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3/10/2007

The Lucifer Effect

Gallery Primo Alonso, London

Group show

curated by Gordon Cheung

In August 1971, social psychologist Philip Zimbardo performed a controversial experiment, one whose results still send a shudder down the spine because of what they reveal about the dark side of human nature. In his book 'The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil', Zimbardo recalls the Stanford Prison Experiment and we witness normal college students randomly assigned to play the role of guard or inmate for two weeks in a simulated prison, yet the guards quickly became so brutal that the experiment had to be shut down after only six days. He suggests that under certain conditions and social pressures to morph into a pattern of a cultural stereotype ordinary people can commit acts otherwise unthinkable, this transformation is what Zimbardo calls "The Lucifer Effect".

At the heart of this exhibition of painting, video, photography and sculpture is how each of the artists presents to us multi-dimensional realities that dynamically illuminate perceptions of humanity. Whether they are performative rituals and systems of signifiers from popular to socio-political culture the works in this show trigger an archetypal threshold of recognition enabling us to see aspects of humanity¹s heart of darkness and ultimately our delusions to hide from the truth about ourselves.

Artists:
Reza Aramesh, Gordon Cheung, Brian Duggan, Matt Franks, Anne Hardy Hugh Mendes, Renata Padovan, Boo Ritson, Neal Rock, Piers Secunda

Image: Reza Aramesh

Private View: Thursday 4th October 6pm until 9pm

Gallery Primo Alonso
395-7 Hackney Road - London
Open Thursday - Sunday 11am until 6pm or by appontment
Free admission

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