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28/2/2003

Oil = Blood

The Hood Gallery, Los Angeles

by Todd Feldman

The Hood Gallery presents a unique opportunity to present ideas in that most public of contexts, the streets of Los Angeles. As President Bush pushes the U.S towards an invasion of Iraq, the political implications of internal combustion become clear: that which powers the (hood) gallery itself also drives U.S. foreign policy. Feldman uses this mobile venue to make a simple proposition about the price of oil.

And here the Hood Gallery finds itself in a quandary.
As you (who are looking) may have noticed the Hood Gallery operates from the premises of a white, slightly battered 1990 Chevrolet Camaro V8. This is NOT a car renown for its fuel efficiency.
Yet for the next month this gas guzzler will be polluting the streets and freeways of Los Angeles with Oil = Blood graphics emblazoned across its flanks.

As this astronomical fuel consumer, the camaro, built in Los Angeles, assists the United States in gaining it's position as the world's number one fuel consumer and polluter, the Hood gallery stares down the same barrel of hypocrisy that so epitomizes the USA's grand standing and politicking. Gradually we come to realize that the choices we make that are concerned with pleasure and excess and consumption have a price higher and far more reaching than the dent to our bank account.

Todd Feldman has recently admitted that his artistic activities are really a front for his true identity as hemi-demi-semi-superhero. Todd is committed to his lifelong struggle with the Master Narrative and his many henchmen.

You can contact Todd at his secret base in Koreatown
via email ( todd44@pacbell.net )

Private View, Saturday March 1, 7-10pm,
Raid Projects at the Brewery, 604 Moulton Ave, Los Angeles

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