Though the artist has often worked in the form of flat grids, Campbell recently delved into three-dimensional territory by “pulling apart” two-dimensional work.
Rhodes points out in a footnote that Lampe woke his master daily with several cups of coffee or tea, in order to relieve “writerly and bodily” constipation. Hence the dozens of mugs, some broken, some silly – one actually says “Grandpa” on it – that line rough shelves and fill cabinets built throughout the gallery. Makeshift walls give way to semi-hidden display cases, themselves messy little satellites located in a specific, curated relationship to the whole of the show. These contain yet more mugs, along with a pointed selection of books.