"Wessel Castle" Exhibition
et al Projects
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“In the situation of supermodernity, part of this exterior is made of non-places, and parts of the non-places are made of images.” (Marc Auge, Non Places: An Anthropology to Supermodernity)
A portmanteau of Tom Wesselmann and White Castle, “Wessel Castle” is an ongoing collaborative archive from the artists travels and commutes into the megatexture of the American landscape. With a nod to the legacy of pop art and culture jamming, Alli Miller and Trey Burns examine sign culture within the grammar of public space through the framing of that which is liminal, hyperbolic, and humorous. Through the act of collection, they create typologies in order to explore their possibilities.
This selection of photographs features the often anemic and neglected signscapes on the peripheries of American highways. Collectively, these image-objects stand as monument to the ferment of message, appearing mutant in contrast to the inconspicuous massage of advertisement.
In turn, sculptural works draw parallel between commercial display and the gallery as a space for appraisal. As site, sign and pedestal, wall and fixture, share a tendency to mimic the “lived spaces” of the real in order to create new, often perverse, meaning. These hybridized forms invert the conceit of muséal display with the improvised style present in local and handmade signage and impoverished materials of retail devices.
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Schedule
from April 12, 2013 to May 12, 2013
Opening Reception on 2013-04-12 from 19:00 to 22:00