Gary Sherman "Deer Park"
The Phatory LLC
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Sherman’s installation at the Phatory evokes a Buddhist legend concerning a site in India known as Deer Park. According to legend, a fabled deer intentionally becomes the target of a vainglorious noble to save the herd he leads from torture and eventual annihilation. While this fable is ripe with analogies that can be applied to current events, at the heart of Sherman’s work is an existential dilemma about the moral collision between collective and individual considerations. Sherman illustrates this quandary through arrangement of faux deer objects that bear little individuating detail to interfere with an onlooker’s ability to distinguish one from the other. Yet despite this treatment, these objects remain captivating for his use of uncanny materials and his ability to imbue the work with haunting and timely symbolism.
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from February 13, 2009 to April 12, 2009
Opening Reception on 2009-02-12 from 19:00 to 21:00