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Ala Dehghan, Technoself - Persona #5, #7 #9 / Puppet Images for Theater of Cruelty, 2018, Magazine cut-out, ink, urethane, and marker, 30 x 11.75 inches
Exhibition
In Times of Perseus
16 Mar 2018 – 22 Apr 2018
Address
- 179 E Broadway
- New York
New York - 10002
- United States
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In Times of Perseus explores parallels between contemporary art practices and the myth of Perseus and Medusa.
About
Whether finding analogies for art making in the story line or transvaluing its familiar symbolism, the featured artists tap into a zeitgeist full of venom, petrification, dazzling illusions, and weaponized reflections.Hair weaves through the exhibition as filaments of expressivity. The aesthetic is electrified, fetishized, or symptomatic of social poison. Where Perseus’ shield became Medusa’s self-defeating mirror, here reflections obliterate the subject while eyes glisten and avoid contact. Transmutations into stone or into spectra suggest ways to escape the body, mind, or myth.
