David Shapiro "Everything Must Go"
Pierogi
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From a distance, "Everything Must Go," an exhibit of new work by David Shapiro, appears as though someone's wares laid on the street were moved inside a gallery. Is this a yard sale? A document of tough times presented as an exhibit? An artist throwing in the towel? Placed on a large drop cloth on the floor, the objects reveal themselves upon closer inspection—cast, drawn, painted, carved—to be handmade.
A miniature "Homeless Museum," pistachio shells and potatoes cast in bronze, a ship with obituaries sewn on the sails, miniature garbage bags, redrawn books and takeout menus, models for preposterous public sculptures—dissolving boundaries, misapplying process, materials, context and scale—with humor and technique, Shapiro reaffirms the vitality of art, and the pleasure and worth of making it. A sly comment and critique of art market mechanisms, an exploration of relative worth, "Everything Must Go" speaks to the cultural moment of anxiety, and the revaluation and realignment of priorities.
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from March 13, 2009 to April 13, 2009