James Rieck "Issues with Authority"
Lyons Wier Gallery
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All of James Rieck's compositions have been inspired by and gleaned from commercial catalogs. Having delved through corporate annual reports, couture fashion catalogs, ‘How-to-Knit’ and wedding catalogs, he has now turned his focus on the Halloween costume.
Through amplified scale and severe cropping "Issues with Authority" re-contextualizes the source material to draw attention to the obvious as well as the subtle psychological underpinnings of the model and the viewer.
Rieck delivers an exhibition that simultaneously embraces and dismisses the body politic, and opens a dialogue about physical and mental control, manipulation and what constitutes dominance and subordination. Pared down to just slivers, Rieck's paintings dominate and titillate the viewer into near arrest. Uncertainty and a sense of implied violence blur the thin blue line, while neither confirming nor condoning part or participant. Both politically and sexually charged, "Issues with Authority" addresses obsession and the illusion of power as well as the viewer's willingness to surrender to both.
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Schedule
from April 24, 2009 to May 23, 2009
Opening Reception on 2009-04-24 from 18:00 to 21:00