PAST EXHIBITION
From Head to Toe:
June 12, 2008—August 14, 2008
Press Release
From Head to Toe:
Thursday, June 12 - Saturday, August 14, 2008
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 12th 6-8 PM
Thordis Adalsteinsdottir, Blue Noses, Miki Carmi, Margi Geerlinks, Zigi Ben-Haim, Aaron Johnson, Reena Kallat, Shimon Okshteyn, Dennis Oppenheim, Orlan, Don Porcella, Ruud van Empel, Lydia Venieri,
Zhang Xiaotao, Su Xinping
Dennis Oppenheim
Stux Gallery is pleased to present From Head to Toe, a rotating exhibition connecting artworks that focus on, or highlight as their subject, the various (and sometimes mysterious) appendages of the human body. Acting as a stand in for a medical laboratory, the rotation of artworks within the Gallery space will allow the curators to play the part of Dr. Frankenstein.
In our consumer society, we are continually exposed to idealized and commercialized body types. In contrast, this exhibition questions such stereotypes, calling into question the reality of our self-representations. Do such images conform to an inner truth, or are they merely carefully contrived falsehoods fabricated by the media for commercial purposes. Through the rotation and juxtaposition of these individual works, what emerges is a monster or golem, which may (or may not) be greater than the sum of its collective parts.
The featured artists embrace the use of new media technologies in a way that echoes both modern genetic science and the uncanny effects of the Surrealists. Where an explosion of hybrid media works continues to challenge the social and cultural pressures exerted on the body, a more organic approach offers the viewer a glimpse of the macabre and grotesque.
For further information please contact the gallery at Joshua@stuxgallery.com
EXHIBITION DATES
Thursday, June 12 - Saturday, August 14, 2008
GALLERY HOURS
Tuesday - Saturday; 10am ~ 6pm
530 West 25th Street, New York 10001
T: 212.352.1600
F: 212.352.0302
E: stux@stuxgallery.com
W:www.stuxgallery.com
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