Intimacy
dal 22/9/2004 al 24/10/2004
Segnalato da
Sandra Bermudez
China Blue
Kim Connerton
Annette Cyr
Jen Denike
Carla Gannis
Elizabeth Hendler
Amy Jenkins
Jennifer Karady
Alexis Karl
Norma Markley
Leemour Pelli
Gae Savannah
Raven Schlossberg
Roxane Wolanczyk
David Gibson
22/9/2004
Intimacy
Brooklyn Fire Proof, New York
This exhibition brings together a group of artists whose work is characterized by a willingness to confront extremely personal issues and the social forces which actively demean them. it can easily be said that every artist places themselves in an intimate situation. Isolated with their art, far from the vicissitudes of social life, the artist finds a new truth.
Group show
This exhibition brings together a group of artists whose work is characterized by a willingness to confront extremely personal issues and the social forces which actively demean them. it can easily be said that every artist places themselves in an intimate situation. Isolated with their art, far from the vicissitudes of social life, the artist finds a new truth. Yet how does that truth express itself in the larger world?
Cumulatively the quality of intimacy as it serves the artist, and as the artist's themes in turn serve society becomes as important as the need for it. The use of the term itself has many variables, depending on usage, it can infer commonality, vulnerability, and knowledge.
An emotionally charged art is often the product of forces around it which either apply normative concerns, pressuring the artist to repress the intimate concern, or to focus solely upon matters of craft. However, their adverse reaction becomes the fruit of discovery: narratives develop and symbols emerge, which dramatize the need for intimacy.
Intimacy itself is rarely the focus in art criticism, since it is not superficially topical, nor does it have a specific historical reference. But it does have something to do with the dynamics of contemporary emotional life, and the ways in which we have become accustomed to repressing or generalizing our responses to issues that relate directly back to the inner life of emotions our repository for reactions to experience.
There are very few avenues in contemporary life for people to talk about their emotions, since it’s generally assumed that families are dysfunctional and that we address our problems either directly, via therapy; or indirectly, by allowing a vast number of media sources, such as NPR Radio, Oprah Winfrey, and various TV dramas and sit-coms, to aid us in running the gamut of our emotions.
RECEPTION: THURSDAY, SEPT 23, 8-11 PM
After party at M Shanghai Bistro from 11 PM – 2 AM, 129 Havemeyer Street between Grand Street + S 1st Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11211 t 718 384 9300. Half Price Appetizers until 11:30 PM and Happy Hour from 12 Midnight until closing; and dj downstairs.
Directions from Bedford: walk north on Bedford Av. Turn right onto N. 11 that becomes Richardson St. after crossing Union Av.
Subway*: L to Lorimer or G to Metropolitan. Walk north towards the raised BQE highway. Turn right onto Meeker and walk beneath the BQE to Leonard. Turn left onto Leonard and walk one block and turn right onto Richardson. 101 is on left in the middle of the block. *check the mta for service advisories.
Car: Take Exit 33 McGuinness Blvd. + Humbolt St. off the BQE highway. Turn left at light at end of ramp. Turn left at light under the BQE onto Meeker. Veer right onto Richardson just before the bill board sign at the service station.
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