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24/1/2008

Bad Moon Rising

Silverman Gallery, San Francisco

Curated by Jan Van Woensel
Assistant Curator: Chuhee Kim

Vanessa Albury and Marthe Fortun, Tariq Ali, Mauro Ceolin, Custer’s Revenge, Claire Fontaine, Lonnie Frisbee and David di Sabatino, Simon Gush, George Hennard, Ragnar Kjartansson, Paulus Kapteyn, Luther Price, Rage Against the Machine, Yoji Sakate, The Weather Underground, Philippe Vandenberg, Ben Shaffer, Ben Vautier.

“America has created a unipolar world in which there is one master, one sovereign. This is pernicious, not only for all those within this system, but also for the sovereign itself because it destroys itself from within.” (Vladimir Putin, International Security Conference, Munich, 2007)

The group exhibition Bad Moon Rising exposes some of the dark sides of the world’s self-proclaimed greatest nation: the United States of America. The devout belief of the American leaders and their followers in that what is good for them is good for the rest of the world, brutally proves their ignorance and lack of understanding of other cultures, which inevitably instigates anger and distrust worldwide. Despite the many alarming signals of countries abroad, the USA continues to claim power and wisdom over the world for the sake of “the safety of our homes, families, and country.” Bad Moon Rising is a show about the Americans, for the Americans. Through a selection of artworks, artifacts and a-historical references, the USA is disturbingly portrayed, casting a dark shadow over its promised ideologies of freedom and prosperity. Intentionally, the exhibition is not an objective illustration of disturbing facts related to the United States politics, religion and society; moreover, the experience of Bad Moon Rising is upsetting and offensive.

Bad Moon Rising covers some of the most disturbing, sometimes deliberately forgotten aspects of USA’s society, religion and politics, and leaves no space for mercy. As an underlying statement, the exhibition excludes any significant reference to the past and current situation of ethnic minorities in the country. In this respect, Bad Moon Rising is a predominantly white exhibition stating that the white leaders, multinationals, both Republicans and Democrats, rednecks, and bible-thumbers cause most of the truly memorable blunders. God Bless America! [JVW]

Opening January 25th, 2008

Silverman Gallery
2295 Third St. - San Francisco
Free admission

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