| RESIST | ??April 2 – 30, 2017 An Exhibition of Artists’ Responses to the Political Climate of the United States
Opening Reception: Sunday,??April 2, 2-5 PM
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RESIST is an exhibition of responses to the political climate of the United States. Let???s not say the ???current??? political climate or the ???post-election??? climate because what is happening now is merely a continuation of what has come before it. Americans (especially??those with comfortable lives) tend to suffer from nasty cases of historical amnesia.
Is the rise of Donald Trump frightening because it???s truly unexpected, or because we couldn???t see through the glossy surfaces of our socioeconomic bubbles??? We invited artists to show work that deals with the viscerality of politics. Work that eschews pithy or sophomoric commentary for subtlety and depth. Work that acknowledges history??and its inextricable relation to the present. Work that recognizes??emotion as a valid genesis for politics.??
We wanted work that seeks and advocates for political solutions heartier and more potent than the ever-nebulous entity of ???love.??? Work with bark and bite. Work that celebrates??bodies on the periphery, bodies in danger, bodies that might be deemed insufficiently human in a culture saturated with rightism.
We wanted work that questions art as a politically useful mode of production. Work that encourages the viewer to go beyond aesthetics and toward activism. Work that questions??itself, work that implicates the viewer, work that unsettles the pristine space of art and brings us into the violence and fear of material reality.??
The following artists responded to our request, and have committed their work to this exhibit:
Lasse Antonsen ??? David Barnes ??? Deborah Baronas ??? Linda Brown ??? John Buron ??? Beth Claverie ??? Diana Cole ??? ??Tom Culora ??? Lynne de Beer ??? Tom Deininger ??? Elizabeth Duffy ??? David Formanek ??? Tayo Heuser ??? ??Marc Kehoe ??? Nermin Kura ??? Saberah Malik ??? ??Annu Palakunnathu??Matthew ??? Sally Mendzela ??? Jessica Nissen ??? Elin Noble ??? Marcus Reichert ??? Bob Rizzo ??? Brooke Roberts ??? ??Duke Robillard ??? Carol Scavotto ??? Nancy Shand ??? Anna Shapiro ??? Mark Shehan ??? Rebecca Siemering ??? Susan Strauss ??? Kristin Street ??? Susannah Strong ??? ??Mark Wholey ??? Coral Woodbury ??? Kelly Zelen
In conjunction with the gallery opening, there will be an opportunity for people to mingle, listen to poetry, music, meditate etc.??This event will happen in the Sandywoods Center for the Arts, next door to the gallery.
Confirmed performers |??Len Cabral, Christopher Johnson, Jon Campbell, Quahog Quire and more to come
DONATIONS
If the punditry???s utter failure to predict or understand the mainstream acceptance of Trump is any indication, talk is exceedingly cheap.??
In the interest of putting our money where our mouth is, so to speak, we asked that all participating artists donate a portion of any work sold to the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, or any other organization of their choice.
The gallery will also donate half of their profits to the ACLU. |
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