Monday, August 8, 2011

Re: Empire - group show - Team Gallery - NYC


through August 5th 2011

Alex Da Corte, Josh Kolbo, Justin Matherly, and Dominic Nurre

The title of the exhibition, Re: Empire, refers to an article published in Newsweek this past March by Bret Easton Ellis,concerning the rise of a new breed of celebrity. In the article, "Charlie Sheen is Winning," Ellis divides culture into two categories, the traditional Empire and the new guard - Post-Empire. Post-Empire exists within the system but with knowing disrespect and casual humor that differentiates it from Empire's solemn self-importance. The works created for Re: Empire use a similar irreverence in their dialogue with art history.

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