Will Kurtz "Another Shit Show"
Mike Weiss Gallery
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Mike Weiss Gallery presents "Another Shit Show," the second solo exhibition by Brooklyn-based artist Will Kurtz. Using the empty gallery as a site on which to stage operatic, all-encompassing mise-en-scene, Kurtz makes an ambitious, multi-part figure installation that throws the facade off human nature - albeit in canine terms. Constructed of unlikely materials such as newspaper, glue, wire and wood, more than 20 dogs of every breed, size and color, strain and cavort off the leash of a single human handler, each rendered more expressively than the next.
Kurtz, a master of anatomy, achieves an utterly believable aesthetic by building up layer upon layer of yesterday's news, held together by exposed grommets and endless amounts of masking tape. In his 2012 exhibition "Extra Fucking Ordinary," Kurtz proved his uncanny facility for depicting everyday New Yorkers with an irreverent yet impressive attention to detail and body language, as well subtle cultural nuances - a visual marriage of the likes of Duane Hanson, George Segal, and Red Grooms.
[Image: Will Kurtz "Dog Walker" (2012) Wood, wire, newspaper, tape, glue, sun glasses, dog leashes, collars and tags, 108 x 92 x 64 in.]
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Schedule
from March 21, 2013 to April 27, 2013
Opening Reception on 2013-03-21 from 18:00 to 20:00