From dioramic, figurative structures to eerie, futuristic landscapes, Genevieve Goffman seeks to provoke new ways of seeing by challenging the symbols we use to understand the world and questioning the very objects that structure our perception of it.

Genevieve Goffman is an American artist based in New York. She creates sculptures and prints that engage with themes of ideology, history, and the intersection of technology and society. Her work spans both digital and physical realms, often incorporating 3D-printed sculptures and 2D prints. Drawing inspiration from a wide range of visual cultures, including architecture, internet aesthetics, and fantasy, Goffman’s practice examines how ideologies—such as the memories and potential futures of communism—are embedded in objects and spaces.

Her pieces often explore the tension between the optimism of utopian thinking and the disillusionment that follows, particularly focusing on how history, class, technology, and luxury intersect in contemporary society. As digital technology continues to shape the cultural landscape, Goffman is acutely aware of the implications of artificial intelligence, which she has described as potentially representing a "culture of death" in its most dystopian form. This critical engagement with technology informs much of her work, which blends the aesthetics of post-internet art with the history of nuclear science and radiation.

Goffman’s sculptures, often surreal and ornate, push the boundaries of what sculpture can be, blending both digital and traditional techniques. Her work explores how technology—particularly in the form of AI and digital rendering—alters our perception of reality, as well as how historical ideologies remain embedded in our built environment. By manipulating these symbols, Goffman challenges viewers to reconsider the foundations upon which society is built.

Born in Washington D.C. and based in Brooklyn, New York, Genevieve Goffman earned her MFA in sculpture from Yale in 2020. Her recent solo exhibitions include The Triumph of A Lonely Place, Espace Maurice, Montreal (2024); Before It All Went Wrong, Hyacinth Gallery, New York (2022); Grind, Money Gallery, St. Petersburg (2021); Here Forever, Alyssa Davis Gallery, New York (2020); Hotel Heaven, Lubov, New York (2019); and Redwall, But For Your Dead Pets Only, Catbox Contemporary, New York (2019). Goffman’s installation The View was exhibited in 2023 at the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria. In 2024, Goffman exhibited at the Aspen Art Fair with Rusha & Co. and at NADA Warsaw with Alyssa Davis Gallery.

Artworks

The Moon is Just the Sun at Night

/imagine:
A Journey into The New Virtual

After Lives

Here Forever

PIN-UP Magazine

The New Technoromantic: An Interview with Genevieve Goffman

Artnet

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The Triumph of a Lonely Place

“In the summer of the seventy-fifth year—after the construction of the first factory—there was a massive explosion, followed by a fire.”

Goffman’s first novella is a coming of age story of the struggle between regression and acceptance, a vanishing suburb and an encompassing wilderness all kindled by the flame of an industrial disaster.

Featuring introductory writing by Alyssa Davis, founder and director of Alyssa Davis Gallery and Whitney Mallet, founding editor of The Whitney Review of New Writing

Year: 2024
Languages: English
Format: 6 x 9 inches
Details: Paperback with full-color photographs and artwork, 92 pages