcock
Obsession: The Book of Revelation from the Koran
February 19 – March 27, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday, February 18, 7–10 PM
Famous Accountants
1673 Gates Avenue, Bushwick, Between St. Nicholas and Cypress
Open Sundays, 1-6pm
1673 Gates Avenue, Bushwick, Between St. Nicholas and Cypress
Open Sundays, 1-6pm
February 8, 2011 — Obsession: The Book ofRevelations from the Koran, by Meg Hitchcock,
is the Book of Revelation collaged directly
onto the gallery wall — using letters cut from
an English translation of the Koran. Each
letter is cut individually and glued directly
to the wall in a wavering line approximately
47″ from the floor. The lines wrap around the
perimeter of the gallery until the entire text is
written out. Woven into this transcription of
the Book of Revelations are Muslim prayers
and personal meditations.
Famous Accountants 
I’d like to come to this opening reception tonight. Is it open to the public?
[…] (featuring pieces by Don Pablo Pedro and Stephen Truax to name a couple), Famous Accountants (the Meg Hitchcock show promises to be AMAZING), Norte Maar. The night also features the celebration of the opening of a brand new space Curbs and […]
Christopher, yes, the opening reception is open to the public. In fact a bunch of Bushwick galleries are open tonight for “Beat Night”. There’s some info on it here: http://www.nortemaar.org/beatnite5.html
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I want to forward this to friends, how to do. Could you please email it to me?
[…] cuts and pastes individual letters into a resulting shape on paper or in the case of her show at Famous Accountants, installed directly on the wall. Talk about patience and […]
Is the Meg Hitchcock show still open this Sunday (April 10th). I know it supposedly closed 2 weeks ago but there’s no info about a new show…
Julia,
Meg’s show closed on March 27th. We open again on April 30th with Matthew Miller’s show.
Kevin
[…] 0 Comments 10 June 2011 To enhance the Friday results on sanity, check out this documentary made by Rafael Fuchs about Meg Hitchcock’s recent installation Obsession: The Book of Revelation from the Koran. […]
[…] work has been developing and maturing over the last year (since her overwhelming show at Famous Accountants) , and this is a tremendous opportunity to get to know her work a lot […]