Very Far Away From Anywhere Else
Mittwoch, 21. Juni 2017 - 18:00 Uhr
Aa Collections
"Very Far Away From Anywhere Else"
specially visiting from New York City USA:
Natalie Baxter, Madera Frey, Rachael Gorchov,
Roxanne Jackson, Jamie Steele.
curated by: Jamie Steel
Vernissage 21.06.2017 at 6pm
Exhibition 22.06 - 27.06 Th-Sa 5-9pm?
Wait, in terror, for the brazen voice.
This exhibition questions the motifs of science fiction such as dystopia, parallel universes, the presence of angels and demons, and the eternal battle of good vs. evil. The mirrored, faceted edges of Frey's sculptures bring to mind portals or space travel technology. Jackson's ceramic work often depicts the duality of beauty vs. the abject and unpalatable femme energy. Gorchov?s large boulder with shadow presents it?s self as both earthy substance and as desert mirage. It brings to mind a poem by Science Fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin where she imagines a stone being ??full / of slower, longer thoughts than mind can have.? The viewer is also confronted by Steele?s phantasm on the verge of speaking or laughing while eerily floating on the wall?s surface, ogling with ?pretty eyes?. Baxter's quilted, giant, golden American flag almost burns ones own eyes and speaks of a 'pride that blinds'.
These artists are hyper-aware of a looming darkness, and see this expressed through irony and imagination as a subversive force. They aim to be honest about fear and to bring about dialog of those fears. And given the current political climate, maybe the world isn?t nearly as scared as it should be.
?Imagination, working at full strength, can shake us out of our fatal, adoring self-absorption, and make us look up and see?with terror or with relief?that the world does not in fact belong to us at all.? - Ursula K. Le Guin