Jeanne Susplugas "In my dream the light is very dim. I have search everywhere. Can't find my blue pill."
Florence Lynch Gallery
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Florence Lynch Gallery presents an exhibition of recent works by Jeanne Susplugas; featuring the new video "Plan iode" in collaboration with Alain Declercq.
When we think about drug trafficking, we spontaneously think of drugs, prostitution, weapons or the money that's involved. But it is the hand-to-hand sales, which capture the attention of Jeanne Susplugas, from the discreet street deal on the corner (Speed deal, c-print, 2008) to the enormous import/export industry of the drug companies. Blue, green, pink or white pills: these tablets seem harmless.... not really drugs, but there is a danger lurking behind them. We smile when we imagine a small blue pill that produces strength and virility for the average man while provoking embarrassment at the time of purchase ("Buy now", 2008, drawing). Taken from a Song by the Chinese pop singer Li Zong Sheng, from the album "rather worried recently," the title of the exhibition alludes to the famous blue pill, number one in imitations: "In my dream the light is very dim. I have search everywhere. Can't find my blue pill,"
In the new video "Plan iode," made in collaboration with the French artist Alain Declercq, Susplugas explores this situation in a more blatant way. Shot in about twenty pharmacies, this film stages "a movement" on these desirable medicines, placing some doubt on their future use. Through a simple and effective panoramic viewpoint in the back shops of pharmacies, the film at once reveals and conceals "what happens" between apocalyptic fantasy and a site inventory of today's pharmacies. With drugs as its focal point, we are again left to question the distribution channel and the ultimate destination of these medicine.
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Schedule
from May 08, 2008 to June 14, 2008
Opening Reception: May 8, 6-8 pm.