Art in the Age of Political Absurdity

I'm very excited to be a part of this show and get the chance to show Hooray for Progress for the first time in New York City.  For a preview of the piece installed at the McNay Museum in San Antonio, click here:

144 West 14th Street

New York, NY 10011

Monday - Saturday 

11am to 6pm

Thursday until 8pm

Opening Reception:
Thursday, September 27, 6−8 PM

On View: 
September 28−November 10, 2012

Guest Curators: 

Eleanor Heartney and Larry Litt

Just in time for election season, "Party Headquarters: Art in the Age of Political Absurdity" updates the grand tradition of political satire to shine a light on the American psyche in an era of political polarization. Works in a range of media take on the pressing questions of the day, among them the social consequences of greed, the corrosive effects of money and religion in politics, the contradictory aspirations embodied by the American Dream, and the destructive outcome of unquestioning faith in American exceptionalism. With wit, satire, and passion, the artists in this show urge us to acknowledge both the strengths and the follies of contemporary America and ask if we are living up to our own best beliefs. 

Artists:

Donna Catanzaro

Enrique Chagoya

Michael D'Antuono

Sally Edelstein

Jerry Kearns

Ian Laughlin

Kara Maria

Greta Pratt

Duke Riley

Peter Saul

Federico Solmi

Jade Townsend

Mark Wagner

Martin Wilner

In conjunction with the exhibition, a New York Mobile Voter Registration Center designed by artist Duke Riley (M.F.A '08) will tour the streets of Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens.  

Our fifth annual Pratt Falls political caberet, produced by Larry Litt, will take place in the gallery on October 16, October 30 and November 6 at 7pm.  

Please visit www.pratt.edu/exhibitions for more information.

Image credits (left to right): Michael D'Antuono, American Pie, 2010, oil on canvas, 42 x 46 inches; Greta Pratt, "Rodney Parker", from the series Liberty Wavers, 2010-2012, photographic installation, 22 x 28 inches.  

Book!

The 13 artists and artist collectives in New Image Sculpture create unique visions of the world we encounter on a daily basis. Regardless of what they make or how they make it, in the end these artists transform ordinary stuff into objects of extraordinary engagement.

A full-color, 128-page book surveying the work of these artists, with text by the exhibition’s organizer René Paul Barilleaux and critic Eleanor Heartney, accompanies the New Image Sculpture exhibition.

I'm really honored to be included in this exhibition with such great artists. I can't post the whole book, so here is a Jade-centric sample: