Exhibition
thetOOth&therOOt present Armageddon
24 Aug 2017 – 27 Aug 2017
Address
- 39-31 29th Street
- Long Island City
- New York
New York - 11101
- United States
The contemporary understanding of Armageddon has come to mean much more than its original religious definition. The prophecy of Armageddon in the book of Revelation is the final battle between the forces of good and evil.
About
In today’s context however, who is deciding which forces are good and which are evil? Who’s moral compass is directing this battle and to what political end? How does this narrative relate to the ways that we are treating the environment or each other in the current political moment?
The work of thetOOth&therOOt witnesses the violence in society, and the move towards self-destruction that gradually brings us closer to a version of Armageddon. Through painting, collage, drawing and textiles, thetOOth&therOOt muse on this destruction and present a new vision of Paradise. This paradise however, is a caricature of the Biblical Paradise, illustrating all that is most beautiful, most enjoyable, but in such an excessive and exaggerated way that it becomes stifling, destroying any envy towards those with access to this paradise.
thetOOth&therOOt Present Armageddon, carries an anti-violence and anti-war message, and suggests that it is better to access the “Earthly Paradise” by preserving humanity, the Earth, the Environment rather than a utopian Paradise after death. This work does not explore religion, but explores society, human relationships, and our contact with the world around us.
TheTooth&TheRoot are Ukranian artist Nikita Kravtsov and French artist Camille Sagnes Kravtsova, partners in life and collaborators in art. They have been making audio and video work together since 2015, using painting, embroidery drawings and collage to create animations of social commentary and absurdity.
