Dan Carlson “Sublime Trajectories” Exhibition
Soapbox Gallery
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Sublime Trajectories is an arrangement of relics from the recent past that reference the Cold War Space Race, the Viking funeral pyre ceremony, and imagery from Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain.
Carlson’s influences include both the fabricated narratives of science fiction and ancient mythologies as well as non-fictitious socio-political histories of the modern and ancient world. This work obscures the boundaries of these constructs by examining the limitations of past actions in order to expose the parameters of progress and failure, all the while speculating the mechanics of cause and effect.
Carlson makes art in an effort to capture the tension between conceptual ideals and existing realities. He creates artistic responses to sites with dense cultural and political histories, most recently through exploring abandoned military bases and industrial wastelands from the mid 20th century.
Dan Carlson received his BFA from James Madison University and completed his MFA at Parsons the New School for Design. He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
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Schedule
from July 20, 2013 to August 01, 2013
Opening Reception on 2013-07-20 from 18:00 to 20:00