Kamrooz Aram
Huma Bhabha
Paolo Chiasera
Matthew Day Jackson
Jen DeNike
Ignacio Gonzalez-Lang
Adam Helms
Rachel Mason
Nebojsa Seric-Shoba
The exhibition explores an unsettling reality happening today in many of the world's worst areas of conflict - the emergence of the contemporary warlord. Spanning painting, works on paper, installation, sculpture, performance and video, the works attempt to address the global implications of contemporary conflict and its evolving impact on the face of history.
Smith-Stewart is pleased to present WARLORD, a group exhibition
featuring work by nine international artists: Kamrooz Aram, Huma
Bhabha, Paolo Chiasera, Matthew Day Jackson, Jen DeNike, Ignacio
Lang, Adam Helms, Rachel Mason and Nebojša Šeric-Shoba. The
exhibition explores an unsettling reality happening today in many of the
world's worst areas of conflict -- the emergence of the contemporary
warlord.
Warlords are powerful and dangerous figures, perpetuating regional
instability for profit. Depending on whom you ask, they are national
heroes, fighting for their countries’ cause, or mass murdering gangsters
out to kill and make millions. In the early 1990s, they appeared in the
Balkans and later in Chechnya and continue to flourish today in, most
prominently, Afghanistan and across Africa -- Somalia, Nigeria, Niger,
Sudan.
Spanning painting, works on paper, installation, sculpture, performance
and video, the works in the exhibition attempt to address the global
implications of contemporary conflict and its evolving impact on the face
of history. Some artists in the exhibition present us with ominous
characters extracted from recent times while others invent imaginary
warlords or portray the havoc wrecked.
Image Adam Helms Untitled Portrait (Srebrenica), 2008
Opening reception: Saturday, June 14th 7-9PM
Smith-Stewart
53 Stanton Street - New York
Wed.-Sat. 12PM-6PM
Free admission