"Black Madonna" Exhibition
HP Garcia Gallery
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HPGarcia Gallery is pleased to announce BLACK MADONNA, a groundbreaking multimedia group exhibition inspired by the compelling Mark Wiener underground photographic works known as The Black Madonna Series. Curated by Lisa Paul Streitfeld and H.P. Garcia, this multimedia exhibition explores the physical form of the icon within the context of a celebrity-obsessed, corporate-manipulated consumer culture. The answer points to the body and how we perceive and view ourselves under such influences. In legend, the Black Madonna was the “San Grail” (Holy Blood) who carried the lineage of Christ through the centuries. We revisit this icon as we seek the physical form of what scientists are now naming “dark matter.” The men and women in this exhibition have made the journey inward, in the context of the consumer culture, to explore what continues to be repressed. By way of erotic engagement -- between their materials, personal narrative and universal archetype -- they newly define themselves in a state of holism.
Media
Schedule
from May 06, 2009 to August 01, 2009
Artist(s)
Carolee Schneemann, Heide Hatry, Richard Humann, Sophie Matisse, Rick Prol, Marshall Arisman, Dove Bradshaw, Martha Wilson, Mike Bidlo, Vincent Baldasano, Karen Bernard, Laurel Jay Carpenter, Linda DiGusta, Maya Erdelyi, Camille Eskell, Carla Gannis, Harlan Emil Gruber,Selma Karaca, Walter Kenul, Isolde Kille, Marni Kotak, Yulia Lanina, D. Dominick Lombardi, Michael Manning, Irina Movmyga, Kevin Robinson, Daniel Rothbart, Donna Ruff, Janet Rutkowski, Iris Schieferstein, Joel Simpson, Marissa Soroudil, Tatyana Stepanova, Danielle St Laurent, Cassie Thornton, Susan Weinreich, Michael Zansky et al.