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THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION, by Nuart Gallery on May 16, 2016 23:13:54 GMT 1,
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION Curated by Martyn Reed
Galleri A / A Minor Preview 26th May May 27th-June 12th. Event page HERE
โApocalypse. A disquieting feature of this annual exhibition โ to which the patients themselves were not invited โ was the marked preoccupation of the paintings with the theme of world cataclysm, as if these long-incarcerated patients had sensed some seismic upheaval within the minds of their doctors and nurses.โ
JG Ballard โThe Atrocity Exhibitionโ
Reed Projects and Nuart in association with Oslo's Galleri A and A Minor are proud to present "The Atrocity Exhibition", an exhibition of national and international artists titled after the JG Ballard novel of the same name. The show is dedicated to artists exploring the dirty underbelly of contemporary pop culture, celebrity politics, neo liberal economics and the alienation it contrives to create in order to thrive. We present 14 artists from across the globe, both studio based and "Street Artists" from Korea to the US, Spain to Canada, Finland to Norway.
The exhibition sets out to explore and present a series of themes common to both the late 1960โs (when the book was first published) and present day concerns. For many, The Atrocity Exhibition is J.G. Ballardโs most important work. It reads like an instruction manual in how to disrupt mass media and recontextualise technology. How are present day artists, In an era of smart phones, high speed internet access and the dawning of โsmartโ cities, portraying urban life?
โIn a sense, the phrase โatrocity exhibitionโ is a strictly literal description of this media landscape as it emerged in the early 1960s, populated by images of Vietnam, the Kennedys, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. The novel deals with the violence that haemorrhaged in the 1969 in which it was published: Manson, Altamont, War across the USA. But, for Ballard, the events of 1969 are merely the culmination of a decade whose guiding logic has been one of violence; a mediatized violence, where โmediatizationโ is a profoundly ambiguous term which doesnโt necessarily imply a disintensification. As they begin to achieve the instantaneous speed Virilio thinks characteristic of postmodern communication, media (paradoxically) immediatize trauma, making it instantly available even as they prepackage it into what will become increasingly preprogrammed stimulus-response circuitries.โ
Mark Fischer
The parallels here with the rise of the right and the dominance of neo liberal economics in the shaping of our cities and culture should be obvious. Indeed, several of the artists come to Oslo direct from their success at Banksyโs recent award winning Dismaland show in the UK.
To be continued, not to be missed
THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION Curated by Martyn Reed
Galleri A / A Minor Preview 26th May May 27th-June 12th. Event page HERE
โApocalypse. A disquieting feature of this annual exhibition โ to which the patients themselves were not invited โ was the marked preoccupation of the paintings with the theme of world cataclysm, as if these long-incarcerated patients had sensed some seismic upheaval within the minds of their doctors and nurses.โ
JG Ballard โThe Atrocity Exhibitionโ
Reed Projects and Nuart in association with Oslo's Galleri A and A Minor are proud to present "The Atrocity Exhibition", an exhibition of national and international artists titled after the JG Ballard novel of the same name. The show is dedicated to artists exploring the dirty underbelly of contemporary pop culture, celebrity politics, neo liberal economics and the alienation it contrives to create in order to thrive. We present 14 artists from across the globe, both studio based and "Street Artists" from Korea to the US, Spain to Canada, Finland to Norway.
The exhibition sets out to explore and present a series of themes common to both the late 1960โs (when the book was first published) and present day concerns. For many, The Atrocity Exhibition is J.G. Ballardโs most important work. It reads like an instruction manual in how to disrupt mass media and recontextualise technology. How are present day artists, In an era of smart phones, high speed internet access and the dawning of โsmartโ cities, portraying urban life?
โIn a sense, the phrase โatrocity exhibitionโ is a strictly literal description of this media landscape as it emerged in the early 1960s, populated by images of Vietnam, the Kennedys, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. The novel deals with the violence that haemorrhaged in the 1969 in which it was published: Manson, Altamont, War across the USA. But, for Ballard, the events of 1969 are merely the culmination of a decade whose guiding logic has been one of violence; a mediatized violence, where โmediatizationโ is a profoundly ambiguous term which doesnโt necessarily imply a disintensification. As they begin to achieve the instantaneous speed Virilio thinks characteristic of postmodern communication, media (paradoxically) immediatize trauma, making it instantly available even as they prepackage it into what will become increasingly preprogrammed stimulus-response circuitries.โ
Mark Fischer
The parallels here with the rise of the right and the dominance of neo liberal economics in the shaping of our cities and culture should be obvious. Indeed, several of the artists come to Oslo direct from their success at Banksyโs recent award winning Dismaland show in the UK.
To be continued, not to be missed
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THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION, by Deleted on May 18, 2016 11:59:01 GMT 1, is it about corruption cocaine hype and lies and theft?
is it about corruption cocaine hype and lies and theft?
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THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION, by Nuart Gallery on May 18, 2016 12:00:36 GMT 1, is it about corruption cocaine hype and lies and theft? Nop.. The book is
is it about corruption cocaine hype and lies and theft? Nop.. The book is
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THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION, by Deleted on May 18, 2016 12:06:00 GMT 1, is it about corruption cocaine hype and lies and theft? More commonly known as Politics, Media and neo liberal Economics. or in our case the "Art World" maybe.
is it about corruption cocaine hype and lies and theft? More commonly known as Politics, Media and neo liberal Economics. or in our case the "Art World" maybe.
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THE ATROCITY EXHIBITION, by Coach on May 18, 2016 13:18:38 GMT 1, Love that Void piece Nu.
Love that Void piece Nu.
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