Seminal critically examines the dynamic between mass media production and pop culture internalization.The work operates under the assumption that through its dependance on mass media, the contemporary ideal of pop culture has abandoned content through its emphasis on production and marketing process.Here, both static and moving images, as well as sculptural objects aim to construct a modular monument to the material byproducts intrinsic to American pop culture. Seminal unfolds in three stages: the allure, the production, and the promotion.
The projected video of a tinsel curtain is an entry point - a gate to fame and stardom.It shivers sensually back and forth, glimmering brightly and inviting us to penetrate it; to know it as a kind of mythical silver portal that guilds with fame all who pass through it. It beckons u...
The group exhibition "Here you are" displays the work of eight artists represented by Kaune, Sudendorf Gallery for contemporary photography.
These contemporary positions mirror our attitude: A belief in highly focused photographic concepts from both documentary and constructed perspectives.
Jason Lazarus for example utilizes the conceptual self-portrait as a mode of personal and cultural investigation. Nathan Baker explores the relationship between personal and social hierarchies through constructing pictures of common situations that unravel to reveal underlying identities for objects we take for granted. Greg Stimac explores american leisure activities, while Marina Gadonneix analyzes the orchestration of empty TV-Sets. Peter Granser deconstructs the myth of Texas, and Christian Patterson's work is driv...