DRAWN BY REALITY - ENCAPSULATED IN LIFE
October 1 – December 31, 2004
Wood Street Galleries + SPACE, Pittsburgh PA, USA
Antoine Schmitt (FRA) | Vexation 1 | 22 Cubes Ensemble
Femke Schaap (NED) | FOUT EEN/WRONG 1
Dagmar Keller / Martin Wittwer (GER/SUI) | Say Hello to Peace and
Tranquility
Rick Buckley (GBR) | Progress/Regress
Thomas Steffl (GER) | Helikopter
João Onofre (POR) | Untitled (Vulture in the Studio)
Miriam Bäckström (SWE) | Rebecka | Anonymous Interviews
Saskia Olde Wolbers (NED/GBR) | Placebo | Interloper
Carl Michael von Hausswolff/Thomas Nordanstad (SWE) | Hashima, Japan
Neil Jordan (IRL) | Not I
Oliver Schwabe (GER) | Verstärker/Intensifier
Curated by Jan Schuijren, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
website: http://www.drawnbyreality.info
'All dressed up and ready to go,
our constructed selves stalk the streets of this social world,
comfortable in their suits held together by tiny threads of ‘should’,
‘have to’ and ‘appropriate’.
Occasionally they wander off into the unstable territories of our
emotional geographies
but, quickly noting their mistake, run in the opposite direction,
much the same as when we see someone we are desperate to avoid.
Meanwhile, our (supposedly) true selves squirm uncomfortably
in the confines of a space that seems to be getting smaller by the
moment,
somewhat irritated by this custom-made other that seems to have
overtaken its host.
Identity exists between these manifestations of the real, as we are
pulled back and forth,
back and forth between what is and what should be.
Ours is a palpably contradictory world, one that begs our truths to be
told
while at the same time advocating our falsehoods for the sake of
self-preservation.'
Excerpt from"Messy Reflections on the art of Denial" by Angela Plohman,
catalogue essay for the exhibition 'Drawn by Reality - Encapsulated in
Life'
http://www.drawnbyreality.info
Wood Street Galleries, 601 Wood Street, Pittsburgh PA
SPACE, 812 Liberty Street, Pittsburgh PA
SPECIAL GALLERY HOURS:
Tuesday - Thursday, 12 - 8 p.m.
Friday - Saturday, 12 - 10 p.m.
Admission is free
Contact for more information: Jan Schuijren: [log in to unmask]
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