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Written by Joe DiRosa
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On 12 January 2006 the Mary Boone Gallery will open at its Chelsea
location “Hiding In The Light”, an exhibition curated by Neville Wakefield.
Accepting the actuality of ANDY WARHOL’s often repeated quip on fifteen
minutes and fame, the show examines through the work of eight artists
the complex interchange of celebrity, audience, participation, and
escape. Fittingly, Warhol’s amateurish “Screen Tests” from 1964-1965
are projected onto the wall of the Gallery entryway. The concept of
the silver screen is then suddenly upended by a dazzling mirrored floor
by RUDOLF STINGEL that covers the expanse of the space, ensnaring the
viewer and the art works in reflected gazes and spotlights.
Adrift on this illusory sea is a bronze lifeboat by JEFF KOONS –
unoccupied, weighty, and equally deceitful in its promise of a
getaway. A scintillating beaded curtain by CAROL BOVE also teasingly
offers a point of exit, yet passing through it one might just as easily
find oneself as the feature act, center stage. The magnification of
celebrity in our consciousness is underscored by CANDICE BREITZ’s
“Soliloquy Trilogy,” in which Hollywood feature films, pared down to
the spoken lines of their stars, yield risibly brief montages.
Two enormous “Church of Sharpie” drawings by ALEKSANDRA MIR, made with
a cast of assistants, place the Artist as ringleader while offering
commentary on American culture. Works by AMY GARTRELL and LARRY
JOHNSON incorporate text that offers a coda on the intoxication of
fame, the relentlessness of its demands, and its ultimately swift
passing.
The exhibition, at 541 West 24 Street, will run through 25 February 2006.
Please contact the Gallery if we can be of further assistance, or visit
our website www.maryboonegallery.com .
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