Sisrahtac
dal 15/12/2014 al 15/12/2014
Segnalato da
Gregory Amenoff
Sonya Derman
Amanda Friedman
Nora Griffin
Stephanie Gonzales
Turner Jon Kessler
Jenni Knight
Reuben Lorch Miller
Nicole Maloof
Robbie McDonald
Kaitlin McDonough
Sophy Naess
Sam Payne
Brie Ruais
Carolyn Salas
Maria Stabio
Kendra Sullivan
Katie Vida
Brie Ruais
Maria Stabio
15/12/2014
Sisrahtac
Torrance Shipman Gallery, New York
"Is Catharsis a dirty word? Depending on your perspective, maybe. We no longer have socially formalized journeys for catharsis. Means for transformation exist primarily on the couch of your psychiatrist's office or in rituals employed under the pressure of trauma, tragedy, and desire."
Curated by Brie Ruais and Maria Stabio
Featuring works by Gregory Amenoff, Sonya Derman, Amanda Friedman, Nora Griffin, Stephanie Gonzales-Turner, Jon Kessler, Jenni Knight, Reuben Lorch-Miller, Nicole Maloof, Robbie McDonald, Kaitlin McDonough, Sophy Naess, Sam Payne, Brie Ruais, Carolyn Salas, Maria Stabio, Kendra Sullivan, Katie Vida
Is Catharsis a dirty word? Depending on your perspective, maybe. We no longer have socially formalized journeys for catharsis. Means for transformation exist primarily on the couch of your psychiatrist’s office or in rituals employed under the pressure of trauma, tragedy, and desire. Artists have to invent ways to transition, break from the past, release Deleuzian blockages, and transform.
In the text Going Public by Boris Groys, he proposes that Modernism was all about purity. But it’s more religious than that. It was about purifying our souls through art-making. Or, maybe, making art of a pure aesthetic which would then in turn purify its maker. What is catharsis if not purification? Relief. Release.
We are embarrassed of the cathartic artwork because it reveals vulnerability, a loss of control, a subject in search of bareness. We shroud it in formalism and theory. We spelled it backwards because we didn’t want to turn people off this exhibition. But, spelled backward, it becomes a place to visit: Sisrahtac.
Image: Nora Griffin, Diamonds and Rust, 2014, gouache and egg tempera on paper, 16 x 16 inches. Photo credit: Stan Narten
Opening: Tuesday December 16, 7 PM
Torrance Shipman
219 36th Street, 4th floor
admission free