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Indepth Arts News:
"Six Degrees of Separation 2: The Inner Workings of Cold Contact"
2006-07-20 until 2006-09-09
Stux Gallery
New York, NY,
USA United States of America
Stux Gallery is pleased to present part two of Six Degrees of Separation; a group
exhibition curated by Joshua Altman, subtitled The Inner Workings of Cold Contact.
This show addresses isolated moments of solitude and inner reflection; the exhibition also
attempts to address societies’ seemingly inherent need to “look back,” and replay lost
moments. The works included explore self-reflection, repetition, loss and the decay of
cultural memory.
The featured artists investigate the aesthetics of cultural decay and personal loss by using
both “low-tech” methods of application, as evidenced in the “hand work” of Xenobia
Bailey, alongside works that utilize the most up-to-date technologies and special effects
productions as in the videos of Mathilde ter Heijne. Through a myriad of modalities, the
artists in this exhibition express both a personal and, in select cases, geographic sense of
loss.
Utilizing found images and sound to reference lost childhoods, some of the artists rely on
free association and humor in rendering work and reworking images that manage to be
both whimsical and monumental by utilizing elements that ultimately relate to pop
culture, fashion and pornography. Others reinvestigate the socio-political art of the
1920’s, 1940’s and current political events to empower the forgotten and marginalized
majorities of society.
Participating artists: Xenobia Bailey, Graciela Fuentes, Ann Hamilton, Scott Hug,
Anna Joelsdottir, Kosyo, Dean Monogenis, Maceo Montoya, Dennis Oppenheim,
Ester Partegas, Ted Riederer, Marc Swanson, Mathilde ter Heijne, Ike Ude, Brina
Thurston, Michael Timpson, Manabu Yamanaka
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