Querying the New Appropriation Art: Is this Cynicism? By Joseph Henry, January 8, 2015 Michael Mandiberg, “After Sherri Levine,” 2001. The Denny Gallery may have given themselves a curatorial headache with the title of their current exhibition, Share This! Appropriation After Cynicism. There are more tricky connections and presumptions in that moniker alone than in the web mantras and second-person addresses that typically sign most contemporary shows. To begin, the title suggests there was an appropriation art of cynicism. To…Read More
Read on Irenajurek.blogspot.com. Matthew Craven The content of Matt’s drawings and collages address an intricate web of interrelated ideas. Alternating between using his hand and found images, Matt delves into the way we construct meaning and belief, our conflicting longing for permanence in a temporary world, as well as the inexplicable complexity of our existence itself. Working on the backs of vintage movie posters, and cutting out photographs from old textbooks, imbues Matt’s work with an awareness of time. There’s…Read More
