This Shadow is a Bit of Ideology
Curated by Kelly Chen & Anthony Elms

December 9 - January 24, 2009
Reception: Wednesday, December 10, 5-8pm

Karl Erickson | Andrew Falkowski | Matt Hanner | Shana Lutker | Dave McKenzie | Debora Warner | Jordan Wolfson

This Shadow is a Bit of Ideology, gathers a group of artists working against the darkness cast by a long, drawn-out war, a rancorous spirit in politics, a social landscape obscured by rampant information retrieval, and a crumbling economy. The artists in the exhibition do not turn their backs on current socio-political issues, but neither do they embrace propaganda. Rather, they harness anxieties—political, economic, personal—as productive generators for form. Introspection, reflective criticism, oblique commentary and cohabitation of past with present are just a few of the tactics by which these artists navigate progressively through the twilight.