Al Wadzinski "False Idols"
NY Studio Gallery
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NY Studio Gallery presents Al Wadzinski’s third solo show in New York. Wadzinski’s False Idols refer to the predominantly Judeo-Christian concept of idolatry, the worship of a physical object as a god. Here these carefully assembled icons are comprised of humanity’s abandoned cast-offs, the remnants of our bloated consumer culture now repurposed as inert fetish objects. The centerpiece of the exhibition revolves around a massive golden calf, referencing the Old Testament story, but this god-proxy’s body is a shopping cart filled with gold-painted bones, its undeniably bovine head an amalgam of odd parts ranging from boots to a Christmas tree stand.
Wadzinski, a Native - American, is fascinated by the relationship between the diverse objects, finding relationships both symbolic and absurd. His research into the exhibition theme revealed a bizarre and often tragic cast of characters, both human and animal, upon which to base his fantastic creations. "I was drawn to the circus theme,” explains the artist, “because it is an imagined world of fabricated reality. I relate to this because as an artist, I am a fabricator. The objects in the work are manipulated and distorted, paralleling the surreal world of the circus and its appeal to the human psyche."
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Schedule
from May 19, 2011 to July 03, 2011
Closing Reception on 2011-06-25 from 19:00 to 21:00