Studio2M, a new art space in New York's SoHo neighborhood, presents its inaugural exhibition "Ad Hoc," a collaborative project between French artist Marie Hazard and Portuguese designer Constança Entrudo. The exhibition explores the creative potential of black rubber, using materials like bicycle inner tubes and tire treads to create garments and woven artworks. Hazard and Entrudo, who met while studying textile design at Central Saint Martins, developed every piece collaboratively, rejecting traditional divisions between fashion and art. The exhibition also draws inspiration from the loft's history as the studio of sculptor Jackie Winsor and the 1992 "Ad Hoc Committee of Women Artists" that protested underrepresentation at the Whitney Museum.
This exhibition matters because it challenges conventional boundaries between fashion and visual art, positioning textile-based practices as intellectually and culturally significant. By centering overlooked industrial materials like rubber and emphasizing collaborative creation over individual authorship, "Ad Hoc" raises questions about value, time, and legacy in contemporary art. The connection to feminist art history through the Ad Hoc Committee adds political resonance, linking current practices to earlier struggles for gender equity in the art world. Studio2M's debut signals a new platform for interdisciplinary, material-focused work in New York's gallery landscape.