"Knock Knock: Who's There? That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" Exhibition
Armand Bartos Fine Art
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Humor in all it's forms, including social satire, wordplay, games and jokes, has been an underlying theme in art throughout the 20th century. Dada's playfulness is the precursor of this thread, born as a response to the destruction wreaked on a global scale during WWI. Knock Knock explores how artists have drawn on this strategy, using humor as a hook to tackle more complex social, sexual, and political issues. The resulting historical exhibition, mounted over two venues, is superficially all farce, gaffs, puns and parody, and exposes the embedded tensions inherent in the work when the laughter dies down.
Curated by Sarah Murkett and Elana Rubinfeld
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Schedule
from February 24, 2010 to April 09, 2010
Opening Reception on 2010-02-24 from 18:00 to 20:00