Power, Corruption and Lies
dal 22/6/2004 al 23/7/2004
Segnalato da
Lutz Bacher
Chris Burden
Jeremy Deller
Oyvind Fahlstrom
Jonah Freeman
Robert Gober
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Phillip Guston
Richard Hamilton
Aleksandra Mir
Bruce Nauman
Cady Noland
Richard Phillips
Richard Prince
David Rees
Ed Ruscha
Rudolph Stingel
Andy Warhol
Garry Winogrand
David Wojnarowicz
Christopher Wool
Adam McEwen
Neville Wakefield
22/6/2004
Power, Corruption and Lies
Roth Horowitz, New York
It is a landscape that reflects overtly political contradictions, seen in pieces such as Andy Warhol's Vote McGovern poster, depicting a leering, green-faced Richard Nixon, or Robert Gober's immaculately faked newspaper stacks, or Richard Phillips's portrait of George W Bush. Or it might echo the relationship between the individual and power: Chris Burden's photograph of himself firing a pistol at an airliner, Felix Gonzales-Torres's puzzles, Cady Noland's images of Lee Harvey Oswald and Patty Hearst. Or, it might assume a more oblique stance in relation to power and the location of ''truth'', seen in prints by Bruce Nauman, Richard Prince and Ed Ruscha
Curated by Adam McEwen and Neville Wakefield.
Taking its cue from New Order's 1983 album of the same name, Power, Corruption and Lies gathers together in a small room some work that gazes out across the landscape of Western capitalism and registers what it finds there: the septic tanks and sewers that irrigate our deepest fears and anxieties. These are the artifacts of a society for which public outcome is brokered on the john of private agreement, and distrust is basted in the sunny opportunities of the fitful Dream.
It is a landscape that reflects overtly political contradictions, seen in pieces such as Andy Warhol's Vote McGovern poster, depicting a leering, green-faced Richard Nixon, or Robert Gober's immaculately faked newspaper stacks, or Richard Phillips's portrait of George W Bush. Or it might echo the relationship between the individual and power: Chris Burden's photograph of himself firing a pistol at an airliner, Felix Gonzales-Torres's puzzles, Cady Noland's images of Lee Harvey Oswald and Patty Hearst. Or, it might assume a more oblique stance in relation to power and the location of ''truth'', seen in prints by Bruce Nauman, Richard Prince and Ed Ruscha.
The smell of putrefaction that tends to curl around the shoulders of power is not, of course, a phenomenon peculiar to the early 21st century. Still, the scent is strong right now. In the current circumstances, it seems a not inappropriate moment to consult the work of some artists who have inhaled deeply.
Artists in the show include Lutz Bacher, Chris Burden, Jeremy Deller, Oyvind Fahlstrom, Jonah Freeman, Robert Gober, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Phillip Guston, Richard Hamilton, Aleksandra Mir, Bruce Nauman, Cady Noland, Richard Phillips, Richard Prince, David Rees, Ed Ruscha, Rudolph Stingel, Andy Warhol, Garry Winogrand, David Wojnarowicz and Christopher Wool amongst others.
Roth Horowitz
160A East 70th Street New York, NY 10021