Audacious & Persistent Rubbing Kiosk, Bronze, wood, mirror, paper, bone, and pencil, 2023, 60” x 40” x 36”

Audacious & Persistent Rubbing Kiosk invites viewers into a tactile experience that embodies resilience and the power of engagement. This interactive sculpture integrates materials such as bronze, wood, and paper to encourage viewers to physically create rubbings from cast bronze substrates inscribed with expressive texts. By transforming a static object into a participatory process, the work emphasizes the necessity of persistence in navigating cultural landscapes. Reflecting on the labor and audacity required to sustain creative practices, the piece positions viewers as both participants and creators, underscoring the collective endurance required to foster cultural expression in modern society.

Grayson Cox is a New York based artist working in a variety of media, from painting and printmaking to photography and furniture-like sculpture. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, received his BFA from Indiana University and spent two years living and working in Tokyo before moving to New York City in 2005. Grayson received his Masters of Fine Art from Columbia University in 2010. Grayson is the recipient of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Artistic innovation and collaboration grant, National Society of Arts & Letters Career Award, the Daisy Soros Prize, and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace Residency. He has exhibited in New York and internationally including Art Icholin Maihar, India, the Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland; Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Tel Aviv, Israel; The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; The New Museum, New York; Elizabeth Foundation, New York; The Fisher Landau Center for Art, Queens, New York; Kunsthalle Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY; The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, NY; and the Sculpture Center in Queens, NY. Grayson’s solo and two person exhibitions have been held at Pressure Club Gallery in Philadelphia, Gasser Grunert Gallery in New York, and Planthouse Gallery in New York. His shows have been reviewed in publications including the New York Times, The Brooklyn Rail, Art in America, Artnet.com and Time Out New York. Grayson is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor with CCE at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York.

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